Where did Bollywood go Wrong?

The below post first took birth as a comment by a SearchIndia.com blog reader szm on the Bachna Ae Haseeno thread. To give it greater visibility, we are reproducing it below as a separate post. ————————————-  Dear Searchindia and all other bloggies Refering to the latest “offering” from the YRF camp, namely BAH (actually should be “BLAH”), […]

The Bicycle Thief – A Minor Italian Classic

In an age of $400 iPods, $300 iPhones and $200 Nikes, nobody gives a flying f*@# for a bicycle anymore. Not even a desperate Italian thief. But there was a time and day in Italy – in the not too distant past – when a bicycle was a big draw for a thief in Italy. […]

Ericsson Embraces TCS Coolies; Screws Swedes

Showing the middle finger to Swedish IT workers, Ericsson has inked a five-year contract with India’s Tata Consultancy Services to provide application maintenance and development services for Ericsson’s internal IT operations. Like their American counterparts, Nordic companies are increasingly hopping on to the outsourcing bandwagon. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

U.S. Screws Indian Drug Firm Ranbaxy; Bans 30 Drugs on Safety, Quality Grounds

Citing “serious manufacturing deficiencies” at plants belonging to Indian drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned import of over 30 different generic drugs from the company. The Ranbaxy plants under fire are located at Dewas and Paonta Sahib in India. The FDA also sent out two warning letters to Ranbaxy, the […]

Kamal Haasan on Kamal Haasan – 29 Years Back

Tamil film star Kamal Haasan has been a fixture on the screen for as long as we can remember. In an acting career spanning over five decades, Kamal Haasan has performed a variety of roles in Tamil, Telugu and, occasionally, even Hindi films. While Kamal Haasan is no Marlon Brando, the South Indian star is leagues […]

Kadhalan – Hellish Movie, Heavenly Music

By God, how we hated this dungheap of a Tamil movie. Only God knows how much we loved the music in Kadhalan. Released in 1994, Kadhalan is a landmark Tamil movie that shows A.R.Rahman at the Himalayan heights of his career. Truth be said but for Rahman’s music and Prabhu Deva’s dances, Kadhalan would have […]