LCMD @ AMC

What better way to spend a Friday Eid and Navratri afternoon than at the spacious  AMC cinema at the Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall, just down the road (literally) from Newark Airport and IKEA, to see Laaga Chunari Mein Daag? The managers at the theater must have decided to try screening some Hindi movies to see […]

LCMD

courtesy of Bombay Addict: a shot from last week of a Bombay hoarding for Laaga Chunari Mein Daag…looking forward to Friday… (PS – if you look closely below the main feature, you’ll also see a snippet of a smaller ad for the new Indian Vogue)

King of Bollywood @ the Asia Society

Last Friday night in New York, the Asia Society hosted an event around Anupama Chopra’s book, King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema.   The book, and the larger subject of popular Hindi movies, were discussed by a panel comprising (from left to right in the photo) Anupama Chopra, […]

Soon at a Device Near You

  This an article I did  that ran in the August 31, 2007 issue of India Abroad.   (Update:   Saavn’s most recent promotion is Summer of Love, running through the end of October.   In it, they are highlighting Umrao Jaan, Jaan-e-mann and Mixed Doubles.   Meanwhile, at Rajshri, their latest promotion is Manorama […]

“I think a lot in sound” – V. V. Chopra in NY

Last night, New York University hosted a screening of India’s entry for the Oscars this year, Eklavya, The Royal Guard.   Representing NYU were Prof. Richard Allen (Cinema Studies) and Prof. Tejaswini Ganti (Anthropology), representing Eklavya were the film’s director, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and he co-scriptwriter Abhijat Joshi, both who answered questions at the film’s […]