Posts Tagged ‘Bollywood’
Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna: Reviewed
Trishna is Michael Winterbottom's modernisation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles moved to contemporary India - a transition which perhaps works better in theory than in practise. The film follows the story of Trishna, a peasant girl played by Freida Pinto, who meets British-Indian Jay Singh, played by Riz Ahmed, the son of a...
Everywhere & Nowhere – a review
When Kidulthood came out in 2006, people were delighted, at last they were saying here's a realistic story about being a youth in London. Yes, it might have been slightly over the top at points, but it had so much going for it - a great cast, great soundtrack and an excellent script. It's been five years since we've seen or heard from...
Drew Barrymore headed to Bollywood
Looks like being in a Bollywood film is the must-do of the season, first it was Nicolas Cage, and now it's Drew Barrymore. The E.T star will make her Bollywood debut in a film called The Lifestyle. Producer Santosh Kumar Jain, for whom the film is his directorial and writing debut, said: “I really liked her performance in Charlie’s Angels...
Bollywood does Bin Laden
Take a Bollywood comedy and add the world's most wanted terrorist and what do you get? The unique movie experience that is Tere Bin Laden. Released today, Tere Bin Laden tells the tale of Ali Hassan, an ambitious young reporter who is desperate to emigrate to the USA to live the American dream. But time after time his visa application is...
