On October 14 last year, Barack Obama had become the first United States President to commemorate Diwali in the White House. He had lit the ceremonial diya in the East Room to the accompaniment of......
Mira Nair, the Oscar-nominated director of acclaimed films like Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake, Mississippi Masala and Salaam Bombay!, was chosen as the India Abroad Person of the Year 2007, on......
'...But my strong suit will not be dancing,' Kal Penn tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com, in the concluding part of the interview. Part I of the interview: 'I'm not related to......
In its first survey of South Asian star power in the company's 20 year history, the Ulmer Scale announced a list of South Asia's most bankable stars worldwide, as published in the company's......
Last week, I saw Mira Nair's The Namesake-- for the third time! I first saw the film over Labor Day weekend at its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. Then, in November 2006, it opened......
As Mira Nair was travelling to a number of film festivals with her film The Namesake since August last year, she was also working on several film projects, including a detailed outline for Gregory......
For the maker of hits like Salaam Bombay! and Monsoon Wedding, life is good. The recent success of her latest film, The Namesake in America has been widely publicised and it looks like the film......