What else can you call someone who is an actor, a singer, a Stand Up performer and if that is not enough, also an entrepreneur. Ash Chandler, defied logic by showing up as a NRI in Mumbai, India, some years ago, the showing up was not where logic got topsy turvy, but how he embraced the city, which instantly made him one of it’s own, is a path no NRI artist before, and few after, have traversed.... 

For starters ‘Kurbaan’ definitely has it’s heart in the right place, kudos to Karan Johar for attempting something out of his comfort zone of feel good mushy NRI oriented love stories. The film deals with Islamic fundamentalism and the stance of the moderate Muslim on the subject. It doesn’t glorify nor does it empathize with either side, which works in favour of the film. What could have... 

DO SCRIPTWRITING TECHNIQUES AS TAUGHT BY WESTERN TEACHERS, PRIMARILY WITH HOLLYWOOD AS A FOCUS, WORK IN INDIA? Throwing light on this is writer and director and a former Senior Faculty – Screenwriting Department, Whistling Woods International, Sanjay Talreja. Sanjay has taught filmmaking and scriptwriting in Canada, the US, and lately, in India. Sanjay has worked as a writer, editor and is an accomplished... 

Paresh’s film, Harishchandrachi Factory, is the official entry from India, for the Oscar’s to be decided in early 2010. The film is about how India’s first feature film got made against tremendous financial odds. Ironically, Paresh’s story is not very different. He had to mortgage his property, overcome the typical Bollywood mindset and make his film. We managed to catch up with Paresh as... 

He was PfC Omar Ulmer in Inglourious Basterds, and was also seen in Death Proof. This talented actor and musici an (amongst other creative things), looks forward to now taking on Bollywood. From being the son of a doctor in Pennsylvania, to now making a firm foothold in Hollywood, nothing seems impossible for this multi dimensional artist. Here is a conversation with one of the rising South Asian... 

ALADIN- alittle more talk, a little less magic In an ideal scenario, if you had a magic lamp and three wishes, you would be very careful and wise in your choice. Unfortunately, in our bollywood take on this age old tale, Aladin wishes for Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandez), Jasmine and you have guessed right: Jasmine again; couldn’t get more predictable. Set in the fantastical ‘Khwaish City’,the... 

“Director Rajeev Virani represents the new breed of Indian filmmakers. Those that are taking their training from the West, San Francisco- California in this case, to make films about the East, but for audiences globally and certainly for India. Here is more about Rajeev.” What got you into the film line? How has the San Francisco Bay Area contributed to that? After I graduated from Sydenham... 

Beverly Hills, CA — Thursday, October 1, is the deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories to be considered for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Complete entries must arrive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. PT that day.In the short film categories, filmmakers must submit an entry form, one film print or...