The Big Media Event yesterday was more calm and orderly than I expected.   For some reason, I thought there’d be mass pandemonium and much pushing and yelling, based on the last time I was in the same room with SRK (that would be last August, the same night as his  Velcome-to-Amrika experience at Newark […]

Here are a few quick shots from this afternoon’s press conference at Fox with Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, here to promote My Name is Khan: More later…

Full disclosure, I have to admit that I was really reluctant to watch Taare Zameen Par again, on the occasion of the Disney release of the film on DVD last week,  now containing  an English track and a director’s commentary plus other  extra features.   I had purposely avoided Mr. Khan’s pet project when it […]

I had heard that Santosh Sivan was going to step over to the other side of the camera and take the lead role in a Malayalam film about the life of artist and Travancore native Raja Ravi Varma, and sure enough, the man emailed two pics of himself in full make-up and costume. Have a […]

It’s rare that we get to see a big Hindi movie release before yeh log over in the desh, but last night was an exception and a treat. Aladin was the opening night film for the South Asian International Film Festival, which runs through next Tuesday, November 3rd.   No one from the film’s cast […]

So, I get the feeling that Surya likes dual roles, yes? After his so very solid turn in Aayitha Ezhuthu, I rediscovered the caramel-eyed wonder for myself in Vel on a visit to Madras in ’07.   All I can say is, I was never much of a fan of moustaches before, but oh Mama, […]