Like all those kids down in steamy Orlando right now queuing up and clamoring for another go on the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride, I also want to see Raavan several more times. So far, I’ve only seen the Hindi version once earlier this week. Tonight I get my wish and […]
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Raavan BFI Premiere
We’ve seen the film yesterday, but we have been asked to hold our comments ’til this evening, so in the meantime, here is NDTV’s coverage of the red carpet première at the British Film Institute Southbank in London. In addition to the Raavan team – Mani Ratnam, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Nikhil Dwivedi, […]
Time is Mani (o Il Viaggio di Raavan a Venezia)
I always wondered when I’d get around to using that line. It’s a phrase that a friend exclaimed in Tamil class one day (because we had just been told the Tamil word for time is indeed “mani”). But now, it all seems strangely prophetic in a way….. If anyone ever had any doubts about […]
Kites – todavÃa no
So the much anticipated Hrithik Roshan – Barbara Mori film has launched last week, and landed in the Top 10 list of films released in the US and has grossed over 65 crores worldwide in its first weekend. To someone like me, who learned Spanish as an impressionable tween while watching Mexican soap operas (as […]
No LSD in the USA
After hearing Anupama Chopra’s favorable of review of Love Sex aur Dhokha last Friday, I was really looking forward to catching it this week. Imagine my surprise when I checked the Big Cinemas website for show times and saw it wasn’t showing here. In fact it wasn’t showing anywhere in the US. When I […]