Even those leaders like Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Che Guevara who were at the vanguard of a real revolution did not have a fancy title like Tamil movie star Vishal Reddy. After his appearance in just half-a-dozen Tamil films, Vishal Reddy has now taken on the title of Puratchi Thalapathi or Revolutionary Commander. Wow, in […]
Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan’s reincarnation-based film Om Shanti Om handily beat Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya featuring debutantes Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor at the U.S. box office for the November 9-11 opening weekend. According to U.S. box office numbers, Om Shanti Om came in at a respectable No-11 with a weekend gross collection of $1.76 million. […]
When limitless ambition collides with limited talent on the Bollywood Highway, the end result is a road wreck called Om Shanti Om. A dispiritingly commonplace theme of reincarnation packaged in a disjointed, tracing-paper-thin plot with ho-hum performances by the lead actors renders a mediocre movie that only addled fans of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan would love. Shahrukh Khan’s […]
Diwali 2007 will be remembered for the epic battle of two Bollywood love stories on the Big Screen. Saawariya vs Om Shanti Om. Who will walk away with the Diwali honors for the more entertaining movie? Will the winner be Saawariya featuring newcomers Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in a tender love story? Produced by Sony […]
Disgusting; U.S. Pisses Away $306b on Citigroup Update: Vikram Pandit named CEO of Citigroup on December 11. Click here for details. Vikram Pandit is that rare Indian who has made it big within the stratospheric heights of the financial sector in New York. A Mumbai native, Vikram Pandit is CEO of Citigroup’s Institutional Clients Group comprising of Citi […]
Embattled financial services giant Citigroup is expected to take another mega write-down of $8 billion-$11 billion on top of the $5.9 billion write-down the bank took in early October, according to reports coming out of New York City. The huge write-down is necessary in view of the falling value of sub-prime mortgage securities held by […]