Watching Ek Niranjan

(via iPhone) Devuda, Devuda. 😉 We are inside the movie hall waiting for Telugu movie Ek Niranjan (Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut) to start. Puri Jagannadh of Pokiri fame is the director. Already 55 minutes behind schedule. What the heck does Ek Niranjan mean? No matter. It probably wouldn’t make much difference anyway. There are about 100 […]

Halloween Review – All Thanks to Krishna Rao. Really?

(Recommended by SI reader kurf) Something very good or something very bad in life, there’s got to be an Indian connection. Right, na? After watching the lovely horror film Halloween (1978), we were wondering what the Indian connection could be. Eureka. As the credits started rolling, there it was, our Indian connection – Krishna Rao. […]

Blue Sinking at Box Office

Akshay Kumar’s latest crap show Blue continues to suffer at the U.K. box office. Take a look at the below table to see how badly Blue has performed in its second week in the U.K. compared to a few other prominent Bollywood movies:

Desi Startup Vdopia gets New Funding, New CEO

Silicon Valley startup Vdopia has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners. Founded by IIT graduates Chhavi Upadhyay, Srikanth Kakani and Saurabh Bhatia, the San Jose outfit is peddling a video ad network for the iPhone. The fledgling has also hired a

$25 Cheapo Fares from Southwest Airlines

All ye cheapo desis (sore over the $44 British Airways fiasco), here’s some good news for y’all. Southwest Airlines today announced a fare sale that lets customers purchase one-way travel for $25, $50, $75, or $100 depending on length of their trip. * Travel up to 375 miles for $25 one-way

Harvard Pricks Lose $11b, Ask $1.99 for Swine Flu App

The co*k-suckers at Harvard University recently lost $11 billion through reckless investments but the greedy bastards are now demanding $1.99 for an iPhone application that could provide valuable information on the Swine Flu. Harvard promises that its new HMSMobile Swine Flu Center application will provide timely information on prevention and outbreaks of the H1N1 virus. […]