It’s seems ages since I first saw a trailer for Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd on the big screen. And I remember thinking “Interesting concept for a film. It looks like fun.” Well, bohut mazaa hai. It could be unweildy to tell the stories of 5 couples on a group honeymoon in Goa, […]
Firangis Flip for Eklavya
Two US- and UK-based media reviews caught my attention. First, the NYC-based Village Voice carried this rave about Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s latest release, wherein David Chute writes: Elkavya was filmed in two actual Rajasthani palaces, one for the endlessly receding gilded interiors and another for the crumbling facade. But the action that unfolds […]
Up next: Karan Johar at NYU
The stylish, amiable and chatty filmmaker and television host was scheduled to be present at the conclusion of a screening of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna at New York University Saturday evening for a Q & A session. The event was hosted by Professor Richard Allen of the Cinema Studies Department at NYU. Camera lights […]
I always knew that I was God’s special child
….thus spake Shilpa Shetty on NDTV’s Walk the Talk this weekend.
Bollywood is big in NYC
No, really? According to our local NPR outlet, WNYC, that is indeed the case. The first half hour of John Schaefer’s show Soundcheck yesterday was all about the rising popularity of Bollywood in this barrio. The episode, called Hooray for Bollywood, can be heard here. Prime guest was none other than local ladka, the […]
The Karan Johar drinking game
There’s a saying that goes: “Martes 13, ni te cases ni te embarques” (Tuesday the 13th, don’t marry or set out on a trip), but nobody said anything about imbibing…. Last week, a few girlfriends got to talking about certain elements of Karan Johar films, and one revealed that she had a KJo drinking […]