Have look at this Bharat Matrimony ad I saw on TV this past weekend….and just watch Grandmama’s reaction ( :14 ) when she finds out her lovely grandson is bringing home a “gori” to meet the family. Poor dear, she looks as though someone had just dropped a dead, smelly rat at her […]
Year: 2009
When the Denver Nuggets met B’wood
On November 24th, at the Denver Nuggets – NJ Nets game halftime, Denver dance doyenne (and instructor) Renu Kansal took to the floor of the Pepsi Center with her Bollywood West troupe to perform. I had been anticipating this event almost as much as they all had, since Renu had entrusted Top Secret discussions of […]
Tonight only: D’Arranged Marriage
You might have seen a story I did over the summer about D’Arranged Marriage and its co-creators, New Zealanders Tarun Mohanbhai and Rajeev Varma. The show did a run in the Village earlier this year, then Raj and Tarun had a reunion in London, and more recently, Raj took the one-man show to the heart […]
Santosh Sivan as never seen before
I had heard that Santosh Sivan was going to step over to the other side of the camera and take the lead role in a Malayalam film about the life of artist and Travancore native Raja Ravi Varma, and sure enough, the man emailed two pics of himself in full make-up and costume. Have a […]
Thursday @ the MIAAC
How fortunate we are in NYC to have access to so many cultural events, and even more fortunate for an opportunity to interact with established and up-and-coming filmmakers at events like the MIAAC. Yesterday at the MIAAC film festival, there were two panels running side-by-side, one with Mira Nair, examining her not-often-seen short films, and […]
Yes, now I am a twit too
With the start of the MIAAC film festival, I have finally succumbed to Twitter and opened an account. You can find me here. Looking forward to an amazing line-up of films and panels with directors….Anurag Kashyup, Shyam Benegal, Akhtar père et fils, Sudhir Mishra and so many more.