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HOTEL MUMBAI

March 22, 2019 By Leave a Comment

HOTEL MUMBAI

Full of unexpected compassion and humanity, HOTEL MUMBAI is also a harrowing retelling of the 2008 takeover of the fabled Taj Hotel in Mumbai by terrorists whose zeal for religion had been twisted into something horrifying. The standard meet-and-greet of the people whose lives will shortly be forever changed is the only part of the… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, fanaticism, India, Mumbai, police action, swat team, terrorism

FOR HERE OR TO GO — Andrea Chase takes you Behind the Scenes of FOR HERE OR TO GO? — Rishi Bhilawadikar and Rucha Humnabadka Interview

April 1, 2017 By Leave a Comment

FOR HERE OR TO GO — Andrea Chase takes you Behind the Scenes of FOR HERE OR TO GO? — Rishi Bhilawadikar and Rucha Humnabadka Interview

Many years ago, I worked a hi-tech job in Silicon Valley, and though I worked side by side with people who had come there from India on work visas, I had no idea of the struggles with which these bright and talented people were dealing. FOR HERE OR TO GO? , though set in 2009,… Read More »

Tagged With: 9/11, bonded servants, Desi, diversity, globalization, green card, home, House of Representatives, immigration, indentured servitude, India, Jawaharlal Nehru, Silicon Valley

Jeffrey D. Brown & Sushmita Mukherjee Talk How SOLD Changed Their Lives

April 15, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Jeffrey D. Brown & Sushmita Mukherjee Talk How SOLD Changed Their Lives

Director Jeffrey D. Brown and co-star Sushmita Mukherjee wanted to do more than make a film, they wanted to make a difference for the kids like the one depicted in SOLD. That’s why they have partnered with NGOs, and are aiming for more than a run-of-the-mill theatrical release. In that spirit, there are links to several of… Read More »

Tagged With: activism, Assam, book to screen, brothels, Calcutta, child sex trade, Dehli rape case. APNE AAP, economic status of women, Human trafficking, India, modern slavery, Nepal, NGO, Patricia McCormick, re-ensoulment, Ruchira Gupta, Sacred Feminine, Save the Children, sex slaves, spirituality, UN Commission on the Status of Women

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM is an unpretentiously charming comedy about the family ties that bind, sometimes too tightly. It did major box-office in England, where it was produced, and has done more than respectable business everywhere in the world that it’s played. It’s about time it made it to our shores here in the states. What sets this film apart… Read More »

Tagged With: generation gap, India, sikh, soccer, wedding

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Danny Boyle’s brilliant new film, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, is the improbable tale of how innocence triumphs against the most seemingly impossible odds. It begins and ends on the fateful night when Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a former slum resident, plaything of an indifferent world, and current tea-boy in Mumbai, is about to answer a question on… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, Danny Boyle, Dev patel, filming on location, India, Slumdog Millionaire

EAT PRAY LOVE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

EAT PRAY LOVE

EAT PRAY LOVE is a glossy travelogue of a flick, full of stereotypes and caricatures providing a colorful backdrop to Julia Roberts’’ glamour lighting. Based on the book of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert, it is the personal journey towards inner happiness taken by Liz (Julie Roberts) as she learns the lessons of the… Read More »

Tagged With: Bali, based on a true story, book to screen, Elizabeth Gilbert, India, Italy, Julia Roberts, romance, spiritual quest, travel

Danny Boyle Translates SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

I talked to Danny Boyle on October 24, 2008, as the presidential campaign was in its final stretch, perhaps that was the reason politics was so much on Boyle’s mind during our talk about his latest film, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. From the innately American impulse to root for the underdog, to the practice of democracy in… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, Danny Boyle, Dev patel, filming on location, India, Slumdog Millionaire

Ang Lee Tells the LIFE OF PI

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Ang Lee Tells the LIFE OF PI

When I spoke to Ang Lee on October 15, 2012, one thing I wanted to know first was what was the spark that let him think he could film a book that had been considered unfilmable by a bevy of studios and directors. His answer revealed both his innate modesty, and his personal spark of… Read More »

Tagged With: action, adventure, Ang Lee, book to screen, cgi, director, drama, faith, Hindus, India, irrational number, Kabbalah, Life of Pi, lost at sea, narrative, philosophy, religion, Scott Magee, shipwreck, tiger, transcendental, Tzimtzum, Yann Martel

Mira Nair Goes to VANITY FAIR

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Mira Nair Goes to VANITY FAIR

To speak with Mira Nair is to enjoy the workings of a remarkable mind, one full of humor, intelligence, and a passionate enthusiasm for the art of storytelling. It’s that last that shines through her adapation of Thackery’s “Vanity Fair”, a rollicking tale of a society tottering between two paradigms. While the conversation rarely strayed from… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th-century novel, Becky Sharp, book to film, cinema, director, film, historical romance, hot peppers, India, narrative, Thackery

Deepa Mehta Sails WATER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Deepa Mehta Sails WATER

When I talked with Deepa Mehta on March 20, 2006, it was the third time I’d had the chance to interview this remarkable filmmaker. A magnet and a catalyst for controversy, she makes films that challenge not just society in her native India, but also the ones elsewhere that tolerate intolerance in the name of tradition. WATER, the third… Read More »

Tagged With: burning in effigy, children, cinema, controversy, Deepa Mehta, drama, Elements Trilogy, gender discrimination, gender rights, India, Indian Cinema, intolerance, movie, narrative, social justice, trilogy, widowhood, widows

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