It was the laughter that caught my attention. Nay, it was the people howling with laughter that caught my attention and had me from the start. You see I was late & therefore missed the first 1o minutes of Grown Ups. That laughter was like a chorus from the audience and continued for the next [...]
Posts Tagged ‘films’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 25th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, People, YouTube Videos
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 11th, 2010 • Category: Americas, People
Jaden is the the star of the movie. Something tells me that we are going to seeing more of Jaden through the years
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 [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
This is a 2-part interview with Oscar winner AR Rahman. An intensely private person, AR was pretty candid in this 2-part interview where he talks about his journey as a musician. AR entered the Indian film industry as a young boy, and through sheer hard work and determination rose to become one of the [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, People, San Francisco, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos
(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 [...]