Vishwaroop Opens to Mostly Poor Reviews

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 […]

Jayalalitha Makes Perfect Sense

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 […]

Disgrace! Vishwaroopam Ban Upheld

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. […]

New Date Set for Telugu Bidda Raghunandan Yandamuri’s Formal Arraignment

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 […]