(don’t know why the “Life in a …” was tacked on to the original title…) By way of what is the longest opening credit sequence I think I’ve ever seen, Anurag Basu introduces the various couples and triangles of his Bombay-based film: Shilpa Shetty and KayKay Menon, unhappily married to each other, Konkona Sensharma and […]

  Saw a screening of the Shonali Bose film tonight, with Konkona Sensharma in the lead role. It releases in the U.S. next month, starting in NY on May 25, and in LA on June 15. Stay tuned for a review and more in the next few weeks.

Awful.   Boring.   Repetitious.   Everyone looks bad.   Bobby Deol’s a musician who’s driven to extremes by his jealousy for Upen Patel (who acts mainly with his shoulders).   Kangana Ranaut and Celina Jaitley are the interchangeable bimbettes.   I was left with so many questions. Why does Celina wear so much eyeliner […]

Comments to follow shortly. The surprise today, halfway through the less-than-two-hour film, was the batch of extended trailers we had.   Great fun all. First up, Just Married.   Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol getting to know each other on honeymoon.   Looked better than I expected.   Next, Cheeni Kum.   Having just stood […]

(Tabu being interviewed by NDTV’s Sarah Jacob.)   On Thursday night at the Sepia International Gallery in Chelsea, Mira Nair, Tabu and Irfan Khan were in attendance to open a six-week photo exhibition called Namesake/Inspiration. With 45 photographic images of Calcutta, as well as of the U.S. and Japan, the small catalogue for the group […]

  NY Times– LA Times  – Entertainment Weekly  –  Variety  – Newsday  – Premiere  – NY Post  –  NY Daily News  –  Fox News  –   SF Chronicle  –  USA Today     The  Namesake has opened today at  these  theaters:   NYC: Angelika Film Center (West Houston & Mercer St.) NYC: Paris Theatre (58th […]