Festival Ambassdor Vidya Balan announcing IFFM 2015 to be held in August with IFFM director Mitu Bhowmick-Lange, below ‘Equality’ announced as the theme ‘Equality’ is the theme of the 2015 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema, taking place this year from 14 – […]
Vidhu Vinod Chopra scaling Hollywood with ‘Broken Horse’ By Neeru Saluja Vidhu Vinod Chopra is one of India’s most successful director and producer. He has challenged norms, touched controversial topics, played with politics, but all with a pint of laughter or romance. His films are a reflection of his beliefs – be it the controversial […]
Shiamak Show Kids Bollywood has created a craze in Sydney in the last few years with many a young dancers being trained in Bollywood style of dancing. Many dancing schools have sprouted around Sydney as their dance groups perform colourful energetic dances at various Sydney functions. It was but an obvious step for Short+Sweet […]
Kersi Meher-Homji interviews a star of the future I enjoyed the Shammi Kapoor concert listening, clapping and toe-tapping to the nostalgic tunes Dil dekhe dekho, Tumsa nahi dekha, Ahesaan tera, Chahe koi mujhe jungle kahe among many others sung by Vinod Rajput, Reena Mehta, Deepa Gangoda and Jagdeep Singh. […]
Bollywood Mayuris getting ready for Short + Sweet Bollywood Short+Sweet – Bollywood the festival of tasty short theatre bites – announces a bright – and very colourful – new star in the Sydney theatre scene: Bollywood! From March 17-22 Short+Sweet launches its latest version of the popular 10 minute theatre form: […]
Usha Jadhav with Rajeev Khandelwal Bollywood descended on Canberra as Australia’s national capital was the location for “Salt Bridge” the latest film starring International heart-throb Rajeev Khandelwal, India’s Best Actress Usha Jadhav and Logie and AACTA award winner Chelsie Preston Crayford. The picturesque national capital – ranked by the OECD as the best […]
Kersi Meher-Homji interviews singer Sadiq Rehmani It was a conflict of interest for me; to watch the India – Pakistan cricket World Cup match in Adelaide or listen to the Avijit Sarkar – Pushpa Jagadish concert in Sydney. I had the best of both worlds: old favourite songs in the afternoon and the World […]
Manju with Gulzar By Manju Mittal International Film Festival of India, Goa is an annual event which I have been attending for the past 2 years. Goa is not only the biggest national festival but also is one of the most significant and oldest […]
The annual Moomba Festival bursts into life in Melbourne over the Labour Day long weekend, 6-9 March, 2015. Bollywood star Pallavi Sharda and cricketing great Shane Warne have been crowned Moomba Monarchs, and will appear in the famous Moomba Parade on Monday 9 March. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has crowned iconic ex-cricketer Shane […]
By Neeru Saluja He’s a talented actor. An ace director. A soulful poet and a creative writer. He’s been blessed with a voice as good as his looks. He belongs to a family infused with creative genes but he stands apart. My admiration for him started in 2001 when he entered our lives with […]