A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
A few years ago, Maanayata Dutt, Hindi film actor Sanjay Dutt’s wife, asked popular filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani to consider making a movie about the controversial star. Dutt’s life truly has[…]
This week we feature the current favorites and obsessions of Sheela Lal, who has been working in Missouri’s progressive political sphere for the better part of five years. She’s also invested[…]
Best known to western audiences for the soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire, A. R. Rahman is better known to South Asian listeners for a storied line of hits, with over 120[…]
It’s time for the 13th edition of the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival! Presented by 3rd i Films, the festival showcases independent films that promote diverse images of South[…]
Director Shankar doesn’t just have a vision. He has way too many of them. And he has decided to put them all in one film — his latest offering I.[…]
A dislocated pinkie randomly landed us in the lounge of our local emergency room the other day. There we were mildly surprised to see Will.i.am and some young dude (who[…]
It’s been a bumpy ride, Iggy. You did the whole white-girl’s-day-out-in-India thing for a music video and made us cringe because, girl, you cannot just go into someone else’s house[…]
Before MP3s and iPods there were cassette tapes and Walkmans — and I still have boxes filled with tapes of Bollywood soundtracks that I used to eagerly buy every time my family[…]
Abhishek Bachchan’s Twitter account helped remind me that it’s been seven years since the release of the Mani Ratnam film Guru. Hard to believe, especially since it still feels like yesterday[…]
Millions of Americans woke up to a Winter Wonderland (and a transportation-related nightmare) this morning after a blizzard blanketed the East Coast. Since many Aerogram readers are probably stuck inside[…]
Bollywood & Beyond: 3rd i’s 16th annual festival brings you some of the best cinema from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Canada, Australia, and the USA.
