We are Family: Ohhh, We are a Box Office Disaster There are bad Bollywood movies. Then there are very bad Bollywood movies. Finally, there are the disgustingly, terribly bad Bollywood movies like We are Family (Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal) that are unworthy of even being screened in theaters. Surely, a special place is […]
Pleaaaasseee Clooney. 😉 Hell, the only reason we went to the opening show of the new Hollywood film The American which released in U.S. theaters today is George ‘Acme of Charm‘ Clooney. Hell, no other reason is necessary when you got Clooney. Syriana, Michael Clayton, Up in the Air and still we can’t get enough […]
If Julius Caesar had not spoken those famous words Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) after his victory over king Pharnaces of Potus in 47 BC, we doubt Latin would enjoy the cachet it does today among the literati. Here are a few fine Latin expressions culled from the book Veni, Vidi, […]
OK folks, fasten your seat-belts now. For we are back with the latest installment of your favorite series Incredible India. A short while ago we were reading a piece on Indian women renting their wombs to rich Westerners and sometimes rich Easterners (Japanese). That set us thinking of the many different techniques poor Indians resort […]
We’ve often wondered if John Abraham’s purpose in life is to just make an ass of himself on screen or to be seen in the company of that weird acting what’s-her-name Basu. John’s new film Aashayein (directed by Nagesh Kukunoor) has drawn the ire of critics and is unlikely to do much for his career. […]
We’ve never been great fans of Indian IT giant Wipro’s Chairman Azim Premji. But tonight, as we slowly sip our White Russian into a stupor the old man Premji is our hero. Really. In a blistering attack penned in an Indian newspaper, Premji belatedly questions in rhetorical style the wisdom of a poor country like […]