‘Entertainment’ Archives
Indian classical music comes to New Zealand
New Zealanders are in for a treat of an extravagenza of Indian classical music this summer. Returning to New Zealand by popular demand is Prasanta Bhanja, a classical musician performing on sitar in Rotorua. He will be joined by his wife, Tulu Bhanja, on tamboura in [Read More]
Players deliver a win
Of course I am not talking about the Indian cricket players’ performance in Australia. This is about Bollywood players’ mega-movie, Players, which opened to full house in Auckland. Almost half of the movie is shot in Auckland and Wellington, which could be a [Read More]
NRIs get ready for Lohri and Makar Sankranti
Aucklanders are getting ready to fly kites to celebrate Lohri and Makar Sankranti and make a colourful beginning to the New Year. Continuing its annual tradition since 2005, Vaishanv Parivar NZ Inc. has organised an Indian Kite festival. More than 5000 people are expected [Read More]
Rockstar rocks with star performances
In what can be seen as a combination of factors of working in favour of the movie, the Ranbir-Nargis starrer has exceeded expectation on the box office. Followed by a month-long extensive promotion of the film, including a house-full rock-concert by Oscar award-winning [Read More]
Hong Kong cinema comes to New Zealand
New Zealanders have an opportunity to take a sneak peak into Hong Kong culture, art and trade. The third Hong Kong Festival opens on 4 August in Auckland, and provides a journey of past, present and future of Hong Kong through a string of events including: a photo [Read More]
Review: No Dum in Dum Maaro Dum
GENRE: Suspense CAST: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Prateik Babbar, Aditya Pancholi, Harry Key, Rana Daggubati DIRECTOR: Rohan Sippy RUNNING TIME: 2:12 RELEASE DATE: Opened 22 April Junior Bachchan should be worried. Most reviews of Dum Maro Dum have given a thumbs [Read More]
Kanishtha Dhankhar becomes Miss India
Delhi’s Kanishtha Dhankhar has won Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011 title at the grand finale held in Mumbai. Hasleen Kaur won Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2011 and Ankita Shorey won Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2011. Last year’s [Read More]
Indian student wins NZ television scholarship
Taking clue from her interest in keeping a scrapbook of news events during a weekend shift at a local newspaper, a young Indian student became certain of her media calling. Keen to study media, Nilam Patel, applied for and won a prestigious scholarship that will not only [Read More]
PETA asks Poonam Pandey to strip for animals
While aspiring Indian model Poonam Pandey reiterated her promise to remove clothes if India wins the ICC Cricket World Cup in Mumbai on Saturday, an NGO has appealed to the 19-year old to strip for animals. In an open letter to the Kingfisher model, PETA India’s chief [Read More]
Who the hell is Rebecca Black?
Rebecca Blake became a popular name almost overnight when her YouTube music video went from a few views to close to 25 million views in less than a week. The 13-year old singer apparently became a music sensation for the “worst song ever”. “Truly, [Read More]
