Archives for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Mira Nair On The Reluctant Fundamentalist

By • May 1st, 2013 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, India, People, Women Achievers Special
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Mira Nair‘s latest films is The Reluctant Fundamentalist.  The picture is based on a novel by the same name by Mohsin Hamid. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an intimate portrait told with anguish and love about the 2 societies: American and South Asian says Mira, who came to the US as a 19 year old undergraduate to [...]



John Kahrs On Paperman, Animation & Technology

By • Feb 28th, 2013 • Category: Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, People, Video
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John Kahrs won an Academy award for his animated short film Paperman. This was Kahrs directorial debut and his first Oscar nomination. Paperman is a  7 minute black and white short film that combines old and new technology in a powerful and delightful way. We caught up with Kahrs just as his film was being premiered [...]



Madhur Jaffrey on Filmmaker Ismail Merchant & Food

By • Jan 25th, 2013 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, People
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Madhur Jaffrey says “I am just an actress, who loves to cook.”  Food and acting are her twin passions. She is the author of many cookbooks and was featured in a BBC series Flavors of India, where she took us around India on her culinary adventures. After a 17 years break from TV Madhur is back on BBC with [...]



Javed Akhtar On Films, Poetry and Writing

By • Jan 17th, 2013 • Category: Bollywood, Books and Authors, Entertainment, Featured, India, Mumbai, New York, People
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Javed Akhtar is a well-known Hindi film lyricist, screenwriter and an urdu poet. He has been involved in Hindi film industry or Bollywood for over 40 years. In the interview Mr. Akhtar talks about Umrao Jaan, his father Jan Nissar Akhtar and writings. This interview was recorded on  November 2, 2006 at the IAAC film festival in Manhattan, New York. At the [...]