Look at that lush cover. Playing, indeed. Today was the official release date of Melanie Abrams’ first novel. When you read about it in coming days and weeks (my review too, soon), you will likely hear a lot about the S&M in the relationship between Josie, the American grad student, and Devesh, the older […]
What Sort of a Welcome is This?
The first glimpse I caught of Anees Bazmi’s marrying-into-the-mafia caper Welcome was an ad on a small TV screen by a bank of elevators in an office park in Bombay, just before the film opened. I normally wouldn’t rush to a movie like this, with all the promise of madcap slapstick, but there […]
No vadai for you!
Rajni, Kamala and Maddy have all joined forces on a one-day hunger strike. They’re doing it to protest the attacks in Bangalore on cinemas showing Tamil films by people angered over the Hogenakkal water scuffle. More here.
In Memory of Navroze Mody
(Note: This is a story I wrote for India Abroad that appeared in the Oct. 5, 2007 issue. There’s nothing filmi about it, though a young life suddenly cut short has been depicted often enough on screen. But I wanted to post this story here, in the hope that more people will […]
Shame on you, PlanetM
Here it is, late Thursday night. I’ve just put in a full day at the office, finished a novel I’m reviewing on the way home on the train, spoke to the author for close to an hour for the same article, made some pasta for dinner, chatted on the phone while The Celebrity […]
Moon Over My Abhi
The Miami Herald reports that the KJo Dostana entourage has touched down in Florida and begun shooting: The production is expected to have all the kitschy trappings that have made Bollywood movies such a hit worldwide, including a zany musical number to be filmed on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road. Filmi fans will get to […]