Star-studded opening of the 10th Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council film festival. The non-desi photographers behind the velvet rope furiously scribbled the names the of the people gliding by them, while the rest of the pack gave them the lo-down on who was who.   Tusshar Kapoor got out of his car one reporter said “He’s […]

It’s that time of the year again. Three Indian film festivals in the NY/NJ area overlap and bump into each other over the space of the next two and a half weeks. One the one hand, it’s a glorious excess of riches, with the likes of Anurag Kashyap and Mani Ratnam gracing us with their […]

Paan Singh Tomar, the UTV film based on a true story and starring Irrfan Khan and Mahi Gill, was the SAIFF centrepiece film, screened last night.   Mr. Khan was moving and funny and earnest in the role.   More later.

First up was  a quaint, affectionate short, Grant Street Shaving Co., followed by a film that couldn’t be more different, Gandu.   More about both later.

On an unusually warm and humid autumn evening, a wave of film folk arrived at the SVA theater on West 23rd street for the opening of the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival. The man of the night was director Anurag Kashyap, here to present his latest: That Girl in Yellow Boots. While posing for […]