More Hindoos are coming

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As expected, the “Love Guru” is the gift that keeps on giving. ( see our previous post 1, 2 )
Our favorite “Hindu leader” Rajan Zed is now joined by Bhavna Shinde, representing the pompously- named Hindu Janjagruti […]

Harold and Kumar: A tale of two movies

After the Harold and Kumar (henceforth referred to as H&K) poll on our front page, you knew it was just a matter of time before a review of the second installment in the H&K series was posted on here. You see, I’m a big fan of the Whitecastle movie. I distinctly remember watching it in […]

Penn Masala rocks the vote during PA primaries

Remember Penn Masala from the movie “American Desi” and the hilarious parody song “Show me the meaning of being desi”? Members of this world’s first Hindi a capella group are working on the U. Penn campus to increase voter turnout during the Pennsylvania primary. [video via CNN-IBN]

Asok’s lost his pants

Our friendly neighborhood desi intern could be in trouble. And America waits with bated breath.
After coming back from the dead with a piece of All-American candy in him, it had been a relatively calm period in Asok Land.
But not any more. Yesterday, Asok was provoked into using some banned Dark Arts version of telekinesis. […]

Uber Malarial Videos: Kung Fu v/s Yoga??

Desis are stereotyped not only in the West (think Temple of Doom and Apu in Simpsons) but in Chinese movies also. Granted this seems to be an older Chinese movie but the guy playing the “fakir” appears to be a Chinese dude with blackface, moustache and the customary turban. In the end those wily Chinese […]

Review: The Darjeeling Limited

I recently watched Wes Anderson ’s “The Darjeeling Limited” on DVD.
The film stars Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman (who also co-wrote the movie). The three play the Whitman brothers who have not spoken for a year- since the death of their father. Their mother is missing from the funeral – much as she […]

“The Love Guru” MySpace page

Like all underground promotional campaigns do, the movie “The Love Guru” has created it’s own Myspace Page.

Among other things listed on here:
Under Interests:

Movies:
Arranged Wedding Crashers”. “Meet the Fakirs“.
“A Fistful of Rupees“. “Police Academy 3″. Guttenbuuuuurg!
Under Details:
Orientation: Straight (into S but not M)
Body Type: Sassy, Classy, with a nice high Assy
Ethnicity: American
School: Tugginmypudha Ashram
Occupation: Guru/life guide/Bikini […]

Deepak Chopra supports “The Love Guru”

Now it’s literally Deepak Chopra versus Rajan Zed. via Rediff (tip Runa)
DC takes on RZimg: via Rediff
The battle lines are drawn.Hindu chants of “Om” (”Aum” for the Orientalist westerners) chime in the background.It’s the clash of spiritualism and clergy.
Deepak Chopra has come out in support of the movie “The Love Guru” saying he is worried […]

The Hindoos are coming! (UPDATE)

The #1 Most popular story on CNN.com today is titled ” Is Mike Myers’ new film asking for trouble?” with sub-headings :
- Mike Myers’ new film, “The Love Guru,” raising concern among Hindus
-”Guru” concerns spiritual leader offered money to solve love affair
- Hindus wondering if film mocks rituals, or whether it’s all just good fun
Excited […]

Kal Penn to play Gandhi in new Oliver Stone movie on Gandhi assassination

Controversial Hollywood director has tapped Kal Penn to play the role of Mahatma Gandhi in his new production. [link]
When Oliver Stone was presented with the script of MKG, he was stuck with the unenviable task of finding someone to play Indian leader, Gandhi. MKG stands for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known an Mahatma Gandhi. […]

Michael Jackson to tour India in November

Michael Jackson, the erstwhile king of pop is all set to make a $50million comeback tour which will include a trip to India, courtesy Bal Thackeray. [link]
Michael Jackson is all set for a huge $50 million comeback tour which will include London, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney and Mumbai. Jackson, 49, is expected to collaborate with the […]

Himesh Reshammiya to collaborate with Sanjaya

In a surprising revelation, Bollywood music director Himesh Reshammiya and American Idol finalist, Sanjaya Malakar, announced that they wrapped up work on an Indo-American collaboration album. [link]
Controversial American Idol finalist from season six, Sanjaya Malakar was in good spirits as he walked into the press conference. After 27 tracks spanning 2 languages (English and Hindi) […]

Review: XM Channel 159 ATN Asian Radio

My search for desi music on radio led me to invest in XM satellite radio. Previously, I never drove that much and for the short drives between home and work, I had enough music on CDs to get by. But now that I moved and am driving more, it was time to get more venues […]

Jay-Z “pimps” Obama at concert

Remember the flap when Obama’s campaign played a Jay-Z number at his victory celebration. With lyrics like “I got 99 problem, but a ***** ain’t one”? Some Clinton supporters took it as a reference to their candidate. [link]
Couple of days back, at a concert here, in between numbers, Jay-Z cut the background music and went […]

Race: A James Hadley Chase redux

So, I braved the gang bangers and prostitutes on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, FL, to go watch the latest Bollywood potboiler, Race so I can review it for you, our beloved readers of Ãœber Desi.
I can go on and on about the actual storyline of the movie but since it’s a mystery thriller, I […]

Uber Malarial Videos: Jimmy Kimmel’s cronies do yoga

Uncle Frank, Aunt Chippy, Guillermo and Veatrice from the Jimmy Kimmel show take yoga lessons.

Video after jump

When Jodhaa met Akbar

(Note: Special thanks to Santosh for allowing me to write this one )
Jodhaa Akbar is like a cupcake : sweet, ornate, decorative but not substantial. In essence it is a love story but with swords, sand, elephants and lots of color. Ashutosh Gowariker’s labor of love /depiction of labored love -is a 3 and a […]

Jodhaa: Cultural Learnings from Hindustan

Greeting from the OC - Florida branch.
Ever since I moved here to OC - Florida branch, of course, a short time ago recently I try to get in touch with Indian people to get back in touch with Indian culture. So when my homie (name withheld to protect identity) send me electronic e-mail over the […]

DWI

This may be old news for some but we just wind of this (Karthik via email), so we thought we’d discuss this anyway.
This past fall, the New York Television Festival featured a comedy named DWI: Deal With it.
Any person who has had the (mis)fortune of setting foot in a car dealership in the US, […]

Empress 1, Christians 0

Just shoot me and be done with it !
When Paris Hilton was slated to play Mother Theresa , I gamely put on a brave face and soldiered on. But if Mallika Sherawat is to act beside Jesus Christ , I cannot carry on any more. (link)
The film ( “The Aquarius Gospel”) will trace […]

Superbowl 2008 Commercials

Among the Superbowl commercials featured during last night’s Superbowl was this ad by salesgenie.com. The animated commercials features a hassled sales rep of desi origin, Ramesh Chakrapani. Ramesh, a desi with 7 children is under tremendous pressure from his boss to double his sales or get canned. He turns to salesgenie.com and ends up winning […]

Uber Malarial Videos: “Meet the Spartans” spoofs Sanjaya

Tony Yalda in a cameo as Sanjaya in “Meet the Spartans”, fauxhawk and all.

Its a bird,its a plane, its Hanu-man!

When I was growing up in India, Amar Chitra Katha was an integral part of life. Through these quintessentially Indian comics, we learnt of the gods and goddesses, demons and myths. A favorite summer holiday pastime was to have “Amar Chitra Katha  quiz contests”, where my cousins and I would try and trip each other up […]

Sanjaya - 20 Dumbest people of 2007.

In more American Idol news, Mad magazine’s list of the ‘20 Dumbest People, Events & Things of 2007 features our Papaya. While half the world and all the call centers were against Sanjaya, I agreed with fellow bloggers, that he was a kid and the media was being too harsh towards him. The same goes […]

Udi Sampat - American Idols new Papaya? [updated with video]

Although I am not a fan of American Idol, Santosh, looking for stories turned into one. Well that and our readers seem to have a thing for Desis on AI.
I say this because Chickpea, sent us a tip about a ‘Greasy’ Indian kid called Udi Sampat and I had to go searching.
According to USA […]