*Or “Yes, We Have No Bandanas” Oh, meu Deus, there’s so much I didn’t like about this film….. the background music using cheesy portuñol lyrics (don’t they think anyone in India will notice, never mind the overseas masses?), the overwaxed physiques of Hrithik and Uday (this, after Yuva, must be the second film where […]
Month: November 2006
Kabul Calling
Have a listen to this story from NPR, set in Afghanistan, and see if you can identify that ringtone in the first minute of the story. This girl would definitely recognize it.
Pratibha Parmar interview
Pratibha Parmar, the director and producer of Nina’s Heavenly Delights, is just back from Hong Kong, where her film was selected to close this year’s Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Less than a month ago, it was screened at the sixth Indo-American Arts Council’s Film Festival. The movie will be released […]
Nina’s Heavenly Delights
The bad news – for me – was that Art Malik has only a supporting role in this film, so he’s not on screen enough. (And it’s already been established that he does not don a kilt.) Then again, the title is Nina’s Heavenly Delights, not Raj’s. The good news for all of […]
Pria
This Canadian short film shows the lengths that Pria (Natasha Chandel), a 15-year-old South Asian girl goes to in an effort to lose her accent, mainly by mimicking lines from favorite movies. She does this because she fancies a boy she sees every week at a local coffee shop, and she’s convinced he’ll […]
Still to come
Pria, Twins of Mankala, Davy and Stu, Nina’s Heavenly Delights, 0:0pm, Sirah, 1001 Auditions, My Bollywood Bride.