Billa Pulled from IMC 6; Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Vel Back

Ajith’s Billa, one of the worst Tamil movies in recent memory and a real horror show, has been pulled from Bay Area’s IMC 6 theater in San Jose and Vijay’s Azhagiya Tamil Magan and Surya’s Vel have been brought back. The Thursday (Dec. 27) shows of Billa were also cancelled at IMC 6, which screens Tamil, […]

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Rawalpindi

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi today at 6:16 PM local time adding to the instability of this nuclear nation in South Asia. Early reports say that a suicide bomber shot Benazir in the neck and chest as she was leaving a campaign rally in […]

Bollywood – Some Interesting Statistics

Bollywood – international shorthand for Indian movies – exerts a bigger hold on the Indian psyche than even cricket. India probably makes more movies – mostly pathetic, occasionally unwatchable and rarely interesting – than any other country. And that is when Indian movie-makers are not brazenly stealing successful Hollywood plots. India has a vibrant movie […]

Pak Diverted U.S. Aid Dollars to Counter India – NYT

Pakistan has taken billions of dollars from U.S. aid to attack Al Queda and Taliban and diverted it to acquire weapons to counter India, reports the New York Times in the Monday edition of the paper. The NYT reports that U.S. aid of $5 billion since 9/11 to boost Pakistan’s military efforts against Al Queda […]

Ajith’s Billa – Flop, Ultimate Flop or Super Hit?

Billa II Review – Frustratingly Bad The big question on most Tamil movie lovers’ minds must surely be whether Ajith’s Billa is a Flop, Ultimate Flop or a Super Hit at the box office. There has been a lot of comparison between the new Billa and Rajnikant’s mega hit Sivaji with some over-enthusiastic folks erroneously claiming that Billa […]