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Archive for March, 2008

 

(Note: this is an opera review, not a film review. the outline and the ending are available in the program) 

 

Padmvati is a 15th century play by Seyyd Alol a court poet of Sher Shah Suri,The Afghan conqueror of Delhi , about Allaudin Khilji a 13th century invader of  Northern India and Padmavati, a married princess [...]

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Songs of the C

Friend of the journal Sirensongs(may all her south asian visas run forever, six months at a time) is a “chick that follows dalai lama  around  Famous blogger featured on MSNBC   ” . A Bharatanatyam student originally, from the Southern US via Manhattan, C is now a follower (with camera) of the Kalachakra and is everywhere Mr Tenzin is.
Which would [...]

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My posts on The Hungry Ghost Blog , hyperlinked…
Music  video wall 2007*
The Bollywood Ignore List 2007
Guilty Pleasures List 2007
Bollywood biggest Disappointments 2007
A throw of dice (1930, Silent) 
The World of Quick Gun Murugan
An Idiot proof guide to south indian Actresses*
Sony and the art of Bollywood filmmaking
Talat Mehmood and Hemant Kumar songs (this post earned me the [...]

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A tale of Two Barbers.
  
Rajinikanth has a childhood friend who is a penniless barber in the boonies. So does Shah Rukh Khan.  Rajinikanth’s barber friend is a cynical private person that eloped from a big city to the village. Shahrukh khan’s barber friend has done the same too. There’s only one issue with this pair [...]

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