At NYIFF last month, following the screening of Alexandra Eaton’s documentary Bombay Movie, there was a Q & A with her and actor Arjun Mathur, one of the stars of Barah Aana, the making of which is at the center of Bombay Movie. Q: How did you come to make this film? Alex Eaton: I […]
Bombay Movie: Maybe it is a Bollywood country
For some people who love movies, it’s enough to lose themselves in the story, the visuals, the music, the talent (or beauty) of the actors, or perhaps the action and stunt sequences. But for others of us, there’s also a searing curiosity to know more: who came up with the idea to shoot a scene […]
Finally! Art Malik’s big Hindi movie debut
Well, it’s only taken several decades into his career, but finally someone has been able to lure Art Malik onto a mainstream Hindi movie set. The director who managed that coup was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for his soon-to-release biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag starring Farhan Akhtar in the title role. If you watch this trailer, just […]
RFAK final night of US-Canada-Caribbean tour
This was Rahat Fateh Ali Khan earlier this week at a press conference and reception at Antun’s by Minar in Hicksville, Long Island. More about that later. Meanwhile, gotta get ready for tonight’s show at Nassau Coliseum, the final one in the singer’s tour which began back in mid-April and took him from back and […]
Fukrey: What a tease you are, Mr. Lamba
As some folks may have heard me comment more than once lately, my patience is starting to wear very thin for films whose stories revolve solely around some (young) guys and whatever their challenge is, and the gals are secondary characters, when not simply window-dressing. (This is why I couldn’t get myself to watch Kai […]
Falu on Foras Road
When we chatted briefly at the opening night of the IAAC‘s 2013 New York Indian Film Festival – in addition to discussing her wonderful turns in not one role but two in last December’s Bumbug Musical (she played Mrs, Scroogewala and also Cratcheeta) – the vivacious singer Falu was clearly excited about her latest […]