Filmiholic : Meri duniya - bilkul filmi

On the horizon: Ek Deewana Tha

filmiholic — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:33:00 +0000

When I started receiving advance news of the upcoming film Ek Deewana Tha, I had several thoughts. First, “Prateik is one of the leads? Excellent! That’s something to look forward to in February.” Then, “Amy Jackson is playing opposite Prateik? So Madrasapattinam wasn’t just a one-off, after all. Very interesting!” And finally, “A love story [...]

Bye-bye Barkha Dutt and NDTV

filmiholic — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:04:46 +0000

This is my first Sunday without Barkha Dutt’s We the People in several years now, and it’s been quite an adjustment. I signed on to Directv’s offering of Hindi channels back in 2006 and it wasn’t long before Barkha Dutt was competing with Tim Russert, then David Gregory and Fareed Zakaria for my attention over [...]

Desert Island Discs – Happy 70th!

filmiholic — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:42:48 +0000

Today marks the 70th anniversary of BBC Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs, a wonderful programme that you really must check out, if you haven’t listened to it before. For the uninitiated, here’s how the show functions: after a little bit of very languid music and seagull calls, the host speaks to that episode’s guest (a [...]

James X arrives in New York

filmiholic — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:04:22 +0000

The last time I was at the little theater at 45 Bleecker was to see Colin Quinn doing Long Story Short, his funny retelling of the history of man and all his weaknesses and imperfections, before it shifted to Broadway. Last night, I was there for the preview of a drama – James X – [...]

Thanks but no thanks, Barnes & Noble

filmiholic — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:38:33 +0000

Weeks and weeks and weeks ago, when I saw that Michael Ondaatje would be doing a reading at the Union Square Barnes & Noble tonight as part of the book tour for his delightful latest novel (The Cat’s Table), I noted it on my calendar with an idea to go and see him, as I [...]

Salman & Katrina filming at Trinity College Dublin

filmiholic — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:35:56 +0000

Kabir Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger might be the first Hindi film shot in Ireland, but the Tamil film folk have been there already several years before…Still, it’s great to see them on Irish soil, and as Kabir suggests, I hope this will be the first of many more Hindi flics on location in Ireland. [...]

Boy, I hope they don’t mess this up

filmiholic — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:33:14 +0000

Very interested to see that AMC will be developing a TV series of Vikram Chandra’s wonderful, hulking big opus Sacred Games to TV. Chandra touched on the possibility of the novel making it to a film screen here, in an evening he spent at the Asia Society in NY a few years ago.

Abhay Deol interview

filmiholic — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:13:01 +0000

Here’s an interview with Abhay Deol appearing in today’s Firstpost that I did when he was here to promote Mela.com (more about them, their service and the event later). If explicit nudity helps the story, I’ll do it: Abhay Deol Clad in a yellow t-shirt, a navy Armani Exchange blazer and jeans, Abhay Deol breezed through [...]

Bodyguard

filmiholic — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:26:53 +0000

Malayalam writer and director Siddique’s Bodyguard, a remake of his remake (the Tamil Kaavalan) of his own original film (the Malayalam Bodyguard) is now out in Hindi, starring Salman Khan as the security person to whom the title refers, and Kareena Kapoor as Divya, the object of his protections. Though an August 2011 release, it [...]

Once Upon a Warrior / Anaganaga O Dheerudu

filmiholic — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:28:39 +0000

On July 26th, Disney made cinematic history when they simultaneously released two Hindi films (Do Dooni Char, Zokkomon) and one Telugu film (Anaganaga O Dheerudu / Once Upon a Warrior) on DVD, digital download and video-on-demand in the US. I opted for the Siddharth swashbuckler directed by Prakash Kovelamudi that had its theatrical release in [...]