More Asian Movies

at Mercado...

Project Gutenberg


Cry Me a Sad River


Hello Mrs. Money


Hrm. Loveyatri.

Didn't Recognize the Bollywood Star

Who is trying to break into the American market - Priyanka Chopra in Quantico, which premieres tonight:

While her character may appeal to her male Indian fans, how would a promiscuous single female play back in India?





And why does her character have the name Alex Parrish? Let me guess, the character's father is supposed to be a white guy?

EW
TVGuide
Yahoo News

How was her reception into the American music industry market?

Just Wait a Few Years

Certainly the American diet and food are blamed when those who immigrate to the US become fat. But what of those who remain in India? Are they really that healthy, as some vegans like to claim?

Post by Vega Entertainment.

Don 2

Don 2 will be playing at some of the local cinemas, including several of the AMCs. As I've remarked before, for some reason there is a bigger market for Indian movies at the local theaters than Chinese movies, even though the populations are comparable in numbers? Part of the explanation can be found in the Bloomberg article linked below. Here's the trailer:


And some MVs:



(making)



That's the free market at work, right? It's not as if the whole cinema is taken up with Bollywood films, just a screen or two. And can't multiculturalism and ethnic diversity be reflected in the market and consumption of mass entertainment? I'd watch the movie for Priyanka Chopra. And the consumption of ethnic mass media isn't sufficient in itself to produce ethnic affiliation/identity, right?

But it can be a means for such.

Excel Movies and Reliance Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment

From 2008: Why Reliance Is Buying U.S. Cinemas
India's Reliance Entertainment has acquired more than 200 movie theaters in 28 U.S. cities in pursuit of global expat communities

Bodyguard

Dola Re Dola from Devdas

Shown this morning on Showbiz India.



alternate

Slightly better quality.

Maar Dala

Zor Ka Jhatka "Full Video Song"

"Chehre Jo Dekhe Hai"

From Whats Your Rashee.

Kangna Ranaut

The beauty of Once Upon a Time in Mumbai.











fansite

Showbiz India has a youtube channel, but it is not updated frequently...

Aishwarya Rai


Interview with Janina Gavankar





Janina Gavankar Exclusive Interview THE GATES
Myspace
yt channel

I Hate Luv Storys

alt







official site

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai

official, FB



alt

Making Of

Aisha trailer

(via Austen Blog)

What is one to think of My Name is Kahn? (Apple) Not all Muslims are terrorists, but is there anything within Islam to prevent the Koran from being interpreted in support of terrorism? Or to delegitimize those authorities which advocate the use of terrorism? Why do I see the heavy hand of liberalism and multiculturalism behind this movie? I may not have to see the movie if I don't like what it is being used for, but for it to be used as a weapon against prudence and traditional Western culture, how can one be pleased to see that happen?

Noor Iqbal , Bollywood gets political

The birth of Bollywood
Though the first mass-produced Indian films appeared in the 1930s and the industry reached its "Golden Age" in the decades immediately following Indian independence in 1947, the term "Bollywood" did not appear until the 1970s. Bollywood gets its name from Bombay, renamed Mumbai in 1995, where the films are produced. Today, it is a thriving industry that turns out 150 to 200 films per year. It is not India's only film industry, though. India is the largest producer of feature films in the world, of which Tamil and Telugu language films make up a large part. In fact, Hindi films make up just 20% of the national industry. However, they bring in close to 50% of the revenues.

The Hindi film industry began to grow in Mumbai after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, which divided the Bengali film industry based in Kolkata and the Punjabi film industry based in Lahore along with their respective audiences. Mumbai enjoyed an influx of prominent actors, producers, directors, lyricists and technicians from these weakening industries in Pakistan. As a result, the Mumbai film industry became religiously integrated at a time when the rest of the region was unraveling along religious lines. Some of the most famous male actors today, including Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan, are Muslim, as are the renowned scriptwriter Javed Akhtar and music director A R Rahman. According to anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti, Bollywood is "perhaps the least religiously segregated place in India today".

The typical Bollywood movie involves a love affair, a large and meddlesome family, a lavish wedding and a happy ending, all accompanied by song and dance. These films are often infused with religious imagery, usually Hindu, and tend to avoid inter-religious plotlines altogether. It seems odd that an industry with significant Muslim representation would only recently turn to sensitive themes of inter-communal relations.

Lagaan

@TAC: Lagaan Illuminates Cricket ( the game not the grasshopper)

official site
wiki

lagaan - radha kaise na jale


MITAVA - LAGAAN


O rey chori


Choote Lagaan - Deleted Song from Lagaan -Exclusive




Lagaan Deleted Scene 2 - Exclusive aamirkhan.org
Deleted Scene 3- Lagaan "Aamir's Prank"- aamirkhan.org Excl
Deleted Scene 3 - Rang De Basanti - aamirkhan.org Excl

Planet-Bollywood - Film Review - Lagaan
Filmi Geek: Lagaan (2001)

Twitch: Bollywood Goes Kung Fu! Full Trailer Arrives For CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA!

official website

Edit: Apple trailer

IIFA Performance - Katrina Kaif

Iranian Radio (h/t to Pete Takeshi)

Live365: Bollywood Hindi Hits
Radio NRI - Bollywood & Beyond
PenguinRadio | Radio teentaal bollywood music non stop Internet ...

Another Katrina Kaif gallery

here

AT: Bollywood demi-gods go blogging

Bollywood demi-gods go blogging
By Raja M