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Bollywood Burn |  | Director: James Wvinner
Actor: Hemalayaa
Studio: Acacia
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 14997
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 47 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 054961803798
UPC: 054961803798
EAN: 0054961803798
ASIN: B000WH5AX8
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: January 1, 2008
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Product Description
Instructor Hemalayaa demonstrates aerobic dance moves from Bollywood films.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 35
 bollywood fun! November 15, 2007
YogaGirl (san francisco, ca United States)
45 out of 47 found this review helpful
I just did this workout and I must say that I sweated bullets. You can see a trailer at the acaciacatalog web site.
Setting: Theatre stage with teacher and two dancers, 1 woman and 1 guy. This time the backup dancers are quite good and look like they are enjoying the choreography.
workout: the dvd is divided into 3 workouts, each with its own warm-up, learn the steps, routine and cool down. The cool down is brief for segments 1 &2 in the event you want to do segment 3. The steps are easy and fun. BE WARNED, MANY OF THE STEPS ARE HIGH IMPACT. I have bad knees and I had to modify the criss cross jumping jacks, half jacks, hop turns and jumps. No modifications are shown on the video. However, I am aerobically out of shape and I still got my heart rate up doing low impact.
Music: This is bhangra hip hop music. The music is different for each segment. The teacher is in voice over and she is much louder than the music. There is a music only option and when you hear it without her talking, it is quite good and rhythmic.
Overall: A good workout that is edited and choreographed much better than her bollywood workout dvd. There is also a free dance special feature with the 3 dancers clowning around. Next time I do this, I will use the music only option as it is pretty easy to visually follow. the production quality is very good and the steps are in beat with the music. The camera loves Hemalayaa and she and her dancers are a joy to watch,
Fun and highly motivating! January 6, 2008
Elizabeth Rose
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Part of our New Year's resolution, my honey and I, was getting back into moving and exercising more. Well, we really got into the swing with this one! The 15 minute segments make it easy to do, even when I'm feeling lazy.
It's easy to be happy with this DVD. We both worked up a sweat doing the shimmy and steppin' high with Hemalayaa. She's very upbeat and lighthearted, which kept us both engaged and relaxed. Laughing a lot makes it easier to not overfocus on our mistakes and lack of coordination.And right now, I'm pretty uncoordinated, believe me.
I had to modify some of the jumps and hops, but I've gotten used to that since I hurt my knee last year. It was great to have a man in the video and I noticed his moves were a little more subtle and solid, which gave my guy and I permission to not overdo it. But we still got a workout!
The best part? I put it on again a couple of days later and my partner got up from his desk (!) and came over on his own to hop around with me. No nagging required. Yaaayyy!!!
Definitely recommended!
Great workout - lots of FUN!!! March 26, 2008
Reviewer (Chicago, IL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Wow - this one's a keeper! When I do cardio, I prefer a higher impact workout, and this fits the bill. I did all three of the segments at once and really felt like I got a great workout, and it was so much fun! The moves aren't so complicated that you couldn't get them down after one or two tries - I'm not even that coordinated, and I was able to keep up with almost all of the moves my first time through.
The only downside is that since the workout is broken down into three 15 minute segments, you get a warm-up and cool-down with each, so it cuts down on the length of the cardio, but it's such a fun workout that I don't mind. I will definitely use this one over and over!
Fantastically Fun Workout!! February 15, 2008
Marylin Sanchez (Coconut Grove, FL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bollywood Burn is a fun dance workout. Not too difficult to follow. You are so into the dance workout that you tend to forget that you are working out. Enjoyed it very much. Marylin of Coconut Grove, Fl.
Another great workout from Hemalayaa August 21, 2008
Edward G. Nilges (Hong Kong, China)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Another workout which goes fast and leaves you feeling healthily tired. The stretching is integrated with the moves so if you don't like Yoga or stretching, this makes you do it anyway and get the benefit. The impacts on the knee and bare feet are conscientiously minimized by Hemalayaa with admonitions.
Also, this dance tradition is more "earthy" than Western classical ballet in which the goal, noble enough in its own way, is to "leap and pause" like Baryshnikov: to leave the earth. Whereas here you start by touching the earth to ask its blessing, and the result is it doesn't hurt you. It's a mystery.
You learn great moves and gestures with which to amuse your friends notably the "lightbulb" with a really cheesey smile that makes you feel like a film poster.
Also, there's a bloke in this one which provides reassurance to blokes as to whether these are for blokes as well as the hairies, the glamouries...the ladies, that is.
Only problem at this time for me is that this is a 45 minute workout. I track workouts in integer blocks of ten minutes and wonder whether I should round up or down.
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