It’s that time of the year again. Three Indian film festivals in the NY/NJ area overlap and bump into each other over the space of the next two and a half weeks. One the one hand, it’s a glorious excess of riches, with the likes of Anurag Kashyap and Mani Ratnam gracing us with their […]
Year: 2010
Irrfan Khan @ SAIFF
Paan Singh Tomar, the UTV film based on a true story and starring Irrfan Khan and Mahi Gill, was the SAIFF centrepiece film, screened last night. Mr. Khan was moving and funny and earnest in the role. More later.
SAIFF 2010 – Friday night
First up was a quaint, affectionate short, Grant Street Shaving Co., followed by a film that couldn’t be more different, Gandu. More about both later.
SAIFF 2010 Opening Night
On an unusually warm and humid autumn evening, a wave of film folk arrived at the SVA theater on West 23rd street for the opening of the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival. The man of the night was director Anurag Kashyap, here to present his latest: That Girl in Yellow Boots. While posing for […]
At Home with Madhur Jaffrey
Last week the Indo-American Arts Council hosted a book launch event to celebrate actor and author Madhur Jaffrey‘s latest release, a cookbook designed for busy people who love Indian food but find the prep time overwhelming. Loins of Punjab Presents star Ajay Naidu stopped by briefly to offer his good wishes, followed later in […]