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NYIFF: Films, Celebrities & Cocktails!
The New York Indian Film Festival celebrated their 13th year last week in Manhattan! The festival was held on April 30th- May 4th and was a celebrity-filled festival full of Red Carpet Premieres, discussions and industry panels. The festival was held in various locations throughout the city including the Skirball Center for Performing Arts and Tribeca Cinemas...More...
Chef Vikas Khanna Shares his Personal Story
Chef Vikas Khanna
Sony Network TV Show "Andaaz"
Reveals Celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna's Hard Past in Season Premier
The story delivers inspiration and hope for South Asians with big dreams. Sony TV's international show Andaaz announces its season 4 premier featuring the heartfelt story of celebrity chef Vikas Khanna.
Khanna gives viewers the chance to see how you can start from rock bottom and rise to the top. His story is rare to come across giving viewers priceless advice on how to succeed...More
South Asians Debut a Film at the Brooklyn Girl Film Festival
On Friday evening, the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Girl Film Festival hosted the first ever screening of of Sania Jhankar's feature directorial debut "Butterflies of Bill Baker." The film's stars Zuzanna Szadkowski ("Gossip Girl") and Sterling Jerins ("World War Z") were in attendance in addition to Producer Reema Dutt. Jhankar and Dutt met at NYU, where they started to make films together. "We are thrilled to showcase the film in the very city that inspired us to pursue this field," Jhankar said...More...
Imran & Anushka's Latest Film...
Set in the rustic surroundings of a village in Haryana, Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola is a comedy-drama about Harry Mandola (Pankaj Kapur), a wealthy industrialist who loves his drink, his daughter Bijlee (Anushka Sharma) and the unusual bond they both share with Harry’s man friday, Matru (Imran Khan).
Much to her father's delight, Bijlee is all set to marry Baadal (Arya Babbar), the son of a powerful politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana Azmi). This alliance…More...
Much to her father's delight, Bijlee is all set to marry Baadal (Arya Babbar), the son of a powerful politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana Azmi). This alliance…More...
Talaash: In Search of Answers
Beginning with instant impact, Talaash sucks the audience in with a mysterious car crash. Through the journey of Surjan Singh Shekhawat (Aamir Khan) we are immersed in a path of loneliness, guilt, compassion and love...More...
They Call her "Q"
"They Call Me Q" is the story of Qurrat's (Carrot or Qatar-depending on who you are) life growing up in the Bronx. Qurrat Ann Kadwani plays 13 different characters in her sixty-minute play.
Qurrat plays different people who had a major impact in her life which include: herself, Mummi (her mother), Catherine (her 5th grade bully), Mrs. Farley (the teacher who favored Catherine), Abba (her father), the older sister of a girl that she fought with in JHS, Beenie (her High School friend who introduced her to clubbing & drugs) Melissa (another High School friend), Saad (her older brother), Alicia (her college friend who was very angry with oppression), Lina (her free-spirited Indian friend), Rayya (her childhood friend who was making herself content to accept an arranged marriage in India and not pursue any of her dreams or goals), and lastly Soraya (a teenage mehndi artist she met in Jaipur).... More...
Qurrat plays different people who had a major impact in her life which include: herself, Mummi (her mother), Catherine (her 5th grade bully), Mrs. Farley (the teacher who favored Catherine), Abba (her father), the older sister of a girl that she fought with in JHS, Beenie (her High School friend who introduced her to clubbing & drugs) Melissa (another High School friend), Saad (her older brother), Alicia (her college friend who was very angry with oppression), Lina (her free-spirited Indian friend), Rayya (her childhood friend who was making herself content to accept an arranged marriage in India and not pursue any of her dreams or goals), and lastly Soraya (a teenage mehndi artist she met in Jaipur).... More...
Yash Chopra’s Timeless Song: Every Love Story Has It's Time
This is not a story about courage, nor is it about miracles. This is simply a story about a man who falls in love and dies a little bit every day, chasing a dream that fate has prevented from coming true. Jab Tak Hai Jaan represents Yash Chopra’s rampant passion for life, love, cinema, and his unfaltering belief that love is eternal....More
A.R. Rahman's "Ek Deewana Tha"
Sachin is a regular guy, an engineering graduate from a middle class family in Mumbai who is in love with the world of cinema- desperately trying to make an entry into a film camp-- then he sees Jessie, and it is love at first sight for him. Jessie is beautiful and smart, but Jessie is not that simple. Jessie belongs to an orthodox Malayali Christian family where watching movies, partying or falling in love are completely taboo....More...
Salman Khan's Latest Film: Bodyguard
When it comes to being punctual and doing his duties perfectly, Lovely Singh is unmatchable. Taking great pride in what he does, he spares no effort in giving his everything to his profession. Summoned for an assignment of guarding Divya, the daughter of Sartaj Rana, a business tycoon, Lovely Singh accompanies her to her campus, but ends up rubbing her the wrong way with his over-protective nature and paranoia about security. She finds him to be a major obstacle in leading a regular campus life...More...
Aarakshan: Deepika & Amitabh's First Film Together
Aarakshan is the story of Prabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan), the legendary idealistic principal of a college that he has single-handedly turned into the state’s best. It is the story of his loyal disciple, Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) who will do anything for his Sir. Of Deepak’s love for Prabhakar’s daughter, Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), of his friendship with Sushant (Prateik). It is the story of their love, their lively friendship, their zest for life, and of their dreams for the future. Centered on one of the most controversial issues of recent years, with the Supreme Court’s order on reservation... More...
Kingdom of Dreams: Making Dreams a Reality
Kingdom of Dreams is set to launch two fantastic live entertainment Bollywood style shows. "Here I Am", Shiamak Davar's new mega musical production will debut this year alongside Jhumroo, a musical comedy, which launches in October 2011.
"Kingdom of Dreams is reflective of India, its rich culture and seamless heritage and I am proud to promote my country, my India, through this platform", says Shahrukh Khan...More...
An All-Star Cast Causes Havoc in Double Dhamaal
The new Bollywood comedy DOUBLE DHAMAAL opens in theaters worldwide on June 24 featuring an all-star cast that includes Sanjay Dutt, Mallika Sherawat and Kangna Ranaut.
The story focuses on four friends - Adi, Roy, Manav and Boman - who decide to make money by investing in buildings...More...
Glamour and Gossip from IIFA!
IIFA Weekend was full of fans, papparazzi and lots of Bollywood gossip! Urban Milan was front line and center for IIFA Weekend and has some interesting news and gossip to share with UM Readers!
IIFA Weekend was filled with hundreds of Bollywood and Hollywood Celebrities, which included stars big names such as Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Hilary Swank and Tom Green! Some of their fans could not get enough of them and did whatever it took to get noticed by them. One fan in particular went a little overboard and grabbed Shahrukh's legs while he was on stage for the IIFA Awards...More...
IIFA Weekend was filled with hundreds of Bollywood and Hollywood Celebrities, which included stars big names such as Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Hilary Swank and Tom Green! Some of their fans could not get enough of them and did whatever it took to get noticed by them. One fan in particular went a little overboard and grabbed Shahrukh's legs while he was on stage for the IIFA Awards...More...
IIFA Awards: Ready to Rock Toronto!
Toronto is gearing up for the Indian International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards which is dubbed as the "Bollywood Oscars". Big name Bollywood celebs will be present for this spectacular three-day event celebrating Indian cinema between June 23-25, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. IIFA is being held in North America for the first time, the awards show is expected to attract over 40,000 visitors to Toronto and around 700 million television viewers across the world...More...
Challenging Impossibility: Sri Chinmoy's Story
Have you ever wanted to fly to the moon? Have you ever wanted to become a wrestler? Have you ever wanted to become a body builder? After watching the inspiring documentary co-directed by Sanjay Rawal, you realize that anything is possible as long as you set your mind to it.
“Challenging Impossibility” premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and takes us on the journey of a spiritual leader’s weightlifting career....More...
NYIFF: The Closing
After five days of captivating cinema, the Eleventh Annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) came to an end on May 8th, 2011. This year's festival included 25 feature films, 15 World and 15 U.S. Premieres. The film festival included documentaries, features and shorts from and about the Indian subcontinent.
Some of the notable films in the festival included "Do Dhooni Chaar" which told the story of a middle class family struggling to keep afloat while maintaining their values, "Geeta in Paradise" which amuses the audience with the story of a middle-aged woman who desperately....More...
Is Geeta Really in Paradise?
"Where's the Party Yaar?" are the words that echo throughout Benny Mathew's last hit "Where's the Party", starring Kal Penn. In his latest film Mathew's continues with his comedic touch and creates a hilarious film entitled "Geeta in Paradise". The main character of the film is a middle-aged woman who seems to live in her own world. She is a Mother, Daughter, Wife and a Best Friend, yet she isn't successful at any one of these roles....More...
Dum Maaro Dum
Abhishek Bachchan and director Rohan Sippy, sons of the Sholay dream team of Amitabh Bachchan and director Ramesh Sippy, present the next generation of Indian suspense thrillers with DUM MAARO DUM which opens in theaters worldwide on April 22. Released in North America...More...
Freida Pinto's Latest Film: Miral
Freida Pinto, one of the stars of Slumdog Millionaire, is now in her next major big-screen appearance where she is the lead female role in the ground breaking film ‘Miral’. Directed by Academy Award Nominated director Julian Schnabel and distributed by Hollywood mogul and cochairman of the Wesinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein. Pinto will be seen working alongside some of Hollywood's most respected actors including Academy Award Winning actress Vanessa Redgrave (Mission Impossible, Blow Up) and two-time Academy Award Nominee Willem Defoe (Spiderman)...... More...
Draupadi Lives On
Draupadi - Will my spirit live on? is a production by Shivani Wazir Pasrich currently playing at the Roy Arias Theatre. It is a dynamic play which weaves the epic and iconic Draupadi in a contemporary setting. Draupadi in the Mahabharata is the epitome of femininity, resilience and unbending will. Arguably one of the reasons for which the Mahabharata occurred, she was gambled away by her 5 husbands...More...
Have 3 Idiots in Your Home!
The winner of six Filmfare Awards in India, including Best Picture and Best Director- "3 Idiots" is set to release on DVD on April 26th, 2011. This Bollywood movie swept the world with its refreshing comedy about a rebellious prankster with a crafty mind and a heart of gold!
"3 Idiots" is Bollywood’s highest grossing film ever and it stars award winning actors Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Sharman Joshi. The DVD release includes all-new, exclusive bonus features which makes it a must for Bollywood fans. The extra features include...More...
A Warrior's Religion
The South Asian community in Vancouver, Canada has been shaken by youth and gang violence. In the last nineteen years more then one-hundred South Asian males in their 20s have been killed, these statistics show the magnitude of this on-going epidemic. Director Mani Amar has extensively researched this topic and has created “A Warrior’s Religion”, which is a documentary filmed in a manner of an unbiased editorial...More...
Fuerza Bruta: Look Up
Ever aspire to be in a show surrounded by music, lights, a live crowd and extreme energy? Welcome to Fuerza Bruta: Look Up… a 70-minute sensory overload where you as an audience member stand and participate with the cast members of the show! The show starts with a sprinting man breaking through walls which litters the crowd with confetti and glitter. The air and ground is littered with splashes of color. Not only does glitter and confetti surround the air, a pool of water where the performers slide and splash around suspends from the ceiling...More...
Anand Vasudev: Why He Cheated on "The Apprentice"
Anand Vasudev
Smart, educated and confident, Anand Vasudev had an amazing opportunity to be on “The Apprentice”. Vasudev lead his team to victory multiple times, but in the end Vasudev was called into the boardroom with his fellow contestants for a shocking revelation. Anand Vasudev was accused of cheating by Donald Trump. Vasudev had sent a text message to one of his friends to support him on a task where he was the Project Manager, this went against the rules of “The Apprentice”... More...
Break Ke Baad: Imran Khan
Imran Khan
This holiday season, Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone team up to bring the romantic comedy BREAK KE BAAD. "Hum Tum" producer brings audiences a story of long-distance love set on different continents.
Abhay Gulati (Imran Khan) and Aaliya Khan (Deepika Padukone) have known each other since they were four years old. Their friendship turned into love at the tender age of 15, when Abhay realizes Aaliya is the girl for him. Aaliya’s life is defined by her burning desire to become an actress and she is unmindful...More...
Tenth Annual MIAAC Film Festival
Tusshar Kapoor
Full of glitz, glamour and red-carpets, the Tenth Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival ended their five days of sold-out features, shorts, and documentary screenings on Sunday, November 14th. The festival kicked off with “Shor”, which starred Bollywood actor Tusshar Kapoor, the film focused on corruption and violence from past news articles in Mumbai. The festival ended on a light note with the comedy “Cooking with Stella” which starred Seema Biswas. Besides many amazing films, the festival had nightly red-carpet events...More...
The 7th Annual Sikh International Film Festival
Raj Babbar Accepting an Award
The 7th Annual Sikh Film Festival and Heritage Gala was held at the Asia Society in Manhattan from Oct 21 – Oct 23, 2010. People gathered from all over to celebrate and enrich themselves with Sikh heritage and culture.
The Film Festival began on October 22nd with a Red Carpet that featured celebrities such as Raj Babbar and Samrat Chakrabarti. Three films were featured that night which included a premiere of Vikas Khanna’s “Holy Kitchens – A true business”, a premiere of “Harvest of Grief” and “The Rebel Queen” ...More...
Bombay Summer
“Bombay Summer”, the name conjures up images of paanwala’s, hundreds of rickshaws across busy streets full of bustling sounds and lights within sweltering heat. Written and directed by Joseph Mathew-Varghese, “Bombay Summer” is not your typical Bollywood movie full of song and dance sequences.
The movie, set in contemporary Mumbai, explores the delicate friendship/love triangle between three young people and its eventual disintegration in the face of betrayal over one summer in Mumbai...More...
Tere Bin Laden
By Rachna Kapur
August 11, 2010
Officially banned in Pakistan, the comedic satire "Tere Bin Laden", takes viewers on a journey to Pakistan post 9-11. We meet an ambitious news reporter "Ali", who is desperate to live the American Dream by moving and working in the United States. His repeated attempts to immigrate are routinely denied and when things couldn't get any worse- he finds an Osama Bin Laden look-alike...More...
My Name is DVD Release
LOS ANGELES, CA: Following a sensational theatrical debut that set a new all-time record for the biggest opening weekend for a Bollywood film in North America, My Name Is Khan arrives on DVD August 10 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Two of Bollywood's biggest superstars, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, deliver powerful performances in this epic romance that proves true love knows no boundaries...More...
Want to Crash a Wedding?
Practice your Bhangra dance moves before going to “Bollywood Wedding” at New York’s Nuyorican Poets Café. This production by Zeshan Bhatti provides the audiences a whirlwind view of all the things that can go wrong (or right in some cases) at an Indian wedding. Many Bollywood films draw a single story line from the insanity that can very occasionally occur between two different families at actual weddings, though rarely as public a fiasco as “Bollywood Wedding” portrays.
The basic premise is an upper-class Indian girl, Nisha, from an ultra-westernized Indian family, gets married to a middle-class Indian boy, Raj (Zeshan Bhatti), whose family stays deeply...More...
I Hate Luv Storys
Imran Khan & Sonam Kapoor
"I Hate Luv Storys" is a very long a predictable Bollywood movie with a plot full of holes. Jay, played by Imran Khan, is the typical guy who does not believe in love stories, whereas Simran (Sonam Kapoor) is the typical Yash Chopra wannabe heroine who believes in everything that happens in the movies. The movie lacks suspense and has very poor execution. In the beginning of the movie the viewer knows that the two leads will end up together, and as the movie progresses, the story is about how they end up together....More...
Raavan
Aishwariya and Abhishek in 'Raavn'
The movie "Raavan" is about a lower caste member Beera (Abhishek Bachan) taking revenge on the upper caste police members by kidnapping the Inspector’s wife Ragini (Aishwarya Rai). As the movie progresses, the evil deeds of both Beera and the inspector are unveiled as well as the soft-sided, good deeds they perform. Each feels correct in his own right, and the choice of who is good and who is bad is left to the viewer. Ragini is really just a character representing a reflection of what the viewer should be noticing throughout the movie although she interacts mostly on behalf of her upper caste husband, the inspector...More...
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Comedian/Actress Joan Rivers
"Save your money when you’re young, so you don't have to whore yourself out when you're old"- Joan Rivers
Witty, edgy and a pioneer that paved the way for the next generation of female comedians, Joan Rivers is more than just a plastic face. A life full of difficulties and determination, Joan Rivers made her mark in comedy and is now sharing her challenges and history with the world in a documentary entitled "Joan Rivers- A Piece of Work".
The documentary starts off with an unmasked Rivers...More...
Witty, edgy and a pioneer that paved the way for the next generation of female comedians, Joan Rivers is more than just a plastic face. A life full of difficulties and determination, Joan Rivers made her mark in comedy and is now sharing her challenges and history with the world in a documentary entitled "Joan Rivers- A Piece of Work".
The documentary starts off with an unmasked Rivers...More...
Play Review: Chaos Theory
Chaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, physics, and philosophy studying the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. Chaos Theory is also a dynamic play currently playing at the Pulse Ensemble Theatre. As nerdy and deep of a topic Chaos Theory can be, this play puts the topic in real life events. In layman terms, the theory lends to a state of disorder but it being dependent on a constant...More...
KITES: A Spicy Blend of East & West
Hrithik Roshan & Suzanne Khan
NEW YORK: Sunday, May 16th was a huge day for the Roshan clan, one of the most well known families in Bollywood. New York City was the location for the debut of Kites; the newest blockbuster with actor Hrithik Roshan who plays against the main actress who is a Latina named Barbara Mori. Produced by Rakesh Roshan and directed by Anurag Basu this premiere which started off with a Red Carpet ceremony was a dazzling event with Rakesh Roshan and his wife along with Hrithik Roshan and his own beloved wife Suzanne Khan making their way into the theater in Times Square with cameras clicking away and the crowd buzzing hysterically...More...
Play Review: Perfect Fit
Opening this week in New York City was Lina Patel’s “Perfect Fit”, presented by eyeBlink. In “Perfect Fit”, three friends grapple with the twists and turns of life, years after college. Radhika (Qurrat Ann Kadwani), a fashion designer in LA, returns to NYC after a dirty divorce to visit ex-boyfriend Jake (Chris Davis), only to find out he has a new girlfriend, Hannah...More...
Housefull
Housefull is a romantic comedy about a man named Aarush (Akshay Kumar), he is the unluckiest man in the world in love and in life. Aarush believes his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. In this quest for true love, his heart gets broken multiple times, he trashes his best friends place, gets electrocuted and then eventually meets the love of his life. In order to keep everything together, the man who never told a lie was told by his true love Sandy (Deepika Padukone), "jis jhooth se kissi ka ghar basta ho, voh jhooth jhooth nahin hota", which equates to "a lie on which a happy home is built, is not really a lie". Aarush must lie to his true love's brother (Arjun Rampal) and also to help his best friend...More...
Love Sex Aur Dhoka
Quite frankly I did not expect this movie to be good, but I was really pleasantly surprised. LSD is broken out into three short stories that all take place in the same time frame.
The love story is about a rookie filmmaker falling in love with the heroine who auditions to be in his movie. This story is actually why I am giving this movie a B. The initial 25 minutes just were not told very well, and the attempt at humor was not funny. Once you get past 25 minutes, the movie starts getting better and interesting. In fact towards the end of this short story I was getting lost...More...
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
This movie was ok, but it was irritating and the songs were terrible. The entire premise is based on the fact that Ajay Devgan is a writer in the movie, and Konkona Sen is an interior designer and his wife. They have a son who learns at school that “atithi”, or guests, are like gods, so it is important to treat them very well. From that day the child keeps requesting they get a guest. The married couple does not seem to have any guests for some reason, until one day when Paresh Rawal shows up claiming to be Ajay Devgan’s uncle...More...
Do Knot Disturb
The quality of Bollywood comedies can range anywhere from high quality like Hera Pheri to something seriously circuitous and headachy like De Dana Dan.This movie is more like the latter. It started off funny enough and sort of cute, and then as time went on it got too strange, loud, and irritating.
The story starts off about a businessman (Govinda) who is cheating on his wife Kiran (Sushmita Sen) with an item girl named Dolly (Lara Dutta). Kiran hires a detective (Ranvir Shorey) to get the proof she needs to catch her husband red-handed...More...
The story starts off about a businessman (Govinda) who is cheating on his wife Kiran (Sushmita Sen) with an item girl named Dolly (Lara Dutta). Kiran hires a detective (Ranvir Shorey) to get the proof she needs to catch her husband red-handed...More...
Sita Sings the Blues
As Indian cartoons go, there isn’t much of a high bar to pass, but this movie manages to be intelligent, thought-provoking, and mildly controversial at the same time. Sita Sings the Blues is a cartoon rendition of the Valmiki’s Ramayana, and the story itself contains four different lines of thought.
The first storyline drawn in squigglevision is the story of the writer herself... More...
The first storyline drawn in squigglevision is the story of the writer herself... More...
Karthik Calling Karthik
Karthik Calling Karthik is a movie that is strictly ok, and that is because the plot builds up to a totally flat resolution in the end after steadily going uphill for 3 hours. It is about an IIM topper (Farhan Akhtar) who somehow ends up as a friendless peon working in a construction company. He also has a crush on a lovely coworker (Deepika Padukone) who does not even know he works at the company; much less that he has a crush on her...More...
My Name is Khan: SRK & Kajol Reunite
Shahrukh Khan and Kajol Devgan
“My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist” are the words that echo throughout the thought-provoking latest release by Karan Johar. “My Name is Khan” is not your typical Bollywood musical romance full of lip-synching and dance sequences; it is a reality check in this post 9/11 world. The story starts off with Rizwan Khan (Shahrukh Khan) narrating his journey to meet the President of the United States, as the movie progresses we are introduced to Rizwan’s childhood and his struggles as a child living with Asperger’s Syndrome...More...
Love, Loss and What I Wore
“Love, Loss and What I Wore” is an Off-Broadway show that contains a collection of intimate recollections by Nora and Delia Ephron. The show involves a rotating cast of five that include stars such as Fran Drescher, Rosie O’Donnell, Tyne Daly and Rhea Perlman. The collection of monologues is based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman and the Ephron sisters. The play revolves around clothing and the memories...More...
Arranged Marriage with a Twist
Rajeev Varma
Sold out in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States-- D'Arranged Marriage is a one-man comedy featuring nine insanely funny characters, all performed by one hilarious comedian named Rajeev Varma. D'Arranged Marriage is a show that has something for everyone: comedy, bollywood-style song and dance routines and a look at Indian culture and life in New Zealand...More...
AIDS JaaGO- Shorts with a Cause
AIDS JaaGO is a collection of four short films by acclaimed Indian directors such as Mira Nair and Farhan Akhtar, they are being released on DVD for the first time by Film Karavaan, these shorts include top Indian actors such as Rahul Bose, Shabana Azmi, and many more.In India, illiteracy, misinformation, ignorance, superstition, political and social apathy are fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In order to reach out to the Indian population in a different way, AIDS JaaGO engaged the Bollywood film industry to take advantage of the mass appeal of Bollywood films...More...
Remember the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
"Secrets of the Dead-Mumbai Massacre" is a new movie made by Writer and Director Victoria Pitt for WNET Channel Thirteen which commemorates the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks which took place in Mumbai last year. The film really brings to the light people who were involved both as innocent victims and bystanders as well as the stories of the men who led...More...
MIAAC '09: New York's Indian Film Festival
The Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival just completed it's ninth year of providing screenings of Indian independent and diaspora films. Throughout the years this festival has brought premieres of incredible movies such as Slumdog Millionaire, The Namesake, Water and many more. This year it brought 47 premieres, which included features, shorts and documentaries. The MIACC Film Festival started on November 11 and lasted until November 15, 2009. Some of the sponsors of the film festival included the Mahindra Group, KPMG...More...
Amelia Takes Flight at a Private Screening
Mira Nair & Richard Gere
Mira Nair has just released her new movie "Amelia" about the life story of the very daring Amelia Earhart who made history as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. With the actors Hillary Swank playing Amelia and Richard Gere playing the role of George Putnam who is Amelia's publicist and later became her husband. This movie is both an action packed story as well as biography about Amelia's life and loves...More...
Who Doesn't Love NYC?
“New York, I Love You” is a movie with a cast of characters with national and international acclaim. With actors like Irffan Khan, Natalie Portman and Andy Garcia and director Mira Nair and writer Suketu Mehta having worked on this movie, it is a huge piece of creativity on screen. “New York, I Love You” is made up of collections of shorter stories all about ten minutes long taking place both within Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs...More...
Are you Engendered?
John Abraham
The 2009 Engendered I View Film Festival was full of excitement, glamour and thought-provoking films. The film festival was held from August 28-30, 2009 at the Lincoln Center and Asia Society. Shorts and films covered topics ranging from sexuality to gender equality. Some of the movies that were featured included Luck by Chance, Let's Talk, Ode to Lata, and many more. The film festival gave audience members a chance to listen to the views of the filmmakers and actors that were featured in the films during panel sessions...More...
