The year – 1997 The Date – October 6 The place – Orlando, FL The event – Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97 The context – Apple was down in the dumps, its stock was trading at $22 and there were grave concerns over the company’s future. Dell was soaring, its build-to-order PC model was a big […]
Vishwaroop, the Hindi version of Kamal Haasan’s Tamil film Vishwaroopam, opened mostly to poor reviews in India. Here are review excerpts from a bunch of Indian movie critics: Hindustan Times Vishwaroop….is too cartoonish to be taken too seriously. Rahul Bose, with his mouth permanently twisted down, makes for an unintentionally hilarious terrorist boss. Rediff For […]
Indian politicians are like Indian movies. Both rarely ever make any sense. But for once, we were witness to a politician who articulated a cogent response to an issue agitating millions of movie fans, not merely in Tamil Nadu, but across the world – the ban of Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha […]
Despite Kamal Haasan’s craven surrender to the Muslim community by offering to delete scenes in Vishwaroopam they find objectionable, the actor was beaten down in the Madras High Court today. A bench of the court overturned the order of the single judge and upheld the ban on screening Vishwaroopam in the state for two weeks. […]
After testing the Redbox Instant movie streaming service, I must say a lot of Indians will find the service very disappointing in its current incarnation. For $8 a month, Redbox Instant provides unlimited streaming of movies and lets you borrow four DVDs at the kiosks that are now ubiquitous outside U.S. grocery stores. Two Problems […]
The Court of Common Pleas in Montgomery County has fixed March 15, 2013 as the new date for Telugu bidda Raghunandan Yandamuri’s formal arraignment. A key step in the Pennsylvania criminal justice procedure, Raghu Yandamuri’s formal arraignment process is scheduled to start at 9AM on March 15. During the formal arraignment, the charges will be […]