Borat

Borat is the central character of the highly controversial and popular satirical documentary known as "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan", which is also popularly known as "Borat the Movie". Borat Sagdiyev is actually a fictional Kazakhstani journalist character. Borat’s character has been conceived and performed by the British comedian actor Sacha Baron Cohen. For the film, Sacha Cohen won the prestigious Golden Globe award in the "Best Actor: Comedy or Musical" category, in 2007. Due to its popularity, the distributor of the film, 20th Century Fox is also planning a sequel.

The Kazakh language used in the film by Borat is actually a mix of Romanian, Polish, Yiddish and Armenian. In 1994, Borat was presented for the first time on Channel 4 and became a huge success by late 2000. The character of Borat also appears in Cohen's other popular film, Ali G Indahouse. In this film, Borat is shown as giving spoof interviews on Da Ali G Show in the film. Borat Special, Guide to Britain, Guide to USA 1 and Guide to USA 2 are parts of a highly successful 6 part Ali G Show which featured on HBO (USA) in 2003.

Borat’s world-wide fame has led to the sales of a variety of Borat merchandise like the green slingshot thong also known as the Borat mankini, which he wears in the film, and Borat soundtracks. The Borat DVD is also available at many leading stores in the United Kingdom.