Even before Tata’s $2,500 (Rs 100,000) car hits Indian roads, American auto maker Ford is singing a melancholic tune. Ford acknowledged that its car sales in India in 2008 would be the same as last year – 40,000 (which itself was lower than the 2006 sales figure of 42,060 units). Sure looks like Ford’s troubles in […]
Say what you will but there’s little respect for the common man in India. Everyone is out to get the common man in India. The government, police, employers, businesses, politicians and even banks are all after the little man. Of all the shaitans (devils) at the back of the common man in India, banks are probably […]
After the grand success of Sivaji, Tamil movie superstar Rajnikanth, director Shankar and music director A.R.Rahman will come together once again in a new multilingual film called Robot. Eros Multimedia and Ayngaran International are producing the film. Besides Tamil, Robot is set to be made in Hindi, Telugu and other unspecified languages. Director Shankar is said […]
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bill Gates announced on Sunday evening that Microsoft had sold 100 million licenses of the company’s Windows Vista operating system to date. Assuming conservatively that each Windows Vista license is used by just one person, that means Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has destroyed any hopes of happiness for […]
Billa, the horror show featuring Tamil movie star Ajith prancing around like a Korangu on the screen, is back in the Bay Area after being pulled from IMC 6 after a brief run. This time Billa is running in San Jose at the Century Berryessa. Click here for Billa showtimes.
Just when we thought our Bollywood purveyors of misery couldn’t sink any lower, comes along a lousy movie like Welcome. We so enjoyed Anees Bazmee’s 2005 comedy No Entry that it was with much anticipation we headed for his new movie Welcome. Alas, all our hopes were belied. It would be an insult to the […]