Sarita Choudhury’s latest film role is that of Jasleen in Learning to Drive, the bride-to-be who flies from India to marry a man she’s never met before, Darwan (Sir Ben Kingsley). Q: How did you approach this character? Sarita Choudhury: It’s odd to play someone who doesn’t speak, because it would almost be easier […]
Category: Interviews
Director Q on what came after SAIFF 2010
I had a chance to chat briefly with director Q, whose film eye-opening film Gandu was screened at SAIFF 2010. He’s in NYC and attending this year’s SAIFF, to which he’s brought his film Tasher Desh. What can we expect from you this time around at SAIFF 2013? Well, a surprise… How has it been […]
Vijay Varma talking about Monsoon Shootout
While in New York to attend the screening of Monsoon Shootout at SAIFF 2013, here’s what Vijay Varma had to say about working on the film- where he plays a young and idealistic police officer new to the job – and what he has coming up next. What’s one memory from making Monsoon Shootout that […]
Manish Acharya interview
In the past three years, on December 4th, the day when director, writer and actor Manish Acharya died in a horse-riding accident outside of Bombay, I always remember him and his wonderful debut film Loins of Punjab Presents, and think what a shame it is that he’s gone so soon. Manish was only 40 and […]
Arjun Mathur talking about Bombay Movie, Fireflies and more
Tell me about Bombay Movie AM: There’s a film I did called Barah Anna, and Alex (Eaton) was, well, I thought she was just shooting the making of, and three years later I learned that she’s made a documentary film on it. I’m so excited. It gives an insight into the process that goes into […]
Riz Ahmed: I get pulled aside every time I come here
As part of the press junket for The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a group of seven of us had a roundtable interview with Riz Ahmed (who plays Changez Khan) and Kate Hudson (who plays his girlfriend, Erica). On a purely gossipy notes, one could not help but notice that Ms. Hudson was wearing this massive emerald-cut rock. […]