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Aashayein - Hopes, a Review
If for nothing else but unabashedly ogling at him for two and a half hours, I seldom miss a John Abraham film. Granted, he happens to have starred in quite a few of my favorites, which I won’t disclose at this point, and does a rocking job with quirky roles. Also, some of his best [...]
Continue reading...Seductive Fashion at I-View Film 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Undeniably, South Asian elegance sits at the very top of every fashionistas’ wish-list. Defined by their glamour and graceful class, designers from India and Pakistan have been influencing their Western counterparts for as long as man - and woman of course! - has worn clothing. Just think of the simple Kurta and how often that [...]
Continue reading...‘Hiding Divya’: Bringing Darkness Into the Light
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Hiding Divya is an important, momentous film. It’s an enthusiastic and well thought-out first feature by a talented filmmaker - Rehana Mirza - we’ll be sure to hear loads more about in the years to come. And the film deals honestly and openly with the subject of “Bad Blood” which most in the Desi community, [...]
Continue reading...Aamir Khan: The Man Behind the Legend
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Finding myself in the presence of actor, director and producer Aamir Khan this past Thursday, I felt like I was being introduced to my favorite Hollywood star, the head of state I most admire, my crush from high school, the classical novelist who colors my dreams, my most beloved filmmaker and my ideal best friend [...]
Continue reading...I-View Film Festival 2010 Announces Its Stellar Line-Up
Thursday, July 29, 2010
If you are into great cinema, world-renowned stars, momentous human rights themes, as well as sparkling galas featuring divine fashions, have I got the event for you! It’s the upcoming I-View Film Festival which will be held in NYC from September 18th through the 26th and promises to outdo itself from last year’s edition. In [...]
Continue reading...‘Peepli Live’: Satire with a Soul
Friday, July 23, 2010
One of the three films responsible for turning me on to Indian cinema forever, back in 2001, is Aamir Khan’s ‘Lagaan’. It was at once an insight into a sport I knew nothing about, a country I thought I knew somethings about but soon learned not as much as I imagined, and a great actor who [...]
Continue reading...Daydreaming of ‘Inception’ - The Review
Friday, July 16, 2010
You know a film is worth running to the theater to watch when critics begin personal attacks on each other before the film even opens. Never completely benign towards one another to begin with, the film reviewers tend to bring out the heavy artillery when they strongly believe in the success, or failure, of a film. Animosity [...]
Continue reading...Finding the Music of Indian Ocean Within ‘Leaving Home’
Thursday, July 8, 2010
To fans of the band Indian Ocean, filmmaker Jaideep Varma is a god. But beyond the obvious value of ‘Leaving Home’ - his wonderful cinematic tribute to a band that will never play quite the same way again since the death of percussionist and singer Asheem Chakravarty - Varma is a great artist. His love [...]
Continue reading...Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’ Is Like Nothing You Have Ever Seen Before!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Undeniably, we live in times where things are seen as black and white, no grey areas allowed. Take the case of the gushing oil in our Gulf: BP is bad, President Obama is good - unless he’s also bad and that’s depending on the day - the environmentalists are good, the people who are trying [...]
Continue reading...A.R. Rahman & His Amazing Technicolor Traveling Show
Monday, June 14, 2010
To those of us who know A. R. Rahman as the quiet, spiritual and introverted musician who typically sits at his keyboard and unassumingly provides the haunting vocals to some of the most spine-tingling songs this side of Paradise, his current ‘Jai Ho - The Journey Home World Tour 2010′ is as shocking as watching [...]
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