Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt married Manyata earlier this week. And from what the media is reporting this event was not without its share of controversy. Apparently Dutt’s sisters did not know of the wedding and were not present either at the civil ceremony in Goa or the brief wedding that was held in Mumbai earlier […]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Bombay/Mumbai’
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Dubai, Events, India, People
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 21st, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Business, Ideas, India, Technology
Hollywood’s DreamWorks Animation (DWA) will soon have a Bangalore connection via Paprikaas Interactive.
DreamWorks Animation has signed a deal with Technicolor Services to “develop an animation facility” in Bangalore reports the Financial Times. Earlier this year Technicolor Services invested in Bangalore-based Paprikaas Interactive, which specializes in animation, VFX and game development. Technicolor Services is […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 5th, 2007 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, Business, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Mobile, Technology
The Indian mobile landscape is on the verge of a huge change, and therein lies a tale. I suspect the fight within the walled garden is a pretty intense one. The fight is between the GSM and CDMA operators, and about spectrum allocation and GSM license to CDMA operators (read Reliance). However, what we end up seeing or reading is a […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 4th, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Ideas, India, YouTube Videos
The biggest movie making machine in the world in terms of numbers, and now revenue to come extent, is located in India. The Mumbai-based dream machine is often referred to as Bollywood much to the chagrin of some established Bollywood folks like Amitabh Bachchan and others. Hollywood movie folks and others want to get a share […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 26th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Technology, Venture Capital
This past year I have been in and out of India about three times for varying lengths of time. These trips helped me understand the broad trends and themes that I spotted in various meetings with CEOs, VCs and decision makers. What struck me in these various conversation are the consistent themes. These observations led […]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 21st, 2007 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
Now that the big showdown between OSO and Saawariya is over and done with, and now it is Madhuri Dixit’s turn. On November 30th, 2007 Madhuri Dixit’s comeback movie in Yashraj Film’s Aaja Nachle will hit theatres in India and around the world.
Yashraj Films marketing folks are pretty savvy. Besides a website for […]
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. 
