This Monday just gone by, Firstpost, a new web portal was launched in India by Network 18 (who you will know from CNN-IBN, CNBC, MTV India and much more). As part of the Ideas section, the editors have asked a group of bloggers to join them and chime in a couple of times each month […]
Author: filmiholic
NYIFF 2011 Off & Running
So the annual Indo-American Arts Council New York Indian Film Festival has started with a bang and some bling and the participation of filmi royalty. Last night, Rishi Kapoor and his lovely wife Neetu Singh Kapoor walked the red carpet at the Paris theater for the opening film of this year’s festival Do Dooni Char. […]
Something old, something new, something madrasi, something blue?
Yes, in spite, or perhaps because of my Irish roots, I was up before daylight to watch The Wedding. So sue me. My mother and her generation grew up watching the royals across the Irish Sea and observing how they marked their big milestones. On Christmas Day, people would listen to the Queen’s address, […]
US Release of 3 Idiots DVD with Extra Features
Thank you, Rajkumar Hirani. While you might not have done a director’s commentary on the 3 Idiots DVD that was released today here in the US from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, nor did you include a full-on “making of” documentary type feature that was an hour or two in length, what you did do was […]
Dum Maaro Dum: Go Ahead, Take a Toke
Friends, here are some rather rushed initial thoughts from the road, trying to get these online before the coffee shop and its Wifi close down…. Something happens to me when we’re at the beginning of spring, and the days are getting warmer. A movie will come along that offers a welcome glimpse of summer for […]
Satyajit Ray Returns to NY
Once again, we lucky New Yorkers, spoiled for choice, have a chance to enjoy a special treat from India. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is collaborating with Columbia University to present Long Shadows: The Late Work of Satyajit Ray, starting today, April 19th, and running for one week, through to April 26th. What’s unique […]