Archives for the ‘Los Angeles’ Category

Delhi Belly’s Akshat Verma Part-1

By • Nov 24th, 2011 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, Los Angeles, People
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This year’s Bollywood film “Delhi Belly” was an unusual success. Tthe film was in English, which is a big departure since most Bollywood films are in Hindi. And then there was the fact that the screenplay writer cum associate director and  director were making their debut in Bollywood. But, backing this film was a successful [...]



Meet Paul Debevec – Hollywood’s Master of Light

By • Nov 3rd, 2011 • Category: Business & Tech, Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, Ideas, Los Angeles
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Meet Prof. Paul Debevec described as “Hollywood’s Master of Light” by MIT’s Tech Review.  His pioneering work at the intersection of technology and films has won him recognition and awards. In 2010 Debevec won an Academy Award in science and engineering for his digital facial-rendering technology. You can see Debevec’s digital innovation in virtual cinematography in [...]



In Conversation With Actor Rizwan Manji

By • May 12th, 2011 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, Los Angeles, People, South Asian Actors
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Rizwan Manji’s dream growing up in Canada was to be in an American sitcom. That dream came true. After studying at American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York  he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. H has appeared on TV shows like  ”24″, “Glee,” “Hannah Montana” and now NBC’s “Outsourced,” where [...]



In Conversation with Parvesh Cheena aka Gupta

By • May 12th, 2011 • Category: Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, Los Angeles, People, South Asian Actors, Video
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Meet Parvesh Cheena, who plays the socially awkward man-child Gupta in NBC’s Outsourced that debuted in 2010. Outsourced is a show based on workplace except this one is a call center for an American company in Mumbai, India. Outsourced is the first TV show that is about the South Asian community and features a large [...]