Posts Tagged ‘People’

By kamla bhatt • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, Internet & Telecom, London, Mumbai, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
 
 Danny Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this exclusive interview Oscar winner director Danny Boyle talks about the making of Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, whether this is an Indian or a British film or a hybrid film, AR Rahman, Loveleen Tandan, Mira Nair and  about the future of the young kids that acted in the film.
I also asked Danny if he [...]



By kamla bhatt • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, New York, People
 
 Rudresh Mahanthappa: Do You Speak Indian?: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Rudresh Mahanthappa is a New York-based jazz musician.
Rudresh often collaborates with fellow musician and New Yorker Vijay Iyer.
In this interview we get to hear a rare behind-the-scene look on how Rudresh conceived and worked on his jazz album titled Mother Tongue: Do You Speak Indian?
Mother Tongue was released by Pi Recordings in [...]



By kamla bhatt • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Chennai, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, India, Internet & Telecom, New York, People, USA
 
 Jazz Musician Vijay Iyer Part-I: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Vijay Iyer is a New York-based jazz musician and composer, and consistently won praise for his composition and music and is identified as one of the rising jazz artists in the USA.
early years and his decision to become a musician.
In this 2-part  interview Vijay talks about his early years and his decision to become a [...]



By kamla bhatt • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Bollywood, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, Mumbai, New York, People
 
 Tula Goenka on Bollywood Internship: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bollywood, or the Hindi film industry. has entered US schools. You read that right. Bollywood is currenly taught in a smattering of US universities as an under gradate course, and  New York’s Syracuse University  offers a Bollywood internship program in India. Syracuse is the first American University to offer a Bollywood internship that [...]