Natalie Portman Does Bollywood For Her Boyfriend

Natalie Portman stars in her boyfriend Devendra Banhart's new Bollywood-style video for his song "Carmensita." Portman plays a pouty princess saved by Banhart, with campy mistranslated subtitles like "Crystal bubbles will cremate our troubles!" and "I love your dress -- who makes it?" But there's a twist ending:

That must have been fun to shoot. If you're curious, as I was, Portman's next real movie, Brothers, comes out in December and stars Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Posted by Lindsay at 9:30 AM in Music Related Content
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Natalie Portman

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that was like watching a cable access video made by geeks in their moms basement
weird
also - are they making fun of the craziness that is bollywood or paying homage to it?

Posted by: nicole at 07/22/08 12:01 PM | Reply
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You cannot defeat me with your rebellious beard!

Nice.

..and Natalie Portman is super-pretty.

Posted by: mmmikey at 07/22/08 1:05 PM | Reply
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That was a twist ending! M. Night Shyamalan could learn a few things on twist endings from Devendra.

Posted by: aaron at 07/22/08 1:43 PM | Reply
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