When Bollywood met Princeton

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Princeton isn't exactly generous when it comes to Hollywood (or reality shows)--filmmakers first have to go through the Office of Communications if they want to use the Princeton name or film on campus. But some movies have made the cut. Most recently, scenes shot at the university have been featured in blockbusters like Transformers 2 and Across the Universe, and characters in movies including Spanglish and A Cinderella Story (You're welcome for the middle school flashback.) have aspired to become Princetonians.Then there's Bollywood, which arrived on campus last fall. Scored by Slumdog Millionaire's A.R. Rahman, Ye Maaya Chesave features several scenes shot at locations around campus.Watch as the actors teleport from Firestone Plaza to the Holder cloisters to ...that one strange inverted concrete cone on the lawn across from Murray Dodge. (Start at 1:30.)

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