Buddah Bachchan aka Big B aka Amitabh Bachchan just doesn’t draw the crowds anymore. Buddah is kinda like a Jonah for movies lately. The kiss of death. Like son, like father, eh? Buddah’s name on the marquee virtually guarantees the Bollywood movie will fare badly at the U.S. box office. Whether it’s Paa, Bbuddah […]
Aarakshan (Reservations) turned out to be a disappointment for us. Directed by Prakash Jha, one of India’s rare political film-makers, the much hyped movie is supposedly centered on the hot-button issue of reservations aka affirmative action that allows less qualified candidates from lower castes to get government jobs and seats in colleges via special quotas. […]