We’ve been great fans of Krishna Bhanji a.k.a. Ben Kingsley since we watched Gandhi at a drive-in theater many summers ago in the company of an army of mosquitoes (the movie went on to win eight Oscars). So, it was with no hesitation that we picked up the Elegy DVD at RedBox a short while ago […]
Folks, time to wear your seat-belts. Here comes another instalment of Incredible India, with those Only in India stories. * A poor woman admitted to a government hospital in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh sold her new-born baby for $125. Cheap, na. In the last two years, we have seen about 28 or […]
We were wondering where Sori-Padam Surya picked up his dancing skills. And then we stumbled upon this below video on YouTube. Mon dieu, we were struck numb with horror upon watching the monstrosity. Sivakumar Senior (Surya’s father) is a hopeless dancer and a plain awful actor. Of all the hopeless actors in Tamil films, Sivakumar […]
With a film career spanning over four decades, Kamal Haasan is a Kollywood legend and ‘Ulaga Nayagan’ to millions of his fans in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Songs from even decades-old Kamal Haasan movies are still popular not merely in Tamil Nadu but with the diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere as […]
Ayan at U.K. Box Office – Ayyo, Embarrassing Dai Machchi, Indha Surya Padam oru Sori Padam da. Sori Padam. (Hey buddy, this is a scabies-infested movie). An ugly movie beyond redemption, Ayan is the latest piece of shit to emerge from the Augean sewers of Kollywood. With not even a fig leaf of a story […]
We’ve said this on several occasions. Doctors in the U.S. count among the worst living creatures. Animals in white coats. These shameless scumbags will do anything for a few nickels. The New York Times had an interesting article the other day about how doctors are making it very difficult for injured workers to get medical […]