Un-digitizing Herself "Kriya" is the first solo show in the US by the graphic designer and self-taught artist, Jay Moorthy. Previously exhibited in India, this is her first showing in the United States. Refreshing is the word that comes to mind when one views the works. "Kriya" puts on show three of the artist's collections. View |
Love, Pray, Eat (dessert) A review of Lucky Everyday by Bapsy Jain. A beautiful twenty-something Indian chartered accountant teaches yoga to prisoners at a New York State penitentiary. I knew I had to review Bapsy Jain’s Lucky Everyday when I heard the plot outline. The thing that's always stuck in my craw about chick-lit is the consumerism displayed by... View |
Made in Pakistan Amitabh Bachchan’s film couldn't match the buzz that Khan’s documentary created at the 6th Annual South Asian International Film Festival. Propelled by a cover story in Newsweek labeling Pakistan, “the most dangerous place in the world” ‘Made in Pakistan’ seeks to dispel the prevailing perceptions of Pakistanis in the West. View |
Seven.11 – The Final Year_Excerpt.JPG) Desipina’s compilation of seven 11 minute plays, each set in a distinct 7-11 convenience store, hits all the right notes. For its seventh and final season this innovative enterprise stages seven of its best works including two musicals - a last hurrah of sorts. EGO recommends this production - see it before its too late. View |
The World Unseen For all the ambition of this painstakingly detailed period drama, 'The World Unseen', fails to satisfy in its exploration of the relationship between two women during the apartheid 1950s in South Africa. This is writer/director Shamim Sarif’s theatrical debut, an inspired, but rambling adaptation of her acclaimed novel. View |
Of Chicken Men Inspired by the events from 2006, Lisa Kohn’s play, ‘I am the Chicken Man, Cluck’, showcased at a reading organized by Salaam Theater, explores the ‘misguided’ attempts of a 29 year old Harvard Graduate, John, to save the 17 year old Susan Gupta from a fate similar to his. Kudos to Citygirl for the heady reading cast! View |
On Failed Connections... Puloma Mukherjee of EGO magazine reviews the movie The Other End of the Line. The storyline is a little old hat, but there are redeeming features that shine through. Arranged marriages, a twenty-two year old pressured, imminent daughter-in-law answerable to the would-be in-laws about everything from her clothes to her vacation... View |
Loins for Laughs It’s been a while since a movie ends sooner than you're ready to end - not because the script lacks completeness, rather because it has much to offer. Loins of Punjab, directed by Manish Acharya, explores “issues of belonging, of defining home, of self-image” without the smug moralizing, faux accents and clichéd references. View |
Yeah Baby! D Sheth tells you why to watch one of the most bashed movies released this year - Mike Myers' The Love Guru. For all those critical reviews you might have read, you will like The Love Guru if you like Mike Myers for himself, not as a Wayne Campbell or as an Austin Powers. There is a common theme though between Powers and Pitka - View |
Brick Lane The tricky thing about watching a movie based on a famous novel is that you are likely to have read the book. Consequently, you feel like a wounded bird unable to fly. However, this will not be the viewer's fate with the adaptation of Monica Ali’s, Brick Lane. After a potentially jarring opening, in London with Nazneen instead of... View |
