Rahman of the moment

AR Rahman probably has a cupboard full of awards the way some Bollywood names have cupboards full of skeletons. In both cases, it’s usually a case of ‘what’s the big deal about one more’. But the Golden Globe puts him, literally, in the global league. At this point, looking back, … Read more

Amitabh blasts ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ on blog

NEW DELHI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has slammed Danny Boyle’s Golden Globe award winning underdog drama “Slumdog Millionaire” for showing India in poor light. “If ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ projects India as Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that … Read more

Kashf – Unveiling Pakistan (An interview with Ayesha Khan, the director of Pakistan’s first english language film)

She is a filmmaker with a degree in theatre and religion from Mount Holyoke college in New York. She works out of offices in New York City, Santa Fe, and Lahore. Her goal is to create dialogue through the movies she produces, both within the Muslim world, internationally and especially … Read more

Hollywood comes to B-Town with ‘Hissss’

Split Image Pictures brings together Bollywood and Hollywood to creat India’s first creature – feature film with the most stunning, never-before seen effects. After contemplating and varying on a lot of working titles, the Bollywood-Hollywood film starring Mallika Sherwat and Irfan Khan will now be officially called ‘Hissss’. Produced by … Read more