This morning as I rush about getting ready for work, I hear a familiar, evil laugh. No wonder it’s familiar, for there grinning away on screen is Prem Chopra. He has a gun in his hand, and is smirking (as only Prem Chopra can) at Rajinder Kumar , and saying “Aaeeye, aaeeye Saxena Sahab” (come, […]
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Hindi films and cultural slopes
The hubby and I have decided that we will let the kids watch some Hindi movies. This will help the Hindi, we think and one must after all allow desi culture to seep in. The Hindi is varied in it’s dialect , goes from Mumbaiya to Awadhi to Punjabi. The culture is questionable. But still […]
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Some time back I remember seeing Bina Ramani on TV, being interviewd by Ruby Bhatia on one of those mind-body-health shows. Ruby has been places on that show, a monastery in Eastern India, an ashram in the South etc. and has interviewed various people on the show. On that show she interviewed Ramani and asked […]
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DirecTV has a new desi channel on Channel # 2008 – Sahara Filmy. No message on voice machine this time, so discovered this one flipping channels. And this was my lucky day too, because I generally don’t channel-flip. I just watch one channel. And attain nirvana. So easy. From what I’ve watched of it, Filmy […]
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This is a smart, witty film, which is in places funny, even though it has a sad/neurotic under-tone to it. It is the story of 4 friends : Christine (Catherine Keener) unhappily married to fellow screen-writer David, Jane (Frances McDormand) a famous fashion designer married to Aaron (who Christine thinks is gay), Franny (Joan Cusack) […]
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