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 [...]
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In early March there was a lot of buzz around Cisco’s press release about how it plans to “forever change the Internet.” What was this big technology announcement that Cisco was going to make? Could it be a new set-top box? Could it be Cisco would take a leadership role in the last mile access [...]
This is Kamla Bhatt and today my guest is Danny Boyle who is director of Slumdog Millionaire, the surprise movie of 2008 that has won four Golden Globe awards and has won 10 Oscar nominations. The New York Time Magazine called Slumdog Millionaire “The ultimate Danny Boyle movie”. The film had a shoe string budget [...]
(A version of this article was originally published in Open Magazine, June 6, 2009.)
(Charlie Chaplin is an icon in India. Curiously in the state of Uttar Pradesh in North India Chaplin is often referred to as “Chaliss Chaplin.” Like many kids I grew up watching Chaplin movies. Every time my dad saw Chaplin he would invariably comment: “This [...]
Director Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland in 3D is very different from Lewis Carroll’s original books Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass. Don’t go looking for Carroll’s version of Alice in Wonderland in this movie. Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland is instead inspired by the works of Carroll, where we meet a [...]
Aziz “the bored” Ansari is a rising star in the world of entertainment. Within a short span of time Aziz has carved a name for himself. He currently appears on NBC’s sitcom Parks and Recreations. He has appeared in a handful of Hollywood films and is working with Hollywood Director Judd Apatow on 3 films. Last [...]