New Disney release of Taare Zameen Par

Full disclosure, I have to admit that I was really reluctant to watch Taare Zameen Par again, on the occasion of the Disney release of the film on DVD last week,  now containing  an English track and a director’s commentary plus other  extra features.   I had purposely avoided Mr. Khan’s pet project when it […]

How awful to be gori…

Have look at this Bharat Matrimony ad I saw on TV this past weekend….and just watch Grandmama’s reaction ( :14   ) when she finds out her lovely grandson is bringing home a “gori” to meet the family.   Poor dear, she looks as though someone had just dropped a dead, smelly  rat at her […]

When the Denver Nuggets met B’wood

On November 24th, at the Denver Nuggets – NJ Nets game halftime, Denver dance doyenne (and instructor) Renu Kansal took to the floor of the Pepsi Center with her Bollywood West troupe to perform. I had been anticipating this event almost as much as they all had, since Renu had entrusted Top Secret discussions of […]

Tonight only: D’Arranged Marriage

You might have seen a story I did over the summer about D’Arranged Marriage and its co-creators, New Zealanders Tarun Mohanbhai and Rajeev Varma. The show did a run in the Village earlier this year, then Raj and Tarun had a reunion in London, and more recently, Raj took the one-man show to the heart […]