Punching at the Sun

  Finally!   A genuinely funny and touching movie about what it’s like to be young, Indian and American, and growing up in the U.S. But wait, that’s not what this story is primarily  about, and maybe that’s why it doesn’t suffer the same fate as earlier movies that were only about that East-Vest mix […]

Necessary Illusions

It was amazing to me how Fayeque Rahman was able to create such increasing tension in his 20-minute film about a young Canadian architecture student (of Iranian origin) who is deemed suspicious at an unnamed U.S. airport, and abruptly  detained for questioning.   At first, the twentysomething guy on his way to study and visit […]

Lucky

  The 20-minute film by Avie Luthra narrates how a young South African AIDS orphan leaves his village to live with an uncle in Durban, who is not too thrilled to have the child for a new companion.   In the opening scene, as Lucky buries his rusted metal airplane, I thought of  Amar, Akbar, […]

India @ The Pierre

  Seen en route to the Indian consulate last week. The tricolor flies over the hotel that was once a fave of Princess Di’s, owing to the fact that the luxury lodging on Fifth Avenue is now managed by the Taj Group.

Govinda and SRK at home

My home, that is.   The  dentally endowed  Virar ka Chokra and the fetching Raveena greet me  upon  exiting  the shower every morning. Meanwhile, Malli plays “Where’s Waldo?”, searching for an elusive NASA project manager  on the Charanpur Mail.   (Psst, Malli, look for the FedEx envelope.)