The camera lovingly follows the contours of an underwater paradise. Incurious fish gently swim away from the light as the camera glides over sting rays, around coral and through populous grottos. As the credits roll, Shreya Ghoshal’s powerhouse voice begins the opening notes of the Bondesque song “Rehnuma.” It is ...

Wake Up Sid can be described in half-a-dozen words: Rich Spoilt Slacker Dude Grows Up. This much-used theme has been the premise of several multiplex movies starring (the now-aging) Saif Ali Khan, who passes on his mantle to the younger, hunkier Ranbir Kapoor.The movie is set in Bombay, not Mumbai, ...

Once the staple of the stable, the Yashraj romantic comedy has seen a sad decline after the reins of production passed from the hands of papa Yash Chopra to son Adi.It’s true that there is a dearth of good screenplays in Bollywood, but if the most influential production house in ...

Writes Lehkikaa -Mythili Prakash’s debut of the Drishya Kaavyam production was eagerly awaited by the serious rasikas of Bay Area, CA. It was indeed a treat to the eyes; almost every piece had the dancers in different costumes, and every group piece was a visual delight. The pace throughout was…well, ...

The ethos of the Mumbai underground is like compost - full of discarded peels and cracked eggshells, ripe-smelling and treacherous underfoot - but rich fodder for the imagination of talented directors. Vishal Bharadwaj is one such wunderkind, and he uses the steaming, stinking pile to fashion yet another cinematic gem.

Sonu Nigam, sorry, Sonu Niigam, is a consummate showman. His musical riffs, his banter with the audience, his creative mash-ups of old and new Bollywood numbers are part of a shtick he has perfected.

Reshma Shetty has a starring role on the show Royal Pains as Divya Katdare, who finagles a job as the reluctant Hank’s assistant in Episode 1. Not much is known about her character in the beginning, except that she is well connected in the Hamptons and despite having some medical ...

In a sense, Imtiaz Ali is the true inheritor of the Yash Raj brand of entertainer, though this movie was produced by Saif's company. And like the better Yash Chopra movies, Love Aaj Kal leaves you in a good mood as you exit the theater.

Vikas Swarup's Q&A had a great concept, but it was a mediocre book that was catapulted into success by the creativity of Slumdog Millionaire's screenplay writers. His second novel, Six Suspects, has a plot that lacks the focus of Q&A but attempts to make up for it by invoking every ...

Small budget film-makers still have to have a powerful script and well known actors to attract funding, even in the improved professionalism of the Bollywood financing system. Like any other business, the plan has to be, as they say in the Mumbai lingo, "solid." So what happens if the subject ...