The new, desified Upstairs, Downstairs

  If you too do some desi-spotting – that is, noticing when some reference to or influence from the Subcontinent appears in a non-South Asian setting or context – then tune in to tonight to your local PBS station for the first of the three-part series of the new Upstairs, Downstairs. The story picks up […]

CraicFest returns to NYC this week

Finally, the website for this weekend’s Irish film festival in NYC, the CraicFest 2011, is up for all to see.   There are also musical performances in the evenings after the films have been screened. The Tribeca Cinemas again are home to the events. The big opener   – White Irish Drinkers – which stars […]

Looking forward to DMD

One of the films I’m most anticipating once we get through the current World Cup-induced film drought is Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maaro Dum. If his Bluffmaster was anything to go by – and given that this flic will star Abhishek Bachchan, Prateik Babbar and Aditya Pancholi – then I think it may well be a […]

3 Idiots DVD coming to US stores in April

Well, well, I just heard that the DVD of the huge Christmas 2009 hit 3 Idiots – starring Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor – will be available through various US outlets next month. Starting on April 26, it can be found at Target, Amazon and FYE, among others. The DVD […]