The titles are more entertaining than the films. In the next few weeks, cinema halls across the country will get a clutch of new releases with names like, Ghar Mein Ho Saali To Poora Saal Diwali, Chandni Bani Chudail, Shaadi Basanti Ki Honeymoon Gabbar Ka and so on. They’re what you get when you scrape Bollywood’s bottom. And there’s a reason why so many are releasing now. Says trade analyst Komal Nahta, “Pre-Diwali is a bad time to release big films. People are too (busy) with festival shopping and renovating their homes to spend money on movies.” The vacuum is filled by C-grade stuff made on G-string budgets. Says Krishan Shah, a veteran of 15 such films, “They cost about nine or ten lakh and are completed in as many days.” They’re usually dacoit dramas, horror films, and sex comedies, covering what Shah coyly refers to as “social subjects”. Stars are paid as little as Rs 3,000 or Rs 5,000 — and in a change from the Bollywood norm, the heroines get more. The reigning queens of sleaze are Sapna, Satnam, and Durgesh Nandini.