Naomi Campbell's First Bollywood Venture Proved a Disaster

Supermodel Naomi Campbell's first Bollywood venture "Karma, Confessions and Holi" bombed badly at the box office.

Critics and others described it as: "lacks everything a good movie consists of", "undignified", "disaster", "unholy mix", "unholy mess", "torture", etc.

Filmed in New York and Princeton (New Jersey), this 110 minutes drama about a couple living in New York, directed by Manish Gupta (Indian Fish in American Waters), and co-produced by Robert De Niro's daughter Drena De Niro (The Lovebirds), also starred Sticky Fingas, Vincent Curatola, Lisa Branch, Claire Fricke, Jamieson Rhyme, etc. Campbell played the role of Jennifer.

Hindus have strongly objected to the usage of Hindu terminology loosely in movies. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that "Karma, Confessions and Holi" had nothing much to do with "karma" or "Holi".

Rajan Zed, who is the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that Hindus welcomed world filmmakers to make films about Hindu subjects but taking Hinduism seriously and respectfully and not reimagining its concepts and symbols just for mercantile greed. "Holi" and "karma" had definite meaning for devotees and improper usage of such terms was not okay.

Eve of Holi, a festival of colours that heralds the coming of spring in India. Dev and Meera plan a get-together with a few close friends and relatives at their place.

The invitees are: Javed (Armin Amero) a flamboyant New York based struggling filmmaker and a friend of Dev and Meera, Jenny (Naomi Campbell), Javed's girl friend, an aspiring actor. Vani (Rati Agnihotri), Meera's elder sister, who has a son Vikram (Chandan), a teenager, who is unlike his peers, thanks to his over protective mother. And Shekhar (Suresh Oberoi), Vani's husband, who has almost no ambitions, and consequently, no success. Then there is Sujata (Suchitra Krishnamurthy), a typical Indian housewife, who is wed to an American born Indian Nimish (Shauvik) - a doctor by profession. Nimish believes excessively in his gender superiority. Preeti (Deepal Shaw) is Sujata's younger sister - a complete party animal, a rich spoilt new age girl. There is also Megan (Drena De Niro), a Tarot card reader, a friend and well wisher of Dev and Meera.

Act - 2: A party gone wrong, a joy filled evening turns serious when an unexpected, unmentionable incident before the celebrations, triggers tipsy party goers to confess their inner most secrets that have never been revealed. The results are catastrophic as this seemingly harmless game gets out of hand.

Act - 3: Will their lives be the same again? Can the morning of Holi bring new promises and new beginnings to old relationships? Find out as this Karmic encounter of cultural confluences comes full cycle.