has there been such a desi-Latino mash-up recently….yelo…Jessica Alba in a sari: The photo’s a still from the soon-to-hit-the-screens The Love Guru. And on the subject of Mike Myers’ latest release, here’s an interview I did for Khabar magazine with Manu Narayan about his work on the film and his career.
Manil Suri on movies
Before we ended a recent interview, running in this month’s Khabar magazine, I had a chance to ask Manil Suri, author of The Age of Shiva and The Death of Vishnu about his interest in movies. Here’s what he had to say: In both novels, Hindi movies are all around the edges, […]
Home Products: the filmi connection
Having temporarily rebelled against the required reading for certain pieces to come, I’ve been devouring Amitava Kumar’s 2007 novel Home Products. The protagonist is a writer from Bihar (hey, wait a minute…) who comes to Bombay and works as a film journalist, and then gets involved in writing a screenplay. As if […]
Rajnesh Domalpalli, Friday evening in NYC
To mark the release of the DVD of his film Vanaja, director Rajnesh Domalpalli will be appearing at an event Friday evening, May 30, at the Borders in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. Domalpalli will discuss four scenes from the film (of his choosing), and audience members will ask about another four […]
Big delays?
No, friends, not a reference to the hunk in that movie opening on May 30th…. But rather, I’m wondering what’s the hold-up with the East coast cinemas of the Big chain that Reliance Capital has bought, for the purpose of screening Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and other films in areas with large South Asian populations. […]
Vanaja: What’s New on the DVD
For anyone who doesn’t live in a city where Vanaja was released last year, or who just happened to miss it, the great news is that Emerging Pictures has just released the DVD, with some terrific additional features. First, there are four short films (each around 10 minutes in length) that the director, Rajnesh […]