LCMD

courtesy of Bombay Addict: a shot from last week of a Bombay hoarding for Laaga Chunari Mein Daag…looking forward to Friday… (PS – if you look closely below the main feature, you’ll also see a snippet of a smaller ad for the new Indian Vogue)

The Darjeeling Limited

  Let’s see, three intense brothers named Jack, Peter and Francis – all with heavy issues, a fondness for dramatic gestures and a little liquid chemical assistance to get through, and a hard-headed mother named Patricia”¦.hmm, Irish possibly? Meet the Whitman boys.   The wealthy trio, still grieving for the loss of their father a […]

Vanaja

This movie opens in NY today.   If you’re anywhere near Manhattan,  PLEASE go see it.   And if you’re not in NYC, just hold on for a bit, because it’s coming to your city soon. For me,  the pleasure of watching Mamata Bhukya dancing in the lead role would be enough.   But  the […]

Marigold

  Just at the time when Salman has been installed in a Jodhpur jail (at least for the moment), I happened to watch Jaan-e-mann and recently attended a screening of Marigold, his much touted Hollywood film, or crossover film as some were calling it.   The movie is directed by Willard Carroll, a man who […]

Heyy Babyy

  In Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, we saw Indians living in the New York marrying, cheating, divorcing  and being miserable in the pursuit of soul mates.   In Sajid Khan’s Heyy Babyy, the location is Sydney, and the trio of dawgs (Arush, Tanmay, Al) never get  that far, as they bounce from girl to girl […]