Bollywood is India's land of opportunity. It's our American Dream, our great equaliser.
But it's also ruthless and fast and full of generic Indian city problems.
Two dudes from Sweden, Johan Bartoli and Hampus Bergqvist, came to Mumbai with dreams in their eyes and hopes in their hearts of making it big in Bollywood.
They struggled with Mumbai's Mumbainess, with the moods of its people, with the autowalas, fiery paani puri and house rents. Thing is, they're also smart, so they started photographing things that the average Mumbaikar does and then dropped videos showing how their struggles went.
The result was a Facebook page called "2 Foreigners in Bollywood" and quite a lot of, well, fame.
Kicking it with Parineeti Chopra. Photo: Facebook (2 Foreigners in Bollywood) |
Now they're starring in films, playing, sometimes predictably sleazy, international businessmen in saas bahu daily soaps, walking the roads, riding locals and just being awesome.
Their Great Bombay Dream.
Just cruising in locals. Photo: Instagram (2foreigners_in_bollywood) |
Here they are trying to cross a road in Mumbai:
Foreigners VS Indians in Mumbai traffic...
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How not to hitch an auto in Mumbai 101:
The struggle with the Mumbai sabziawaala is real guys!
This Sabjiwala has way too much attitude...
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They get pissed off at work too much like all Mumbaikars do.
When you refuse to take shit at work...
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How to be a complete badass on a daily soap:
"Aapko English nahi aati, to mai Hindi me bolta hu"
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And this is how they roll on Mumbai streets:
These guys are living the dream and walking around with the swagger of early 2000s Salman Khan and the confidence of 2016 Virat Kohli.
Hope the paani puri tastes fine, boys.
Cheers.