Mamata Bhukya has been in New York for several appearances connected with  her film Vanaja.   She and director Rajnesh Domalpalli have been at the red carpet premiere and  at several screenings  to introduce the film and to do Q&A sessions afterward.   I caught up with both of them recently as they grabbed […]

  The night before he appeared at Lincoln Center for the Bachchan Sandhya, Amitabh Bachchan came to the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for a press conference. After some welcome comments from the Bhavan’s Dr. Navin Mehta and Dr. P Jayaraman, Mr. Bachchan said, as he loomed over the podium at us: “Good evening ladies and gentlemen. […]

  There’s a story I did in this week’s issue of India Abroad about the weekend that Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan were in NY, for a variety of events, including a  news conference to promote  next year’s Unforgettable tour.   As an accompaniment to that story, here’s a brief   one-on-one I had  with […]