Today is Billy Wilder’s birthday. If Wilder’s name rings a bell it is probably because you may have seen one of his well-crafted movies. A writer, director and producer Wilder made some of the most memorable movies in Hollywood and along the way collected a clutch of Oscars. Wilder was an influential figure and an invisible mentor [...]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 23rd, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Bollywood, People, Video, YouTube Videos
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 18th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, People
Where do I begin with Pixar’s Toy Story 3? I connected with the movie at so many levels. Many years from now we will look back and probably label Toy Story 3 as a master piece and a film that captured a world in transition from a analog (traditional) to a digital lifestyle. The world of [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 18th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, New York, People
What was the last Michael Douglas movie you saw? Ah! ha! struggling to come up with a name right? That is because Douglas has acted in just a handful of films in the last few years. But, Douglas is back this summer with two movies: Solitary Man and the much-awaited sequel to Wall Street (1987) where he essayed [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2010 • Category: Bangalore, India, People
Samim “Sam” Rizvi became the first Indian to participate in Race Across American. A physically challenging test for an athelete this gruelling race involves bicyclists who cover 3,000 miles in 12 days traveling through 14 American states. Often, they sleep for an hour everyday in order to complete the race.
I spoke to Sam Rizvi on the eve [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 11th, 2010 • Category: Americas, People
Jaden is the the star of the movie. Something tells me that we are going to seeing more of Jaden through the years
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 5th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
Raajneeti. There is a powerful ring to that term. Raajneeti, which means politics or statesmanship is the name of the latest movie produced, directed and written by Prakash Jha. A talented storyteller Jha has carved out a niche for himself in Bollywood or Hindi cinema for making movies with powerful social themes like he did in Mrityudand [...]