Blame it all on the bloody polluted Mumbai weather. Down with a nasty cold and a headache that refuses to go away (it’s been over 48 hours now). Will Karan Johar ever come out of the closet? A discussion took place between us few women. While some said yes, all in good time. I on the other hand firmly believe that it is something he will take with him to the grave. And there are ...

There are certainly many more serious and tragic implications to the terror attacks in India Wednesday than its effect on the film business. But it's testament to the scope of the event that Bollywood did not escape unscathed. The main attack happened at the Taj Mahal, which as Asia correspondents Nyay Bhushan and Jonathan Landreth write in a dispatch, is to Bollywood what the Carlton is to Cannes. And the attacks also targeted a movie ...

One thing about Dara Singh: The man does not cotton to dinosaurs. He and dinosaurs are, in fact, natural enemies. I haven't finished watching King Kong yet, but I felt that I would be remiss in not sharing the following screencaps with you immediately. After all, it's important work we're doing here.By the way, the King Kong in this picture is not the giant ape you might expect, but rather a bounteously man-boobed fellow wrestler ...

Shiva Ka Insaaf was India's second 3D movie, and its first in the Hindi language. This might seem irrelevant now, as the only way you can currently see the movie is in two dimensions on a chintzy Shemaroo DVD, but it's still good to know. Otherwise you'd be left perplexed by the number of times that people shove, thrust and hurl all variety of objects directly into the camera for no apparent reason throughout the ...

No. No! Nooooooaargrghhhh!That's what we screamed during the climax of Parinda. And that's all we're going to say about that.Lovely composition; oh, turbulent waves!We went down to the DVDwallah today with one goal: to officially join the Anil Kapoor fanclub. Several people had suggested Eeshwar as a good Anil-classic (classil?), but DVDwallah ji didn't have it. Instead, we made a bee-line for Parinda, attracted by the cover: a thoughtful-looking Anil, a destraught-looking Nana Patekar (another ...

I seem to be focused on flowcharts lately. This one is a “must see!” I thought about sending it to my email address book, but it seemed that it would defeat the purpose. What do you think? http://bp2.blogge... Enjoy! Tagged: Blogging, Culture, Decision Making, email, Entertainment, friends, Funny, Humor, life, random, Relationships, Thoughts, Trends

I liked "Slumdog Millionaire." It's a pretty good, highly entertaining movie; especially the first half, which gives you a rather unsettling glimpse of slum life in Mumbai, and stars actual kids from the slums. That said, it perplexes me that quite a few reviewers are calling it a "masterpiece," including the WSJ's Joe Morgenstern, as we noted last week on SAJAforum. Whatever - I'm not on a crusade against "Slumdog" hype (although the title, it ...

Deux films à l’affiche en ce moment en Inde font parler d’eux: le film “Fashion” et le film “Dostana”. J’ai vu le film “Fashion” au cinéma et au fur et à mesure que le film avançait, certaines familles indiennes quittaient la salle complètement outrées. Mais pourquoi me direz vous? Et bien, sans révéler l’histoire, nous y trouvons pêle-mêle: l’univers de la mode et toute la débauche qui va avec comme de l’acool à volonté, des ...

See our extensive coverage of Danny Boyle, instant-classic, "Slumdog Millionaire," including a review roundup and clips.Here is a special Q&A (a semi-intentional pun on the name of the novel that the movie is based on: Vikas Swarup's Q&A) by SAJAer and entertainment writer Aseem Chhabra. British filmmaker Danny Boyle is well known for his cult classics "Trainspotting," "28 Days" and "Shallow Grave." Boyle???s latest film "Slumdog Millionaire" is a thoroughly entertaining and uplifting story of ...

Every once in a while I have an experience that leads me to think that it might be time to make some radical changes in my cinematic diet. For instance, last night I had this dream in which Dara Singh and Feroz Khan we're battling a giant rubber dinosaur that looked like it could have crawled out of an episode of the Japanese tokusatsu series Spectreman while starring in what was by all appearances an ...

Ya no existe, puesto que fue desmantelado a finales de los años treinta, lo que es una pena porque tiene su atractivo. Soñemos que paseamos por Cleveland, Ohio, a finales de los años veinte del siglo pasado y, tras un sobrio edificio de labrillos oscuros, vemos aparecer esta estructura metálica… Fuente: jblorx, en Flickr. No se trata de un artilugio espacial ni nada parecido, tampoco es una instalación industrial, se trata de un hospital de ...

Critics have held up Fashion (the movie) as a reflection of modern India, but in truth it proves Bollywood is just as small-minded as ever. Nirpal Dhaliwal in the Guardian: I have a British friend in Delhi who doesn’t speak Hindi and who has an “inverse relationship” with Bollywood films: the worse they are, the more she can enjoy them. The hammier the acting and the more simplistic the plotline, the easier it becomes for ...

It’s funny how Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in its sundry languages and cultures gets under the skin of so many writers and filmmakers. Yes, it’s the enticement of easy money, but there’s something even more insidious: the fluky mixture of tackiness and grandiosity; the questions that mischievously drift from history to science to the most ephemeral of pop-culture ephemera; the option to “phone a friend” — who might well let one down with ...

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The federal tax credits for energy efficiency have been extended by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. The CANHP team would like to make a clarification to the email sent below regarding the tax credit extension. The $1,000 credit for homes 30% more efficient than 2004 IECC standards (or ENERGY STAR rated) is available only for manufactured homes, while the $2,000 credit for homes 50% more efficient than 2004 IECC standards is available for all residential ...

Yesterday I blogged about how Barack Obama showed even when the odds are seemingly insurmountable, dreams can still come true. While Barack may be the man of the hour, one man could soon overtake his popularity. I have just three letters for you, ladies and gentlemen, K-R-K. That’s no typo you idiots, I didn’t actually want to type S-R-K , he’s old news. I’m talking about the fresh new wave of awesomeness that is about ...