If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. Yes, that was the bard in Twelfth Night (Act 1, Scene 1). Having belatedly realized that our 16GB iPhone (which of course includes an iPod) still has a considerable amount of empty […]
Kaminey Review – Bollywood Kamineys Deliver a Decent Flick, At Last Kaminey Fares Well at U.S. Box Office Bollywood film Kaminey featuring Shahid Kapoor and that non-actress Priyanka Chopra is releasing in the U.S. on August 14, 2009. Vishal Bharadwaj is the director. In the movie, described in some quarters as a violent comedy, Shahid […]
The Saif Ali Khan-Deepika Padukone film Love Aaj Kal has managed to hold up well in its second weekend at the U.S. box office. Love Aaj Kal came in at No-18 for the August 7-9 weekend with a total gross of $625,057 and average gross of $6,128. Here, take a look at how Love Aaj […]
(Recommended by SI reader Boopalanj) Preoccupied as Indian film-makers are with regurgitating trash, the documentary as an art form is virtually absent in Bollywood or any of its smaller regional siblings. That’s odd when you know the cornucopia of material available to Indian film-makers. Given that the blighted land is rife with corruption, rampant cruelty, […]
OMG, what a fall. Bollywood crap-show Luck has tumbled 91.5% in its second weekend at the U.S. box office (please see Luck’s opening weekend U.S. box office performance here). Luck came in at No-71 for the July 31-August 2 weekend with a total gross of $9,530 and average gross of $397. As of August 2, […]
Love Aaj Kal Holds Up Well at Box Office Wow. Desis in the U.S. have heartily given a big thumbs up to Love Aaj Kal. The Bollywood romance debuted at No-15 for the July 31-Augut 2, 2009 weekend here. In its opening weekend, Love Aaj Kal grossed an impressive $1.24 million. The average gross per […]