This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 1, 2011. “I come from a long line of poor and stupid coolies,” says Dhani, not without some bitterness. It’s a bitterness that’s justified: Dhani’s father left Trinidad for Canada, promising to bring Dhani and his mother later, leaving them with…
Leave a CommentCategory: South Asian Diaspora
This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on July 20, 2012. Prashant Bhargava passed away in 2015, and I still treasure the time he gave me and his lovely film, Patang. I had the great fortune to be offered an opportunity to speak with director Prashant Bhargava about his wonderful…
Leave a Comment
This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 10, 2015. After breaking up with his American girlfriend, Audrey (who his parents know nothing about), Ravi Patel goes on a trip to India with his family, and decides to allow his parents to arrange his marriage. It sounds like a…
Leave a Comment
This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 4, 2015. This is Raj: Like any typical Canadian kid, Raj (Vinay Virmani) dreams of playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs — not only playing for them, but leading them to victory, to a Stanley Cup win for a team that…
Leave a Comment
This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 30, 2016. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary feature Song of Lahore is about honour of a different kind than that of her award-winning A Girl in the River. Lahore has been a major South Asian cultural centre for well over a thousand years.…
Leave a Comment
This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on March 9, 2017. I was curious to see what director Ritesh Batra was going to do as a follow-up to his 2013 film The Lunchbox, his feature film debut that garnered much critical acclaim, for good reason. Batra’s film was a love-letter to…
Leave a Comment
This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on June 30, 2017. Pakistan-born stand-up comic Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) meets American graduate student Emily (Zoe Kazan) at the club where he’s performing. They hit it off immediately, and what looks at first like a one-night stand gradually develops into something more. Perhaps…
Leave a Comment