“Such a nice boy.” That’s always the first thought I have when I think of actor Imran Khan, though at 30, he’s not really a boy any more. But still, he looks younger than his real age. In the mainstream Hindi film industry, this will be a terrific asset as he progresses into his mid-40s […]
Category: New releases
Just like it sounds.
Diana
Having heard a snippet of rather groan-inducing dialogue from this film several weeks ago, namely, Diana asking heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan, “Can someone actually die from a broken heart?” (or words to that effect), I had serious doubts about this movie, but I was willing to plunge in and watch it, because it’s directed […]
Singam 2: Too Lite
First time in all my Tamil movie-watching in New York and New Jersey, I witnessed in person Friday night that massive hero worship of Tamil film fans. When the opening credits of Singam 2 started rolling, folks were already clapping and whistling, and when Surya appeared on screen for the first time, they burst into […]
Fukrey: What a tease you are, Mr. Lamba
As some folks may have heard me comment more than once lately, my patience is starting to wear very thin for films whose stories revolve solely around some (young) guys and whatever their challenge is, and the gals are secondary characters, when not simply window-dressing. (This is why I couldn’t get myself to watch Kai […]
Riz Ahmed: I get pulled aside every time I come here
As part of the press junket for The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a group of seven of us had a roundtable interview with Riz Ahmed (who plays Changez Khan) and Kate Hudson (who plays his girlfriend, Erica). On a purely gossipy notes, one could not help but notice that Ms. Hudson was wearing this massive emerald-cut rock. […]
Midnight’s Children
You gotta give it to Deepa Mehta – the director has guts by the truckload. After having incurred the ire of Hindu conservatives for her film Fire and then again almost a decade later for Water (during the filming of which she had to ditch India and instead shoot in Sri Lanka), she then had […]