Posts Tagged ‘Bollywood’

By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, India, People, YouTube Videos

Sanjaya Malakar is back. Remember him from American Idol? The singer with the funky hairstyles (ponyhawk) and a laid-back attitude? Remember the Fanjayas? Was it just a year ago that Sanjaya was the talk of the nation?  To celebrate Sanjaya’s fame on American Idol  there was even a Sanjaya Malakar Day declared by the South […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Events, India, Interviews, Life, Video

Today the Unforgettable Tour starring the Bachchans, Madhuri Dixit, Ritesh Deshmukh, Preity Zinta and others comes to the San Francisco bay area. The stars will perform at what was previously known as Oakland Coliseum, which is a giant sports stadium that can seat thousands of people. I imagine all the roads leading to the Coliseum […]


By Kamla Bhatt • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People

Guess who is the latest Bollywood blogger? Salman Khan aka the “Shirtless Wonder.” He started blogging recently at DusKadum.
All of a sudden it seems like blogging is quite the rage in Bollywood and I wonder who is helping or advising these Bollywood starts on their social media strategy? I am curious to know why instead […]


By Kamla Bhatt • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, India, Life, YouTube Videos

As a long time denizen of the San Francisco Bay Area (with a brief interlude in Manhattan, NY) it has been fascinating to see the way Bollywood’s influence has grown in this area. Used to be about 10 years ago there was just one movie theatre in Fremont that showed Hindi or Bollywood films. It […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Bollywood, Chinidia, India, Life

Here is this week’s roundup for GlobalVoices from virtual India.
It seems like Tibet refuses to go away from people’s mind. Tibet continues to be the dominant topic of conversation and is clearly gathering a lot of public support, especially in virtual India. Baichung Bhutia, India’s well-known football player has refused to carry the Olympic torch […]