We often hear about film-makers spending hours with costume designers to ascertain the ‘look’ of their characters. After all, for an actor, looking the part is half the battle won! Therefore, it comes as no surprise that most films have a large budget allocated for clothes and styling. This is not standard practice for Ram Gopal [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 4, 2010
On the anniversary of Rahul Dev Burman death — January 4th, 1994 — also known as the beloved composer of most of our lives’ soundtracks, I wanted to share a special film which is now available to all on a collector’s DVD from Shemaroo. I have been fortunate enough to have caught ‘Pancham Unmixed’ on [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Once Fall descends on NYC, I typically retire into my own cocoon of spending way more time indoors, taking long baths, eating pumpkin pie and indulging in the pleasure of watching movies. There is nothing more fabulous in my book than a day spent watching the latest blockbuster or most talked about indie hit. Thankfully [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 25, 2009
By E. Nina Rothe Come Friday, August 28th, Broadway — that avenue of lights in NYC — will get its glow not by regular electricity, not even from late summer’s sunlight but thanks to a bevy of brilliant stars. That’s because for three wonderful days and equally fantastic nights, the Big Apple will play host to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
I can’t help but wonder when Bollyland flees Mumbai who is watching over my most favorite island? Mumbai has been deserted….but only for a weekend! That’s right; IIFA has managed to transport our Bollyworld to the Venetian in Macau for a supposedly rocking 3 days… Apparently, IIFA is committed to “taking Indian cinema [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
Looking at Bollyland from a New Yorker’s perspective, I tend to wonder if the Film Fraternity really wants to listen to views from Stateside?…Coz, it aint all Diamonds & Pearls… I mean, I call a spade a spade & according to me…Not everybody in Bollyland deserves to be addressed as “Ji”…Infact that whole concept of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 22, 2009
As a part of my Bollytrends round up issue for April 09, I decided to check out some covergirls… Spotted a few very cool Bollywood < and… Hollywood> fashionistas dressed in UBER chic couture…I love April’s covergirls (most of ‘em) & got a peek at May’s covergirl Sonam as well… Sonam Kapoor (according to some cheezy [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
Only-in-India!!!! This is such horrific news, if true, that Slumdog Millionaire star kid Rubina Ali’s father, Rafiq Qureshi, decided to sell her off to a Dubai based Shaikh for a reported 200K of course under the label of adoption…200K pounds or dollars or rupees, oh who cares? And I don’t care if this is wholly [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
Bollywood is everywhere from front row lineup at Fashion week to the show stoppers. It’s mostly the same crew at the same old parties with the same old fashion names and some new faces. This year’s new face at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai was none other than Vikram Chatwal’s muse Naomi Campbell…who made [...]
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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