Like any film, there has to be credits. Bollywood Storm reads like a movie, so it would be remiss not to include the list of characters. There are the usual, hero/heroine, minor leads, villains, supporting actors, cameos and walk-ons. The romantic interests. It was fun to get acquainted with each and every one of them.
Fortunately, in a novel, there is no need to list the camera men, lighting crew, grips, script people, location managers, and so on and so on and so on. And, even though no one ever reads the credits at the movies, there are a lot of characters in Bollywood Storm. I hope this list will help navigate the players.... |
Rolling The Credits
The Heroine(s):
Elanna Forsythe George
Rakhi Chand
The Client:
Simryn Gill
Victim:
Rajesh Sharma
Romantic Interest:
Lt. Ricky Chandra, NYPD
Supporting Cast:
Abendabun
Amandeep Khan
Nataraj Dancers: Tarun, Ami, Pumi, Rama and Chand
Chano, the Village Sweetheart
Christina Ivanovic
Fatima
Gary Dhami
Gurdave Kaur
Harshad Verma
Homer Smith, Computer Geek
Jeetain
Johnny Akkarah
Karishma Chawla
Laila Durga
Little Miss Pinky (and her girls) - Two-bit dancers
Makhan Singh
Mark D'sousa
Minoj Patel
Mona Prasad
Nandita "Beeji" Chandra
Ominotago
Pool boy in Buffalo Motel
Raj Balrou
Ram
Rita Chawla
Robert Smith
Sanjay Menge
Suraj Amir
Suresh Sharma - Sharma's legitimate child
Unnamed South Asian Lab Assistant in Niagara Falls
Young Rajesh Sharma
Martin Johnson
Marla Johnson
KWOL Camera man, Rajnesh
KWOL Hostess, Indu ji
KWOL Onsite Reporter Ramala Premnath
Anil Negendra
Gary "Chamcha" Dhami
The Caribbean born, white lab-coated “doctor”
Lila, the Image Consultant
Rashbir Dulku
Misc Law-Enforcers:
Canadian RCMP, Constable Rodney Phair
Niagara Falls Police: Officers Trent and Jones
Highway Patrol Officer Jones
(BPD) Buffalo Police Department
Captain Jones, BPD
Homocide Response Unit leader
Jackson, Fulkner, Dylan, Robertson, Nichols, and Drenth,
Lt Simms, BPD
Newsome
Officer George Rudy
Sergeant Martin
FBI:
Agent Zeke Smith
Silent partner-in-black
NYPD:
Captain John Stewart
Geraldo
Fitzpatrick
NYPD SWAT team-leader
Swat Team Members
Gods, Entities and Goddesses, Creatures and Things:
Bicky the Doll
Cobra at Buffalo International Airport
Dorango - Multi-voiced bird
Goddess Kaali Ma
Sentient Cobras in Cave
The Bhujangen
The She Wolf at the Bollywood on Broadway
Musicians and Singers
“Jagroop”
Korina
Meghana Prasad
Cameo's and Walk Ons:
Asif Salam, IE: Vinod Kumar
Baby Simryn Gill
Clerk in the Ye Old Sex Shoppe
Sikh man in Buffalo convenience store
Blonde samurai-waitress at the typical truck stop diner
Bobby Nihal
Bored Buffalo Police Department Receptionist
Crazy Lady on the Street
Dramatic, phony, overcharging Psychic
Elaine – car rentals clerk, Buffalo Airport
Evening waitress at Mom & Pop Motel & Diner
Emergency-doctor in Buffalo
Four Bollywood starlets in Suite 1509
Indian-takeout-delivery driver, in Buffalo
Irate woman at Bollywood Film Festival
John the Gas Station Attendant
Mani – Bollywood Planet Hotel clerk
Manu “Munjinder Kaur”
Gun wielding boyfriend, Prem
Mr Anand
Niagara Falls Hotel Clerk
Niagara Falls Nasal 911 operator
Philip, the doorman
Ranjit Singh, Room Service at The Bollywood Planet Hotel
Private Jet-pilot Jim Jones
Roopa, Simryn's mother
Security guard at Karishma's door
The-man-in-the-suit-and-tie in Mere Dil Ke Tara
Waitress at Seven Flowers Teahouse
Hostess at Roshnan Asima
Young Makhan Singh
Young waiter at Georgione's
....and a cast of thousands!
SONGS
Songs from the movie, Meri Dil Ka Tarra:
“The Sun Calls Me”
“Without You”
“Say that you'll be mine”
"Meri Dihl ke Tarra Atarna"
Songs at the Bollywood on Broadway Ballroom and Theatre Facility:
“Chup Chap kiyoo ha?”
“Mera Mander Ke Samalan Walla”
“Healing Song” by Ominitago
Saying Goodbye to New York:
“Mud Sleepy River Blues”
Bara Banta Songs:
“Dhoor Dhoor dhiyan ha mere mitra” by Korina and Jagroop
“Not the Usual Blue" by Christine Ivanovic Seredova
Instrumental sounds of the TRANSCENDENTAL night club
Instrumental sounds of Nataraja Dance Academy
Sanjay and Rakhi duets
“Kiya ho giya?”
“Makhan Jasa Dihl”
Roshan Asima
“Kiss, Kiss,Kiss” by Meghana Prasad
Finale
“Coyni meri Jaise vaise”by Rakhi
LOCATIONS
Bara Banta “The Big Deal” Underground Casino in Mumbai
Beeji's house
Bollywood On Broadway Ballroom and Theater Facility
Bollywood Planet Hotel
BPD Police
Buffalo Airport
Buffalo Hotel
Buffalo Hotel sauna and pool
Bungalow at the end of the Jungle by the sea
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai
Dhoni Maach Restaurant
Elanna's Apartment
Gas station in Buffalo
Giogianes' Pizza
Harshad and Laila's apartment
Hospital Room In New York
Johnny Akarrah's Bungalow
Mom & Pop Motel outside Buffalo
Nataraja Dance Academy
JFK Airport in New York
Niagara Falls Hotel
NYPD 23rd Precinct
One Stop Sex Shoppe
Parkade in New York next to 23rdPrecinct
Rakhi's apartment
Restaurant in Niagara Falls
Room 1509, not 1504 at the Bollywood Planet Hotel
Roshan Asima, an exclusive members-only club
Sanjay's Beach house
Seven Flowers Tea house
Shansui Restaurant
The Dhoni Maach restaruant
The Ethereal Plane
TRANSCENDENTAL! Nightclub
Typical Truck Stop Diner next to Mom & Pop Motel outside Buffalo
Un-named underground temple outside Mumbai
Un-named forensic lab in Buffalo
Un-named hot dusty pathway in India
Un-named Opium Den
Un-named street in Spagetti western town – High Noon
Acknowledgements
Thank you to all the people who supported me throughout this project. No man (or woman) is an island unto themselves. If they are, then it is a lonely world indeed.
To all the hard working people who assisted me in editing and developing Bollywood Storm.:
I am indebted to you. Thank you for the time we spent together on our separate writing projects, editing,
critiquing, arguing and, finally agreeing to disagree. It is through work, this refining process, that we discover
the story, voice, character and bring forth our works: D. Michael Gerow, Sue Nelson Buckley, H. Dent, Vera Bedard, Tanya Lisle, M. DeRosier, Elin Plumb (artforlife.ca) who contributed to song "The Usual Blue", Bahareh (who listened as I read the whole novel to to her live on Skype.)
Alyssa Linn Palmer, Rab Feeney, editors.
To my family, friends and acquaintances. Thanks for your support, friendship, kind words and encouragement through this adventurous, but long journey. Your presence has made all the difference, from reading my manuscript and giving feedback, or just saying, "How's it going? Get it finished. Can't wait to read it!"
And - thank goodness for Facebook!
D.H. Gerow, S.K. Sangha, J.K. Johel, M. Walker, J.C. Chan, Robert Alan White, S.D. Wilson, S. Sandhu, S. Wilcox, M. Behm, R. Doman, K. Dhaliwal, T. Plesner, K. Marsden, J. Rabu, Dr. L. Falls, B. Hallas, P. Wilson, P. Chatha, C. Kirkland, K. Woolverton, J. & N. Dharampal, G. Cheema, T. Bergey, The HBC sisterhood: Monica, Linda, Bahareh, Caryn, Jenny, Jennifer, Prati, Fernanda, Ruth, Rita, Meera, Sabrina, Maggie, Daun, Mercedes The Bus 640 Crew: D. McDonagh, J. Belanger, The Fireside Cafe: R. Speed, A. Keech; God; Life.
Thank you to all the people who supported me throughout this project. No man (or woman) is an island unto themselves. If they are, then it is a lonely world indeed.
To all the hard working people who assisted me in editing and developing Bollywood Storm.:
I am indebted to you. Thank you for the time we spent together on our separate writing projects, editing,
critiquing, arguing and, finally agreeing to disagree. It is through work, this refining process, that we discover
the story, voice, character and bring forth our works: D. Michael Gerow, Sue Nelson Buckley, H. Dent, Vera Bedard, Tanya Lisle, M. DeRosier, Elin Plumb (artforlife.ca) who contributed to song "The Usual Blue", Bahareh (who listened as I read the whole novel to to her live on Skype.)
Alyssa Linn Palmer, Rab Feeney, editors.
To my family, friends and acquaintances. Thanks for your support, friendship, kind words and encouragement through this adventurous, but long journey. Your presence has made all the difference, from reading my manuscript and giving feedback, or just saying, "How's it going? Get it finished. Can't wait to read it!"
And - thank goodness for Facebook!
D.H. Gerow, S.K. Sangha, J.K. Johel, M. Walker, J.C. Chan, Robert Alan White, S.D. Wilson, S. Sandhu, S. Wilcox, M. Behm, R. Doman, K. Dhaliwal, T. Plesner, K. Marsden, J. Rabu, Dr. L. Falls, B. Hallas, P. Wilson, P. Chatha, C. Kirkland, K. Woolverton, J. & N. Dharampal, G. Cheema, T. Bergey, The HBC sisterhood: Monica, Linda, Bahareh, Caryn, Jenny, Jennifer, Prati, Fernanda, Ruth, Rita, Meera, Sabrina, Maggie, Daun, Mercedes The Bus 640 Crew: D. McDonagh, J. Belanger, The Fireside Cafe: R. Speed, A. Keech; God; Life.
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