Indian politicians are like Indian movies. Both rarely ever make any sense. But for once, we were witness to a politician who articulated a cogent response to an issue agitating millions of movie fans, not merely in Tamil Nadu, but across the world – the ban of Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha […]
Despite Kamal Haasan’s craven surrender to the Muslim community by offering to delete scenes in Vishwaroopam they find objectionable, the actor was beaten down in the Madras High Court today. A bench of the court overturned the order of the single judge and upheld the ban on screening Vishwaroopam in the state for two weeks. […]
After testing the Redbox Instant movie streaming service, I must say a lot of Indians will find the service very disappointing in its current incarnation. For $8 a month, Redbox Instant provides unlimited streaming of movies and lets you borrow four DVDs at the kiosks that are now ubiquitous outside U.S. grocery stores. Two Problems […]
The Court of Common Pleas in Montgomery County has fixed March 15, 2013 as the new date for Telugu bidda Raghunandan Yandamuri’s formal arraignment. A key step in the Pennsylvania criminal justice procedure, Raghu Yandamuri’s formal arraignment process is scheduled to start at 9AM on March 15. During the formal arraignment, the charges will be […]
The Madras High Court lifted the ban on Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam a few minutes back (around 10PM IST). This means that Tamils, who make up the majority of the glorious state of Tamil Nadu, unjustly deprived of seeing the film for the last five days can now watch it. The state government banned Vishwaroopam after […]
By banning Kamal Haasan’s comeback film Vishwaroopam, the Tamil Nadu government has made the actor’s life miserable and potentially cost him crores in box office collections. But Ulaga Madayan Kamal Haasan can take some solace from his slick action thriller’s good run at the U.S. box office.