CAUTION: VANARS AT WORK!

Here’s a sneak peek at the cover of the UK edition of Bridge of Rama: Book 5 of The Ramayana, to be published in December by Time Warner Books UK under their Orbit imprint. Clicking on the image will take you to the Amazon UK page where you can pre-order a copy. Those of you in India will get to see a different cover, as the book will be published by Penguin Books India here. I’ll post the Penguin India cover image when I get it from the publishers. Also, you’ll... Read More

“The Name is Ahlawat, Mohit Ahlawat”: Film review of James

RGV (that’s Ram Gopal Varma to you) revealed two things about this film before its release that had me, a longtime RGV fan, blinking madly: James was the first project RGV developed purely as a vehicle for an actor–in this case, newcomer Mohit Ahlawat, whom he was convinced was star material. And secondly, that he was putting out more prints of James (over 300 across India) than he had of Sarkar, the double-Bachchan starrer. Was it worth it? Hmm. Yes and no. On the... Read More