It came as a shock to hear that Nirmal Pandey passed away earlier today. He apparently suffered from a heart attack earlier this evening in India and lost his life.
A talented actor and an alum of India’s National School of Drama, Pandey made his mark in theatre before migrating to the silver screen. It was in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bombay’
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos
By Kamla Bhatt • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Interviews, People, Podcast, Video, YouTube Videos
He has done it once again. He did it with Bollywood films, he did it with his role in Danny Boyle’s Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire. And he has done it with making the crossover from mainstream Indian cinema to mainstream American TV. We are talking about Anil Kapoor, who made his prime time TV debut in the wildly [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 26th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bombay/Mumbai, Global Voices, India, People
One year ago, Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital came under a well-coordinated terrorist attack that lasted for 3 days. Downtown Mumbai, or “town” as it is popularly known was the target of 10 young men, who reportedly arrived by boats from Pakistan and attacked the railway station, the main artery [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, People, YouTube Videos
Indian actress and former beauty queen Leela Naidu (69) passed away earlier this week in Mumbai.Described as one of the most elegant and beautiful Indian actresses Ms. Naidu’s was was a “delicate beauty.” At times she reminded you of Audrey Hepburn. She made her acting debut in 1960 in Anuradha directed by Hrishkesh Mukherjee with [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 7th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, India, New York, People
It would be fair to say that Slumdog Millionaire put a huge spotlight on the Indian film industry and Bollywood at an international level. Today all things Bollywood, whether it is the the latest movie or Bollywood inspired aerobic exercise are covered by various online and print media in the USA. [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 26th, 2008 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, India, Web 2.0
Mumbai (Bombay) the financial and financial attack of India came under a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that started in South Mumbai or “town” as denizens of the city call their downtown. CNN has labeled these attacks as de-centralized, well coordinated and synchronized. This was a low-level terrorist attack that used grenades and [...]