The gori extras of “Kismat Konnection”

Sometimes there are those movies where you just have to look for the enjoyment, since it might not really happen to be there. Kismat Konnection (2008) was one of those movies where I just had to give up at the start and make my own fun.  Even super Shahid supporter, Ajnabi at Paisa Vasool–Or Not, [...]

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Explosion 2009 tour-spoiler alert!

If you’re planning on catching Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Hard Kaur’s tour…Spoiler Alert! Sorry, I just like the drama and warning of typing Spoiler Alert! At least this is a spolier alert for about 10 minutes of Sonu bhai’s segment. Check out a bit of the Explosion 2009 show from Washington D.C., USA. These videos are [...]

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“Explosion 2009!” Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan & Hard Kaur Tour the US

Friends in the US, are you going to go to the Explosion 2009 show? Here’s the list of dates I found for the tour: 24th July 2009 - Washington DC/Fairfax 25th July 2009 - Dallas/Garland 26th July 2009 – Boston  - The promoter has cancelled this show 31st July 2009 - Chicago/Rosemont 1st August 2009 - Atlantic City 2nd August [...]

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Anil Kapoor cooks with Martha Stewart.

I posted about Hillary Clinton and Aamir Khan a couple days back and now I have yet another famous American gori hanging out with an Indian Film Industry super star to show you.  Anil Kapoor on the Martha Stewart Show!  How did I miss this? Well I suppose because the show is on while I’m working is the [...]

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Aamir Khan & Hillary Clinton talk education.

Look at HillaryClinton being charmed by Aamir Khan! I wonder if she’s seen any of his films. I find this photo romantic, don’t you? Thanks to Bollywood Cookie for the photos and you can see more HERE. Saturday, Jul 18, 2009, India US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Mumbai on a five-day India [...]

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Noor Jehan, Queen of Melody. Plus: murder by balloons!

Dosto! I’m working my way back from the world of Iranian cinema through Pakistan films, before I eventually land again in Bollywood. I have only seen two Pakistani (Lollywood)  films, one was Khuda Ke Liye (2007) and the other,  Dupatta (1952).  I read about Dupatta at Dances on the Footpath where Richard did a great write up [...]

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Bollywood taught me Farsi!

Gori learns Farsi! OK, maybe that’s an overstatement.  It’s fun to exaggerate, hai na?  To wrap up my recent foray into Iranian cinema posts and to help to somehow justify all my film watching hours, days, weeks.  I have to prove I learned something, from all this entertaining time-pass right? So here goes: while watching all those [...]

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My foray into Iranian cinema: Part III – Majid Majidi’s Baran(2001)

For the last couple posts I’ve been focusing on Iranian films instead my usual Bollywood theme.  The other posts have been on directors Abbas Kiarostami and Tahmineh Milani, and this time I saw a film by director Majid Majidi.  Baran (2001) is a film the mesmerized me.  It was so beautiful to watch and was nearly [...]

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My foray into Iranian cinema: Part II – Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten(2002)

Dosto, yesterday I explained my foray into Iranian cinema.  Today I’ll  tell you about another Iranian film I saw, Ten (2002)  directed by the illustirous  Abbas Kiarostami. Ten (Persian: ده) is a 2002 Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Mania Akbari. It was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2002 Cannes Film [...]

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I’m back from Iran! My foray into Iranian cinema: Part I- director Tahmineh Milani

Hey Bollywood Fans!  I’ve been in Iran, well more precisely watching some Iranian cinema. With all the recent turmoil in Iran, I thought the least I could do is watch some of their movies. I was inspired to do this after seeing NBC’s special Behind the veil: Inside Iran which included an interview with director [...]

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