The Indo-American Arts Council brought in the Oscars with a fun party in New York City.
After Desi Boyz last year, John Abraham stars in yet another mindless performance in Sajid Khan's Housefull 2.
Hindi films that are making their presence felt at film fests abroad.
Author Salman Rushdie and director Deepa Mehta discuss the film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Shriya Saran talks about her film on corruption, Gali Gali Chor Hain, co-starring Akshaye Khanna.
Videsh starts out as a disturbing account on domestic violence but loses all objectivity the minute it resorts to elements of mysticism, inspired by Girish Karnad's play Nagamandala. It's a dangerously incompatible mix and damages the possibility of a decent movie to an outright ridiculous one.
Akshay Kumar will play a brave Sikh in the 1914 Komagata Maru ship tradegy.
How can a film that has a character declare that secularism is an illness be taken seriously, asks Deepa Gahlot.
The movie grossed $1.4 million over the weekend, taking its 12-day total to $4.7 million in North America on January 3.
Preity Zinta, whose performance in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth, received warm reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, has won the Silver Hugo Award for best actress at the 44th edition of Chicago International Film Festival. The jury praised her 'for her strong yet subtle performance as a woman struggling to keep her dreams despite brutal realities.'
The 38-year-old has also been handed the responsibility of talent scouting, infrastructure planning.
With the heroine in Shankar's Robot still undecided -- the makers are swinging between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Deepika Padukone -- we can't help but wonder why they aren't considering the stunning Shriya Saran.
With the works of veteran film makers such as Shyam Benegal (Bose, the Forgotten Hero) and Deepa Mehta (Heaven on Earth), as well as first-timers such as Sooni Taraporevala (Little Zizou), the 2008 edition of the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York has a menu of beguiling features and documentaries to suit all tastes.
Deepa Mehta's daughter Devyani Saltzman speaks to Arthur J Pais about her book and her relationship with her parents.
'So let's have fun with it. Let's do something that nobody is expecting.'
The actor is all set to venture into international cinema with gangster flick American Empire to be directed by Andy Armstrong.
Director Shonali Bose talks about Amu, her heartfelt film about the 1984 Delhi riots.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Pan's Labyrinth was a favourite but lost our to The Lives Of Others.
Water actress Seema Biswas on Deepa Mehta, and going to the Oscars.
Amu, the explosive, nerve touching and yet endearing film by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Shonali Bose is finally scheduled for release across North America with a five theater release in Toronto on February 16.
Oscar nominations and the subsequent ad blitz in the media mean hotter box-office hits across North America, and in many other countries.
Suparn Verma travels back seven years and the controversy over the making of Water.
The new season takes the students out of their preoccupation with studies to other problems -- jealousy of another's easy success, a blip in a romance, financial crunch, meltdowns, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
Indian celebrities take the Toronto International Film Fest by storm.
Sukanya Verma looks at women who have fleetingly portrayed the formidable Indira Gandhi on screen.
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