Posts Tagged ‘films’

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 […]


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 • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Books and Authors, Chennai/Madras, India, People, Video, YouTube Videos

This is perhaps the first Indian general electins where so many Indian film makers and stars are involved. This is not the first general election where movie stars are playing a significant role, but this is perhaps the first time where a large number of them are involved and that is what is different. While […]


By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, India, People, Podcast

The Kamla Show is collaborating with NDTV.com. We will be creating an interesting mix of interviews from our life and people channels for NDTV.com. We are launching with an  interview with British Director Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire.
In this exclusive interview Danny talks about the making of Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, whether this is an […]


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