Review: The Good, The Bad, & The WTF! of Biopic ‘Sanju’
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 … Read more
A.R. Rahman
Quick Picks: Research Director & Podcaster Sheela Lal
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 … Read more
Jai Ho Documentary Offers Look At Evolution Of A.R. Rahman’s Music And Genius
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 … Read more
Get Your Culture On At 3rd i’s Film Festival In San Francisco & Palo Alto: 10/22-25 & 11/1
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 … Read more
Shankar’s ‘I’ Is About Everything And Then Some
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 … Read more
Will.i.am Goes Desi Again With ‘It’s My Birthday’
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 … Read more
Iggy Azalea ‘Bounces’ from Sari Drag to Bhangra Racket in ‘Million Dollar Dream’
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 … Read more
Spotlight On: Bollywood Playback Singers Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan
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 … Read more
Soundtrack Favorite: ‘Tere Bina’ from ‘Guru’
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 … Read more
10 of Our Favorite Bollywood Snow Songs
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 … Read more
