Its a rainy saturday evening as I write this. The famous Manhattan skyline across the Hudson is enveloped in a fine mist, and Ghulam Ali renders Bhairavi on the laptop. The chicken is getting done in the oven. Perfect evening for a glass of wine and conversation. Missing my family. Not a day goes by without me wishing they were here.
Spent the day indoors today, playing Mira Nair’s Namesake over and over in the laptop. This is one movie that I truly enjoyed better than the book. Tabu, Irfan Khan are great as usual – but the person I think shines through is the chain smoking Moushumi Muzumdar, Zuleika Robinson.
Later, I saw her stills on imDB and she does look alluring. Now Ive to find a copy of the Merchant of Venice.
On the trivia, I read Mira intended to make this film with Abhishek. Well, cant imagine him playing the teen Gogol without the stubble…
