Searching for Bollywood in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco

I’m back! I took a trip in earlier in the month to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.  While I was there, I kept my eyes peeled for any signs of the Indian film industry.  So allow me to provide you with data from my trip.  In Spain, I looked around for  crews filming  Zoya Akhtar‘s Zindagi Milegi Na Dubara, but [...]

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Oprah interviews Aishwarya Rai & Abhishek Bachchan, 9.28.09

A couple months back I caught Anil Kapoor on a rerun of Martha Stewart.  Anil-ji appeared on The Martha Stewart show early last year as did Aishwarya Rai. Dosto, dekh at the ladies get their craft on: Here’s a clip from Aish’s 2/2009 Martha Stewart appearance: Aish is set to be on US TV again, but this [...]

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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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“AIDS Sutra:Untold Stories from India” with a touch of Bollywood

For time-pass I watch a lot of movies and I also read books.  I suppose it’s normal to find stories about films in books about India, since the film industry infiltrates the culture. Even in this anthology on the serious subject of AIDS,  I was able to find a bit of very uplifting Bollywood material. The Bill [...]

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Bollywood Insider for May, 2009

Here’s the latest chugli from Suzi Mann with Bollywood Insider for May, 2009: Click on the links below to find out more. Bollywood Insider Friday 01 May 2009:  Tributes from stars to Feroz Khan, IIFA venue and nominations announced, Shahrukh takes IPL break to cast vote ♥ ♥ ♥ Bollywood Insider Friday 15 May 2009: [...]

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Filmfare Bollywood for Minneapolis for the next 5 weekends!

FILMFARE AWARDS 2008 Film Festival at Brookdale 8 theater starting  this weekend! For 5 weekends – every Saturday @ 3:30! from March 28th to April 25th, 2009   Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! – Saturday, March 28th @ 3:30 PM ·        Best Actor Critics – Manjot Singh ·        Best Dialogue – Manu Rishi   Rock On [...]

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Bollywood Insider: Catching up for 2009!

Here’s a better late than never update on Bollywood Insider, with my favorite correspondant of Bollywood chugli and news, Suzi Mann.  Many of the links I’ve added here before from ITN/Bollywood Insider  through youtube eventually disappear.  Hopefully these newer links from AOL,  Bebo,  Joost, and MySpace will last.    Enjoy the updates yaar: ♥♥♥ 2/6/09:  Ash in Pink [...]

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India was rocking hai! I’m back & I saw many balloons.

Sat Sri Akal! I’ve returned from my whirlwind trip to India. It was my best trip ever and I’ll be posting about it more in the future and post photos on picaweb soon and provide the link if you’re interested. Imagine my delight when I boarded the plane and heard the man in the next [...]

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Amitabh Bachchan to leave hospital in few days!

A belated Happy Birthday to Amitabh Bachchan! After heading over to his blog, I noticed it was rather quiet, but a quick internet search revealed that he’s been ill. I know it’s very upsetting to hear, but even though he’s ill, Amitabh wants you to calm down, see: MUMBAI (Reuters) – Leading Bollywood actor Amitabh [...]

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Bollywood Insider: Latest reports from August & September, 2008

  Back with the newest Bollywood chugli is Bollywood Insider’s Suzi Mann. Here’s what I was able to search out for August up through today.  Enjoy dosto!         From August 22, 2008: Stars of the Unforgettable tour give an exclusive Q and A session in London ahead of their 02 Arena show. [...]

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