Ilaya-thalai-illadhi-pathi of Punnaku Pandi movies fame (see end of this post) is a haunted soul these days. Before we get started, let’s anoint our beloved Kollywood actor General Punnaku Pandi (in deference to a character Punnaku Pandi in one of his movies). After all, a General without a noun is like a decorated soldier without […]
Well, 2010 is certainly turning out to be annus horribilis for some NYC Indian restaurateurs. At least six well-known NYC Indian restaurants, some belonging to prominent groups, have called it quits in 2010. Among the NYC Indian fatalities are the high-end Tabla (shutting down at the end of this year), A Desi Diner (belonging to […]
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me. – Humphrey Bogart’s character Dix Steele narrating lines from a screenplay he’s writing, to his girl Laurel (Gloria Grahame) in the car in the 1950 Hollywood movie In a Lonely Place. In a […]
Bollywood film No Problem starring Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sushmita Sen, Paresh Rawal et al is receiving withering scorn from movie critics. No Problem is directed by Anees Bazmee whose claim to fame is the hideously bad Singh is Kinng. Even unabashed Bollywood cheerleaders like India FM have come down heavily on the […]
People outside India are often dumbstruck to learn that millions of poor souls sleep on the pavement in India’s commercial capital Bombay (now renamed Mumbai) night after night after night. But things have been like that in Bombay for well over a 100 years. As darkness shrouds the city and the haves gather into their […]
Like Newton’s famous laws, we now have a Bollywood Law of Box Office Returns, or BLOBOR in short. This is what BLOBOR states – If a Hindi movie features Abhishek Bachchan you can be sure the end result will be a disaster. Just as night follows day, disaster trails Abhishek Bachchan. The bozo is a […]