Soon after I read Brotherly Love, the poignant story of two brothers Subhash and Udayan, in the New Yorker (June 10, 2013), I became eager to read Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland from which the short story is excerpted. Fast forward three months. I’ve read The Lowland. Death – Not the End Spanning four generations and […]
Telugu bidda and serial groper Srinivasa Erramilli surrendered to the prison authorities on October 30, 2013 to start serving his nine-month prison term for abusive sexual contact (groping a 65-year-old female co-passenger on an aircraft). The 46-year-old Aurora, IL resident has also filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit […]
Hrithik Roshan’s Diwali release Krrish 3 has not set the box office on fire in the U.S. The movie, produced and directed by Hrithik’s papa Rakesh Roshan, took in a mere million dollars in its opening November 1-3, 2013 weekend. Average gross of just $5,046 per screen is likely turning Hrithik and his father toward […]
No, Krrish 3 is not swoonworthy fare. Merely, the best in the Krrish series of super-hero films and one of the rare endurable Bollywood movies. Super-Hero Meets Super-Villain Krrish 3 outclasses other Indian super-hero films like Krrish 2, Enthiran and Ra-One in four respects: * Super-villain Kaal (Vivek Oberoi) is an unusual character with an interesting […]
Misery rains down on Indians in diverse forms. Mine came trekking all the way from the People’s Republic of Rotten Movies (a.k.a. Kollywood) bearing the infantile title Arrambam (Beginning). Arrambam debuted at several theaters in the U.S. Wednesday evening and I sat through the punishing ordeal of watching the premiere show at a theatre on […]
Ajith Kumar’s Arrambam has opened to a decent response. About 70 people in the hall at a theatre on the East Coast (U.S.) People are still trickling in. Movie should start in about five minutes, i.e. at 9PM Eastern Time. Update – 1 Interval – 10:10PM Plain awful so far. The central theme of movie […]