A Twitter-inspired look at Bollywood, January-March 2012. Read More »

This past Friday, I had the great privilege of checking out a local production put together by the theater troupe Shunya. Read More »

The Oscar winning documentary begins with a gripping intro of Zakia, a 39 year old Pakistani woman, an unfortunate victim of an acid attack... Read More »

Miss Representation has been hitting college campuses around the country. If you haven’t heard of the movie, I urge you to at least watch the trailer. The film covers an extremely important issue that our society is facing today. It is one that is detrimental to the mental and physical health of millions of youth. Read More »

Does anyone remember that little movie that came out way back when in 2001, called American Desi? It was a small independent film that sort of blew up in the Indian American community. It was the first of its kind that featured actual Indian kids, growing up in America Read More »

The tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks have for me, like many brown girls, stirred up a lot of feelings. Read More »

Every summer I reactivate my Netflix account and add films to my queue that I believe will prevent me from experiencing brain drain. Read More »

I am not a Telugu speaker. I do not have the background to judge Pokiri on a complete spectrum of old, religious, social, masala, or art house Telugu films. In India, this film was so popular, it was remade into Tamil (Pokkiri), Hindi (Wanted) and Kannada (Porki). I viewed Pokiri (Rogue) as someone who expected an engaging film. Read More »

Last year, I started my South Asian radio program, Rangeela, without understanding Tollywood. Read More »

I have never seen Sholay all the way through in one sitting, before now. In all the texts on Indian cinema, Sholay makes an appearance. To have a real understanding of Hindi film theory, I decided to watch Sholay again through an adult, feminist perspective. Read More »