All Entries in the "Interviews" Category
AMITABH BACHAN AND DEEPIKA PADAKONE ON AARAKSHAN
The debate and discussion will heat up this summer as Reliance Entertainment’s ‘Aarakshan’, a high voltage, socio-political drama based on one of the most controversial Indian government policies of caste-based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions, releases in cinemas in UK and worldwide on 12th August 2011. From the makers of ‘Raajneeti’, one [...]
MAKING US SOOD
Tell us a little about yourself; briefly tell us about your background? I’m from a town inPunjabcalled Moga. My mother was a teacher, my father a businessman. Among the three children, I am the only son. After school, I did electronic engineering inNagpur. It was while I was studying there that I was selected as one of [...]
NAACHLE LONDON STAR KULVINDER GHIR
By Hemisha Morarji. “I might walk out and dress up as Ghandi…and put on a Northern accent!” The comedian and actor makes his latest film debut in Naachle London, playing Rani’s overbearing father, JT. Since doing regular stints in a Yorkshire Working Men’s club as an impressionist, the Kenyan-born has certainly come a long way, becoming [...]
NAACHLE LONDON DIRECTOR NEVILLE RASCHID
By Hemisha Morarji “You can take the man out of India, but you can’t take India out of him” Director and producer stays true to his Indian roots in Naachle London, but injects it with the quirk and intelligence of great British films. With over 25 years of experience in the film industry, his past [...]
BIRMINGHAM’S MISS INDIA UK: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DEANA UPPAL
By Hemisha Morarji. West Midlands-based model Deana Uppal was in high spirits this month, for she was crowned Miss India UK at a prestigiousLondonceremony. The 22-year-old, originally from Birmingham, was announced the winner of the beauty pageant in the early hours of 5th February. Miss Uppal, who beat off competition from 19 other finalists, was [...]
NEW TALENT SHUMALIA AZEEM BRINGS URDU AND DANCE UNDER ONE HOUSE
By Hemisha Morarji. Fashionista and electro dance singer Shumalia Azeem is the latest Canadian Pakistani talent to fly in from across the pond, with her delicious cocktail of Urdu and electronic dance that will be a hit when it crash lands in the UK this year. “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change,’ [...]
INDIA’S JUSTIN BIEBER: YOUTUBE SENSATION ON THE KULT OF KOLAVERI
By Hemisha Morarji. With catchy laid back beats, it’s no wondering that Dhunush’s single, “Why this Kolaveri’ has already reached over 22 million hits on Youtube. A soundtrack to the Tamil star’s upcoming film, the track is fast becoming an international hit. Every now and then in the Western world, a video of a bright-eyed [...]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH VEENA MALIK OVER ‘THAT’ SHOOT
By Hemisha Morarji. ‘I didn’t know what FHM was’ ‘When I sent FHM legal notice, they threatened me’ ‘I was wearing bikini and covered in tattoos’ ‘They did not reply when I asked them to send me a copy of front cover before I sign contract’ The storm involving Pakistani actress Veena Malik [...]
FARHAN AKHTAR ‘DONS’ THE DIRECTOR’S CAP AGAIN FOR SEQUEL
One of the biggest Christmas gifts from Bollywood this month will be the hotly awaited sequel to 2006 hit Don, tipped to bless screens on the 21st Fresh from his debut as a superhero in Ra.One, Shahrukh Khan returns to see 2011 out with a bang, but this time as Don, as he reprises this [...]
AKSHAY KUMAR ON POLE DANCING FLICK, DESI BOYZ
November may be cold outside, but it will be suffocating hot in cinemas across the India and the UK, when Desi Boys, starring Akshay Kumar, hits the screens on the 25th. The first trailer of the UK-set comedy is already dampening collars, as the film will reunite Askhay with fellow hottie John Abraham, following the [...]
