A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Inspired by James Ellroy’s Los Angeles-based crime fiction novels, Anurag Kashyap’s crime drama Bombay Velvet tells the story of street-fighter Johnny Balraj (Ranbir Kapoor) and aspiring jazz … Read more
Enjoying Bollywood movies can be hard to do if you’re a feminist. The most popular of Bollywood films tend to feature “item songs” and redundant … Read more
Jayakrishnan (“Jay”) Subramanian’s parents would have been thrilled if their son had decided to carry on the tradition of an arranged marriage with a suitable … Read more
My Bollywood nostalgia knows no bounds, so I recently reached back into the vault for Shahid Kapoor’s debut film Ishq Vishk. When I started re-watching this 2003 … Read more
The unexpected 2011 hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel centered on a group of elderly Brits who, upon learning that their retirement home in India is more … Read more
Watching Leslee Udwin’s documentary India’s Daughter was a wake up call for me. The film, which is about the brutal gang rape and murder of … Read more
Even if you haven’t heard of Gingger Shankar, you’ve likely already heard her music. Her compositions have been the sonic backdrop to momentous films such … Read more
First things, first: Yep — that’s yours truly tweeting about how about how a certain U.S. pay cable network with amazing programming (but a noticeably … Read more
The Real Millionaire (Khara Karodpati) The Indian version of TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? hosted by Amitabh Bhachchan found its way deep into … Read more
In honor of 2015 and an entire 12 months worth of new movies to look forward to, it’s time to put together my favorite column … Read more
The Aerogram
