In one of the earliest shots of Prashant Bhargava’s Patang (The Kite), the green, yellow and pink domes of small temple in one Ahmedabad neighborhood stand out against the greys of the buildings around them. It’s an arresting shot, one of several that surprise and delight in between the story of a weekend family reunion […]
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Wasseypur Comes to Greenwich Village
In less than two hours, the closing night film of the 2012 New York Indian Film Festival will hit the screen at NYU’s Skirball Center, bringing Gangs of Wasseypur and its director, Anurag Kashyap, fresh from having been selected to be part of the Directors Quinzaine in Cannes to Greenwich Village. Great ending to the […]
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
When the trailer for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel started appearing in Manhattan cinemas last autumn, I was struck by how many laughs it got and figured, given its golden cast, that it would be a success, but I was also curious to see how – a few years on since Slumdog Millionaire – another […]
Ekk Deewana Tha
I had some qualms going in to see Ekk Deewana Tha (How would Prateik do? How would they explain the presence of the young English rose, Amy Jackson? How would AR Rahman’s gorgeous, dreamy title song fare in its Hindi reincarnation?) but I put them aside when the lights went down in the theater, and […]
On the horizon: Ek Deewana Tha
When I started receiving advance news of the upcoming film Ek Deewana Tha, I had several thoughts. First, “Prateik is one of the leads? Excellent! That’s something to look forward to in February.” Then, “Amy Jackson is playing opposite Prateik? So Madrasapattinam wasn’t just a one-off, after all. Very interesting!” And finally, “A love story […]
Salman & Katrina filming at Trinity College Dublin
Kabir Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger might be the first Hindi film shot in Ireland, but the Tamil film folk have been there already several years before…Still, it’s great to see them on Irish soil, and as Kabir suggests, I hope this will be the first of many more Hindi flics on location in Ireland. […]