Learning from the master
Director-in-the-making Ray Panthaki on watching Gurinder Chadha at workTALK about up-and-coming British Asians producers and one Ray Panthaki may not be a name that springs to mind.
Since his stint as a ‘Ferreira’ in Eastenders, Ray has been busy both...
Bedtime story to Hollywood Blockbuster
M Night Shyamalan on his new filmM Night Shyamalan is the modern day master of suspense. Think The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village and you’ll instantly know what we’re talking about. The gifted Hollywood hot-shot is back with...
Interview With British Pakistani Author Emma-Jane Smith-Barton
Penguin’s WriteNow competition is right around the corner. The competition calls on writers from minority backgrounds to submit their manuscripts in the hopes of receiving editorial help and publication.
Last year, 12 lucky writers were chosen for the programme, one...
Interview with Andrew Mitchell, Conservative Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteYou have a record 60 Women MPs and a substantial number of black and ethnic minority MPs standing in thiselection. Do you think that the Conservatives have finally managed to detach themselves away...
Asian on a Plane!
Agam Darshi battles with snakesSHE MAY not have been cast in a lead role, but a Birmingham-born actress is making the Midlands proud as she battles with deadly snakes in the Hollywood blockbuster 'Snakes on a Plane'. Asian Agam Darshi,...
Finding Big ‘B’
Writer Jessica Hines on what drew her to AmitabhHe is Indian cinema’s biggest star, she is a UK writer with a love of all things Bollywood, but Jessica Hines has accomplished what many a Bollywood movie buff has only...
Interview with David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, Labour Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteBritish Muslims are continuously frustrated with the UK’s relationship with America. Has this relationship with the US really benefited the UK and if so, in what way?
Labour’s international policy is driven both by...
Interview: Mother Tongues from Farther Lands
This month, British theatre producer Dawinder Bansal launches brand new theatre show Mother Tongues from Father Lands. The uplifting, inspiring and emotion-filled show has real stories of South Asian women relayed by female celebrities in a series of gripping...
Deepika Padukone
Bollywood Starlet Talks to Sunny Malik About Finding Fanny
Deepika Padukone will be seen in UK cinemas again from 12th September 2014 in Homi Adajania’s Finding Fanny. Finding Fanny is the story of five dysfunctional characters from Goa on a...
The (Indian) Daddy of Comedy
Papa CJ talks to The Asian TodayWE’RE told he’s smart, funny and the girls dig him – welcome to the eventful world of Asian comedian Papa CJ. Rumoured to be a direct descendent of the Maharaja of Merebaapkaraj (pronounced...
