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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A tight slap from Charulata (1964)

I’ve had to spend time working and have been neglecting the blog.  Looks like I need a tight slap! I’ll get back to this more enjoyabe blog work soon dosto. In the mean time I hope you’ve enjoyed this image captured from Satyajit Ray’s Charulata (1964). See, even high brow Bengali cinama mentions the tight [...]

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On behalf of the USA, mujhe maaf kardo Shah Rukh Khan-ji

In case you didn’t already know… Shah Rukh Khan, 43, known here as the King of Bollywood, was on his way to Chicago for a parade later Saturday to mark India’s Independence Day when immigration officials at Newark pulled him aside and interrogated him. The star of scores of top-grossing films was released after Indian [...]

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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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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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Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) Beware, O beautiful Ones!

In Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), I enjoyed seeing Ranbir revise his baap Rishi Kapoor’s Bachna Ae Haseeno tune from Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977), with playback singer Kishore Kumar and music by R.D. Burman. Out of respect, let’s view the senior’s version first: Now here’s a modern reworking of the tune with Rishi’s son, [...]

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The Inner World of Shahrukh Khan (2005)

The Inner World of Shahrukh Khan (2005) was sure a treat to watch.  If you haven’t already seen this documentary, I’m sure you’ve at least seen the many ads for it that run before you watch your Bollywood  DVDs, hai na?   It’s the first part of a set of documentaries, the second being The Outer World of [...]

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Bollywood Insider from 3/27/09: Ek – Power of One, Aa Dekhen Zara!

Here’s the latest chugli with Bollywood Insider from March 27, 2009: John Abraham in new cricket film, Deepika Padukone strikes a pose on a catwalk, Aa Dekhan Zara and Ek- Power of One released! Click on the picture to view:

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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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Janani (2006)

A delightful tale of a brother accidentally dating his own sister. Namaste! I want to save you a little time.  Since I sacrificed my time and watched Janani (2006), I don’t really see the need for you to do the same, unless of course this little review compels you to watch Janani, then by  all means watch karo! [...]

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