Superstar Rajnikanth and director Shankar have both come up short in the new Tamil movie Sivaji The Boss. A flawed movie in many respects, Sivaji fails to scale the lofty heights that one expects when the two top-guns in the Tamil film industry come together. We loved Shankar’s last film Anniyan and enjoyed Rajnikanth’s 2005 […]
Jhoom Bore Bore Jhoom would be a more apt name for this sleeping pill of a movie. Utterly bereft of any entertainment value, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom has no artistic raison d’etre and is an all-out assault on commonsense. Yet another sophomoric love story, Jhoom Bore Bore Jhoom’s only redeeming feature is an above par performance […]
Ah, the reach of Bollywood. It never ceases to surprise us. Who’d have thought the burka-clad Afghani women are as entranced by Bollywood films as much as we are. Indeed they are. Roshana … makes a face at us, then folds her hands together under her chin and puts on a dazed-by-romance smile, looking kind […]
Some Shiv Sena activists irate about derogatory references to Maratha hero Shivaji and the Thackeray family on Google’s popular Orkut web site have been venting their fury on Cybercafes in Mumbai. Indian media reports say that the Shiv Sainiks have already vandalized some cybercafes  and warned web surfers to stay away from Orkut. Apparently, the […]
We bet you have never seen a notice like this at any other museum in the world. During our desultory wanderings in New York City, we have stumbled across many a strange sight. But seldom as interesting and eye-catching as the above picture at the entrance to the Museum of Sex on 5th Ave and […]
Disney will team up with Yash Raj Films to make Disney-branded cartoon films with voices of Bollywood stars, according to today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The two companies have set a modest initial target – at least one animation film per year. The first movie will feature voices of Bollywood hero Saif Ali Khan and […]