Bollywood comes to Nailuva Road
Suva
06.11.2011 - 06.11.2011
28 °C
Those of you who have attended a Jon and Catherine party know that we cannot have a party without a theme and this was no different with our first party in Suva. So last Sunday night Bollywood came to Nailuva Road in Suva. I think I have mentioned in a previous blog we have become quite addicted to Bollywood since moving to Suva. (So much so that our ring back tunes on our phones are the Hindi song Teri Meri from the Bodyguard – though I want to update mine to Chammak Challo from Ra-One – just to keep up with the latest).
Our Suva friends joined in the spirit of the night decking themselves out in the best Bollywood style.
Every Bollywood film needs at least two Divas - Bron and me
Some of us were even brave enough to wear saris for the first time. Two of our friends Linda and her cousin Alice who are both from Rotuma (a Fijian Island) both looked stunning in saris – though it had made them three hours late to the party as they were struggling to work out how to put it on. Jon and I thought we were very clever finding a website called “Good Indian Girl” which had a video with step by step instructions on how to put on a sari. Basically a sari is 6 metres of beautiful material which you have to wrap and fold around you.
And what would a Bollywood party be without dancing? We had three dancers from the Suva Multi Ethnic Cultural Centre to come and perform for us and teach our guests the latest Bollywood moves. Jon and I had actually been practising all weekend as we had bought a DVD with the latest Bollywood video clips on it.
Being a Bollywood theme we had Indian food catered for the night. However Fijians love to over-cater so security guards up and down Nailuva Rd were helping us eat the leftover samosas all last week. It may be a while before we can eat another samosa
Although we had thought we had been very clever getting my sari on, as soon as our dancers with their mothers arrived they offered to ‘fix it’ for me, which basically involved taking the whole sari off and starting again. This time, however, they used strategically placed safety pins – it was lovely having 5 Indian Fijian women fussing over me and getting the sari just right. I also felt much more confident when it was our tiurn to take the dance floor, with the safety pins holding everything together.
Learning some Bollywood moves
Our friend Max looked like a real Bollywood Mogul
Max, Seni and Micah looking like a Bollywood family that has just been snapped by the paparazzi. Though I'm not sure how Max and Seni can explain the blonde-headed child with them
Now this is more like it - our Bollywood Mum Rebecca with her children Micah and Zoe
Max with Zoe - an up and coming Bollywood princess
Two Bollywood jokers - Marty and Jon
What would a Bollywood film be without a man in a turban? Gavin, Yoko and me. We had the party as a little fundraiser for the charity Gavin has started here called Really MAD - which works with disadvantaged youth in Suva
Under our Bollywood Shrine
The Happy Ending ...
Posted by cjn 13.11.2011 21:54 Archived in Fiji
Oh Catherine! I wish I had been there
I have a sari given to me by a friend after her return home to Malaysia...I haven't had the opportunity to wear it but three people have borrowed it and told me of the long and complicated method of putting it on. You look STUNNING! You both look like Fiji is treating you well 
20.11.2011 by BellaGo