Reminiscenes – Watching Bhagwan in Albela from the Lower Stalls
By Madhav Chavan Editor’s Note: My last comment about “A song from Rangoon” ended with a brief comment about Bhagwan, his movie &#...
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A Bollywood Tribute to Yangon (Rangoon of old)
An informed European-American reader of this blog told me that Bollywood films always make her feel good. It would be very hard to make any one feel ...
Saaya (2003) – A unique love story amidst a natural disaster in Myanmar
The New York Times has reported that a boat carrying some of the first aid to Myanmar sank, apparently after hitting a submerged tree. The article uses thi...
Myanmar and Far Eastern India
The story of the natural disaster in Myanmar is utterly tragic. Historically, Myanmar has been a prosperous region with abundant natural res...
Bollywood Film Reviews – New York Times vs. Times of India
When we ask this question of our friends, they think we are joking. Most people are not even aware that New York Times reviews Bollywood films. Well they ...
Changing Lanes (2002) and Taxi No. 9211 (2006) – Bolly-Holly Films – 2
This is the second article in our series about Bollywood Interpretations of Hollywood Films. In the desi tradition of using short forms, going forward, we ...
Do you Yahoo? Yes we do, say Microsoft shareholders and Shammi Kapoor fans
Did you know that the Company Yahoo, Inc., was named so for the great Shammi Kapoor song “Yahoo” in the 1961 Bollywood film “Junglee̶...
Witness and Paap – Bollywood Interpretations and Hollywood Originals – I
Witness and Paap – Bollywood Interpretations and Hollywood Originals – I A young boy is waiting in a Philadelphia station with his mother. He ...
Are Bollywood interpretations better than their Hollywood originals? – A new series
In the past, this question would have been greeted with derision. Those days are long gone. Bollywood has become very good at making terrif...