Charlie Wilson's War Stretches the Imagination

How does a US Congressman learn about helping the Afghan resistance to the Soviet Empire in 1980? By listening to Dan Rather on TV while soaking in a Jacuzzi full of young women.

Movie Review: The Kite Runner

Khalid Hosseini, like many Afghan’s is a poet at heart. Here with the assistance of screenwriter David Benioff, the essence of The Kite Runner remains intact

Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema

His skin color is not fair; his acting skills are too loud; he is less muscled than neighborhood gym boys; and he is rumored to be gay! How did this Khan become a Sultan?

Saawariya Targets Eternal Love

Sony Picture’s “Saawariya�, a new Bollywood-Hollywood movie is set to release in the United States and worldwide on November 9th. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story, White Nights.

Vanaja: A Movie That Moves Your Heart

Either Writer-Director Rajnesh Domalpalli is one of the luckiest first filmmakers around or true contender for future international movie fame.

Dev Anand - Romancing Life at 83

The launch of Dev Anand's autobiography Romancing with Life is being done by no less than PM Manmohan Singh.

Chunari vs. Topi

When will we learn that the 'Daag' isn't imported and not on the 'Chunari' at all.

Khuda Ke Liye

"In the Name of God", it is about us - the people of Pakistan warts and all.

“A Mighty Heart” is a Mighty Sad Movie

It is the story of Mariane Pearl, one vulnerable, pregnant and devoted wife who is caught up in the search for her loving husband Daniel

Icarus and The Filmmaker

I’ll be doing what I have a calling for, what I am most passionate about, and what makes me fly across the country just for a one hour interview, in the hopes of 'landing' the story.

Blood Diamonds

Like selfishness holds hands with carelessness And recklessness goes together with dominance Then how can I explain to your fiancé That in her wedding ring is a blood diamond Representing the sacrifice of native virgins

Losing one’s culture

Now Showing on a DVD Near You

If Bollywood were to take a leaf out of a Hollywood director’s simultaneous release idea, it is hard to see how it will adversely affect its fortunes at the box office. India is already no stranger to the piracy market

Movie: Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara

An off beat venture

Devrai: Story of a Schizophrenic

You’re married living in a small Indian town, have a school-going child, and besides are burdened with an elder brother who is a patient of schizophrenia.

Movie: Iqbal

Quite a cricket cocktail and definitely shaken, not stirred.....

Movie: Eik Haseena Thee

A woman ends up in prison thanks to her beloved family and friends

Movie: Batman Begins

Batman movies have always been hit or miss affairs; Batman Begins turns out to be not only the best Batman movie ever made, but also arguably the best movie of the summer.

Movie: Sins

A Catholic priest has an affair with a young woman and blackmails her into continuing it to further his own Church career.

Movie: Paheli

Puppets on strings MC this movie but who ends up being the puppets, perhaps the audience?

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