Kamla's Blog posts on ‘ Books, Movies, Music, Televison’

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 2nd, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, People, Video, YouTube Videos

To say the fab four from Sex and the City love clothes is a massive understatement. Maybe it was just a matter of time before one of the fab wore a desi designer outfit. At a recent premier of Sex and the City 2 (SATC2) Kim Cattrall wore a creation by Naeem Khan. (Don’t you love the [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 29th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bangalore, People, YouTube Videos

“New York…these streets will make you feel brand new,” sang Alicia Keys as stunning images of Manhattan skyline unfolded on the big silver screen. I held my breath as dazzling, beautiful, sun dappled images of the art deco Chrysler building were shown in loving, quick succession. You see I am partial to Manhattan’s Chrysler building and [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, People

Our Family Wedding is a funny movie about family and weddings. Angelenos Lucia Ramirez (America Ferrera) and Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross) meet and fall in love while studying at Columbia University.  The fun begins when the two lovers decide to  head back home to Los Angeles and get married in a small wedding ceremony. Neither of them [...]



By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Podcast

AR Rahman won 2 Oscars in 2009 for his music composition and song in Slumdog Millionaire.
If you like, you can listen to a podcast of this interview .
This is Kamla Bhatt. We bring you the second part of our conversation with Oscar-nominated music composer AR Rahman. AR has been nominated for three Oscars for his [...]