For over six years, we stood steadfast in our determination not to join the hordes who fell under the sway of Apple’s iPod music player. Launched in October 2001, the iPod has achieved iconic status in the U.S. It’s everywhere – in the subway, in the bus and in the mall. Apple claims to have sold […]
At the U.S. box office, the Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai combo has proven to be a lesser draw than the Shahrukh Khan-Deepika Padukone duo. According to U.S. box office numbers, Jodhaa Akbar came in at No-19 with a weekend gross collection of $1.3 million although it was a four-day weekend because of the President’s Day holiday […]
Shahrukh Khan Stopped at US Airport Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan does not like America, according to an interview he gave recently to the The Times (of London not the Mumbai rag Times of India). Shahrukh Khan minced no words about America in his interview with Anil Sinanan, Times Bollywood Film Critic: I don’t like America. […]
Pakistanis have dealt a crushing defeat to dictator and President Pervez Musharraf in the elections held Monday. Many of Musharraf’s cronies were defeated in the elections. The New York Times said Monday in its online edition: From unofficial results the private news channel, Aaj Television, forecast that the Pakistan Peoples Party would win 110 seats […]
Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan are not great actors, says the New York Times. That Aishwarya Rai is a less than mediocre actress is known to all serious Bollywood fans. Do we need the New York Times to tell us that? Hrithik Roshan is a few shades better than Aishwarya Rai. But to be fair […]
Jodhaa Akbar is an epic bore athough it’s touted as an epic love story of Mughal Emperor Akbar and Rajput princess Jodhaa, daughter of Raja Barmal, a minor king from a small state called Amer. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker (of Lagaan fame), Jodhaa Akbar never once scales lofty heights but struggles in the quicksand of […]