A few weeks ago I lamented the closing of the North Bergen multiplex that screened so many Hindi, Telugu and Tamil movies over the past two years. For people based in NYC and  the Manhattan-facing edges of Jersey, filmi theater options were then reduced to The Imaginasian and bas.   (Excluding long drives into […]

  More about this beautiful film very soon, but for now, here are some pics from the red carpet premiere last night on Amsterdam Avenue, complete with Connecticut-based Indian elephant, Minnie. Minnie and her handlers: Minnie and the IAAC‘s President Aroon Shivdasani: Rajnesh Domalpalli (director) and Mamata Bhukya (lead actor): From another angle: Minnie’s ride:

  Grrrrrrl power zindabad! How refreshing Chak De India! is  and what hope it gives me for the future of mainstream Hindi cinema.   Hope, because this is one movie that isn’t traditional masala (it has few songs, few costume changes, no numbers where the characters lipsync to playback singers) and yet is still entertaining, […]

  Anyone in the New York metro area might be interested to know that Hiding Divya, which stars Madhur Jaffrey and Pooja Kumar, will be shown tonight as part of the Asian American International Film Festival. It will be shown at the Asia Society at 7pm. More info is available here. My thoughts on the […]

The biggest disappointment I had with Salaam-e-Ishq earlier this year was the notable absence of the Golden-Footed Virar ka Chokra hoofing it up  for our enjoyment.   Sure, it  was great to see him back on the big  screen, and in a somewhat ‘serious’ role (ok, sober?   restrained?), but I kept waiting for the […]

  Nobody, but nobody, is looking forward to the release tomorrow of Govinda’s latest movie –  Partner – as much as I am (be still, my heart), and yet, I have two questions: [1] Was there a sale on fedoras that the wardrobe department couldn’t resist? and [2] What’s with the dangly thingy in Salman’s […]