With all the abuse Shahrukh Khan has been getting for his performance in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, how does he manage to still come up smelling like a roja? Because he has his own perfume, Tiger Eyes for men and women, launched last year. Lisa Tsering reveals in a current India West article that […]
KANK: Looking at Bombay Looking at Us
NYC-based Aseem Chhabra’s weekly Sunday column in the Mumbai Mirror today is all about the expectation that had built up in the U.S. prior to the Friday release of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, among the many people who worked as extras in the film. (And also on this blog.) UPDATE (Monday a.m.): The […]
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Infidelity and divorce are ok, if it’s all for love (not merely sex). Contrast that with the “Family is family” mantra that Dev (Shahrukh Khan) and Maya (Rani Mukherjee Mukherji), the emotionally unfaithful spouses, repeat half-heartedly to each other, as if aware that they’re mouthing a bad knock-off of a Karan Johar film tagline. […]
More than SWATCHes and chocolates
Kamla Bhatt has a very interesting post and links to an article here about what it’s like to be the residents of a small town in Switzerland when a Bollywood movie crew shows up to film.
KANK: Is Amitabh Bachchan holding a WHIP ???
I’m hoping this is just because he’s back from horseback riding in Central Park…. Then again, given what the opening paragraph of a July 10 India Today article said, maybe it’s not: “…His extra-curricular activities in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna seem only too innocent in comparison: in one scene when his son, played by […]
Uttar Pradesh on film: Omkara & Bunty aur Babli
Just want to point you to a terrific piece over at The Buddha Smiled, wherein he starts off to do a review of Omkara, but, happily for us, ends up telling us lots about Uttar Pradesh (where Omkara is set and where his family has roots) and taking a side road into last year’s big […]