Having discernment for the roles he takes on certainly helps, but the way McGregor fully embodies the characters he plays is not only enjoyable to watch but downright rare.
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the impetus for my visit was the film Slumdog Millionaire.
From the teams who brought us Entourage as the labels Def Jam now comes Leverage Records, a division that will focus on developing and releasing projects by new talent as well as music placement in films and television.
Dharavi may not change much in this generation, but the power of entrepreneurship offers great hope for the next.
How do you sum up a decade in just ten movies? That's easy: you can't. Not when the first ten years of a new millennium saw the flowering of such est...
A decade ago, I was in India, directing a documentary film about global poverty. While shooting there, I met a mischievous, roly-poly researcher name...
From a sleep perspective, I wondered what it would be like to live in an environment with no natural light for 69 days.
Raavanan, the new Indian film produced in both Hindi and Tamil, premiered at the Tenth Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festiva...
It's not as if I plan on taking credit for the number of shiny gold trophies that the film 127 Hours seems poised to win come awards season, but I fee...
Four festivals have taken place -- or will -- this Fall in New York City that showcase South Asian cinema or those from the South Asian diaspora. Of the four, I View Film Festival 2010, was the eye-opener -- no pun intended.
Yeah, OK, Danny Boyle's 127 Hours is the movie about the guy who cut his arm off. But it's not just a movie about a guy cutting off his arm. Rather...
Nathan Strauss, 17, a student at Abington Senior High School in Pennsylvania, is part of a growing movement of America's youth who are stepping up to make a change in the lives of the students around the world who are carrying water and not books.
A shorter version of this article appeared in The Guardian newspaper. As the fate of the Commonwealth Games hangs in balance, India's risible Bolly...
Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half he...
I don't believe soulmates exist. I'm pretty sure this long-held belief makes me unromantic, but I'm also pretty sure it's the reason I have a solid marriage.
I've been hearing that Director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth and so much more) has been hard at work on a futuristic water thriller/musical, and I had to get the inside scoop.