Michael Jackson, King of Pop, who passed away at the age of 50 earlier today exerted a huge influence on Bollywood and Indian film industry. It is difficult to ignore Jackson’s influence on Bollywood and Indian films. Just go back to the 1980s and watch the movies and you will clearly see Jackson’s influence. Not […]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Bollywood’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, YouTube Videos
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bollywood, India, People
Bollywood actor Feroz Khan (70) passed away earlier today according to The Hindustan Times. He was suffering from cancer. He is survived by his son Bollywood actor Fardeen and daughter Laila.
Khan was the oldest of the original “Khan brothers.” His younger brother are Sanjay (his daughter Suzanne is married to Bollywood Hrithik Roshan), Akbar and Sameer Khan.
Born and brought up in Bangalore Feroz was born to a Pathan father and […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, New York, People, Video, YouTube Videos
In India movie stars and filmmakers wield enormous influence and that point was drawn dramatically by Danny Boyle in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Hint: it is the toilet scene. Interestingly, the entertainment industry, (especially Bollywood or the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai) involvement in Indian politics was pretty marginal with a few a actors […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, Bollywood, India, People, Web 2.0
On April 16th, 2009 the first phase of the voting for the Indian general elections will begin and conclude on May 13th, 2009. This is the 15th general elections in India since it became independent in 1947.
There are 714 million people that are eligible to vote. About 1,368,430 electronic voting machines have been deployed across […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Diaspora, People, Podcast, YouTube Videos
Hollywood actor Kal Penn joins US President Obama’s administration as EW.com first reported. This news was confirmed earlier today by the White House. Kal Penn will be part of the White House Office of Public Liason office and will involve reaching out to the India-American aka desi and Pacific Islander communities in the US.
Post Mira […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
This recent article from Times Online caught my eye: Battle of Bollywood as stars take sides in Indian poll. The article caught my eyes for two reasons. One was when they spoke about South Indian actress Nandita Morarji being tapped by Sonia Gandhi of the Congress Party. I thought I knew my South Indian film history, […]
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
