Soon after I read Brotherly Love, the poignant story of two brothers Subhash and Udayan, in the New Yorker (June 10, 2013), I became eager to read Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland from which the short story is excerpted. Fast forward three months. I’ve read The Lowland. Death – Not the End Spanning four generations and […]
Telugu bidda and serial groper Srinivasa Erramilli surrendered to the prison authorities on October 30, 2013 to start serving his nine-month prison term for abusive sexual contact (groping a 65-year-old female co-passenger on an aircraft). The 46-year-old Aurora, IL resident has also filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit […]
Hrithik Roshan’s Diwali release Krrish 3 has not set the box office on fire in the U.S. The movie, produced and directed by Hrithik’s papa Rakesh Roshan, took in a mere million dollars in its opening November 1-3, 2013 weekend. Average gross of just $5,046 per screen is likely turning Hrithik and his father toward […]
No, Krrish 3 is not swoonworthy fare. Merely, the best in the Krrish series of super-hero films and one of the rare endurable Bollywood movies. Super-Hero Meets Super-Villain Krrish 3 outclasses other Indian super-hero films like Krrish 2, Enthiran and Ra-One in four respects: * Super-villain Kaal (Vivek Oberoi) is an unusual character with an interesting […]