Entertainment

Retro Reel Vol 19: a true 1996 Hyderabad story — a gun at a cinema ticket window, then 'based on a true story' flashes on screen. Guess the film!

May 28, 2013 · 7 min read

Suchitra Sharma's 2013 review of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect' at Silk Road Rising — a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister, in Chicago.

May 21, 2013 · 2 min read

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi opened Chicago's Eye on India Festival 2013 at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace — on cinema's lost depth, Urdu, and art as

May 20, 2013 · 1 min read

In May 2013 came word that Rajkumar Santoshi would direct an Andaz Apna Apna sequel. Within months he denied it — and the sequel never got made.

May 20, 2013 · 1 min read

Chicago's Silk Road Rising staged the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect,' a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister.

May 3, 2013 · 3 min read

This movie’s USP is clearly about authenticity – the eye for detail in it is stunning. Its art direction recreates the late 70s, early 80s so perfectly that…

May 2, 2013 · 6 min read

Newly named Cannes 2013 jury member Vidya Balan turned to designer Sabyasachi for her red-carpet saree looks at the festival.

April 25, 2013 · 1 min read

India's women crime writers — Kalpana Swaminathan, Madhulika Liddle, Swati Kaushal — on plotting murders, female detectives, and gender myths in fiction.

April 3, 2013 · 8 min read

Spielberg's Minority Report asks whether crime can be stopped before it's committed. A Retro Reel column on fate, free will, and the future of policing.

April 3, 2013 · 6 min read

In 2013, Angelina Jolie funded a girls-only primary school outside Kabul for 200–300 students — with profits from her jewelry line, she told E! News.

April 2, 2013 · 1 min read

Hilaria Baldwin announced she's expecting a girl — dashing Alec's hopes of naming a boy 'Massimo.' The baby arrived in August 2013: Carmen Gabriela Baldwin.

March 8, 2013 · 1 min read

In March 2013 The Sun claimed Kate Middleton had 'slipped' she was having a girl. Four months later, she gave birth to a boy: Prince George.

March 5, 2013 · 1 min read

Sreepathy's Retro Reel on Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men (1957): a single jury room, twelve men, and a masterclass in power, prejudice, and reasonable doubt.

February 21, 2013 · 6 min read

Freida Pinto co-hosted Vanity Fair's 2013 pre-Oscar DJ Night with L'Oréal Paris, turning Hollywood's glitterati toward girls' education and the film Girl

February 20, 2013 · 1 min read

Steve Martin became a first-time father at 67 — his rep confirmed he and wife Anne Stringfield had welcomed a baby girl born in December 2012.

February 14, 2013 · 1 min read

Every Tuesday at 2 a.m., a landline still registered to Katie Couric's late husband Jay Monahan was dialing 911 — and the NYPD had no idea why.

February 14, 2013 · 2 min read

In this playful 2013 item, Priyanka Chopra's aunt picks the perfect match for her niece: Mohit Raina, TV's beloved Mahadev — Priyanka finds her 'Shiv.'

February 6, 2013 · 1 min read

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan faced the prospect of a decade in prison as a court took up the long-running criminal cases against him — a legal saga that had…

January 31, 2013 · 1 min read

A 2013 ThoughtfulIndia column argues that Shah Rukh Khan's 'Being a Khan' essay struck a false note — from a star this country had already made its own.

January 28, 2013 · 2 min read

As gifted as highly intelligent people are, they frequently come bundled with another very human attribute – arrogance. Authors and stories (and movies too)…

January 25, 2013 · 6 min read