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| ‘Dhobi Ghat’ Joins Other South Asian Titles at Toronto Fest | | By LISA TSERING | | | indiawest.com | September 02, 2010 01:54:00 PM |
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This year, the Toronto International Film Festival doesn’t have as many high-profile Indian films as in years past. But it will feature a splashy red carpet appearance by a top Bollywood star. “Dhobi Ghat,” Kiran Rao’s debut starring and produced by her husband, Aamir Khan, is the biggest Indian film in the lineup. A contemporary ensemble piece set in monsoon-season Mumbai, the film will have its world premiere Sept. 10.
Om Puri stars in “West Is West,” a sequel released a decade after the ac | | | | | Read More . | | |
| Reliance Mediaworks Expands 3D Capabilities | | By - | | | indiawest.com | September 02, 2010 01:52:00 PM |
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BURBANK, Calif. — Reliance MediaWorks Ltd., India’s fastest growing film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance group, has expanded its global 3D capabilities, executives announced Aug. 25.
Reliance MediaWorks Burbank (formerly known as Lowry Digital) is using its well-established proprietary image processing technologies to create powerful new tools for all types of 3D project requirements.
In addition to producing a superior image quality, the company’s advanced | | | | | Read More. | | |
| A.R. Rahman Endorses Radio DesiBeat | | By - | | | indiawest.com | August 27, 2010 05:44:00 PM |
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SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman has signed on to endorse America’s first 24-hour Bollywood radio station, according to a press release.
Radio DesiBeat, a station based in Southern California which offers up a mix of Bollywood music and movie reviews, celebrity interviews and contests, is available online (www.radiodesibeat.com) and on platforms including HD radio, Microsoft Zune, iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry.
The station’s personalities, including “Dil M | | | | | Read More. | | |
| It’s Her Party: Aarti Is Food Network’s First Indian Host | | By LISA TSERING | | | indiawest.com | August 26, 2010 02:14:00 PM |
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It started as a series of meals cooked for friends — Aarti Sequeira would sit them down in her Los Angeles kitchen and spice up her Indian dishes with stories about her childhood and of life growing up as a global Indian. The food was as global as she is — adaptations of Indian recipes to American kitchens, or adapting American favorites, like pizza, to Indian ingredients. Sequeira then started her own online cooking show at www.AartiParti.com, with her husband, Brendan, as cameraman, and soon a | | | | | Read More. | | |
| Bollywood Step Dance Is Latest Disney Attraction | | By - | | | indiawest.com | August 26, 2010 02:13:00 PM |
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Bollywood Step Dance, a leading local dance troupe which has shared the stage with A.R. Rahman and other top artists, now has the distinction of being the first Indian act to perform nightly at Disney California Adventure Park.
The group can be seen nightly in a 30-minute segment of Disney’s highly successful show “Glowfest” during its Summer Nightastic promotion, and is presented at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. each night at the park’s Sunshine Plaza, dancing to songs such as “Beedi, | | | | | Read More. | | |
| Actress’s ‘Koena Power’ Shakes Up Independence Day Fest | | By PARIMAL M. ROHIT | | | indiawest.com | August 19, 2010 02:27:00 PM |
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CULVER CITY, Calif. — Bollywood actress Koena Mitra helped celebrate India’s Independence Day with the community at the Westfield Fox Hills Mall here Aug. 15 by introducing a new menu item named after her at the Millions of Milkshakes store and revealing the name of her latest film project.
Between announcements at the event, organized by the JNB Group, Mitra served as guest host of a free concert featuring R&B artist Omarion that drew a large crowd of about 300 people in front of the Millio | | | | | Read More. | | |
| India Lite: ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Offers a Westernized View | | By LISA TSERING | | | indiawest.com | August 19, 2010 02:25:00 PM |
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The soundtrack to “Eat, Pray, Love,” featuring U. Srinivas, is on sale at Starbucks. You can also find $4.99 “Eat, Pray, Love” rudraksh malas and $10.99 tins of Republic of Tea “Eat, Pray, Love” tea at Cost Plus World Market — which, by the way, has launched a sweepstakes whose prize is a trip for two to India.
HSN has devoted a shop to fashions inspired by the film, such as a $275 tote bag and a $99 ecru linen kurti trimmed in hot pink. Luxury travel specialist Abercrombie & Kent is offerin | | | | | Read More. | | |
| Rizwan Manji: ‘Outsourced’ an Important Milestone | | By LISA TSERING | | | indiawest.com | August 12, 2010 01:42:00 PM |
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In “Outsourced,” the highly anticipated NBC comedy set in a Mumbai call center, actor Rizwan Manji plays Rajiv Gidwani, an ambitious office-wala who finds his job in jeopardy when a brash, young American manager named Todd (Ben Rappaport) arrives on the scene. First reported in India-West this spring (I-W, May 28), the show debuts Sept. 23.
Manji’s previous credits include “Glee,” “Privileged,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “24” and the films “Transformers,” “Charlie Wilson’s War” and many other T | | | | | Read More. | | |
| Aamir Khan Takes a Chance on Satire with ‘Peepli (Live)’ | | By LISA TSERING | | | indiawest.com | August 05, 2010 01:52:00 PM |
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The grind of rural poverty. The hopelessness of people failed by their governments. The tantalizing prospect of escape by suicide.
And plenty of laughs, too!
“Peepli (Live)” is a bold film shot through with pointed criticism of the Indian establishment and a bleak — though often hilarious — world view. The film has had success on the international festival circuit, and now makes its debut in a theatrical run in India and the United States.
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| ‘Salt’ Producer Adds Spice to Hollywood Films | | By LISA TSERING | | | indiawest.com | August 05, 2010 01:50:00 PM |
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The success of “Salt” has changed the face of Hollywood action films — its lead role was originally written for a man (Tom Cruise had agreed to star), but Angelina Jolie stepped in and made the title role fearless, sexy and feminine.
The film also marks the changing face of power in Hollywood, as it was produced by an up-and-coming Indian American filmmaker with an enviable track record and a very promising future.
Sunil Perkash, 40, studied economics and communications at Stanford Univer | | | | | Read More. | | |
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