Bollywood

Different Tongues: 10 Foreign Language Songs That Rule the World

A couple of caveats to this list: first, it actually includes more than ten songs. Since one is sung primarily in English and another isn't technically a "foreign" language, they're considered halfsies, making up one whole. Also, no songs sung in Spanish are on this list. I'm not saying Spanish is ... More >>

The Great Gatsby

Gatsby's sometimes great, but not always good.

Last Night: Alicia Keys at Toyota Center

Alicia Keys Toyota Center March 18, 2013 In concert, Alicia Keys projects such focus and command over her domain, the stage, it can be intimidating to witness up close. One would hate to be a backup dancer and step out of line. But she can also perform with an exquisite vulnerability, the kind of ... More >>

Holi Bollywood, Batman -- It's Texas's Biggest Festival of Colors!

It's only Monday, but Hair Balls is already stoked for the Holi Festival of Colors celebration March 24 in Rosenberg. If, like us, you weren't intimately familiar with this awesome Indian tradition, here's a highlight: it involves thousands of people eating, dancing, and -- the best part -- throwing ... More >>

DJ Sun's Guided Tour of One Hundred, Part 2

Wednesday DJ Sun, who has as good a claim as anybody we know on the title of Houston's Chillest Citizen, was kind enough to walk us through the first half of his brand-new (and first) full-length original album, One Hundred. Full-length is right, too: One Hundred stretches to 19 tracks, including a ... More >>

DJ Sun's Guided Tour of One Hundred, Part 1

DJ Sun knows how to release an album right. For the past three months or so, the Houston turntablist, producer and radio-show host (KPFT's Soular Grooves) with an enviable address book and a local residency almost every night of the week -- not to mention a multiple Houston Press Music Award winner ... More >>

Path of Khan

Life of Pi star Irrfan Khan forges a cross-cultural career.

Trishna

Michael Winterbottom takes Hardy's Tess to today's Mumbai.

The Adventures of Huanuman

La Bayadère

The Ultimate Wes Anderson Soundtrack Playlist: Extra Superlatives

Last week I told you about the soundtrack for director Wes Anderson's upcoming feature Moonrise Kingdom, which showcases the work of composers Leonard Bernstein and Alexandre Desplat, Benjamin Britten and strange bedfellow Hank Williams Sr. Anderson's films are the most anticipated movies of most ... More >>

Russian Radio: Top 5 Tasty Cold War Synth Jamz

Hey, remember the Russians? Before they had a gajillion oil dollars and all those supermodels, they wanted to kill us all. But it wasn't all creeping dread and mutually assured destruction. Until the Berlin Wall came down, the Cold War was a common subject in popular culture. Besides KGB trenchcoat ... More >>

Chafing 101: Rocks Off's 2011 Music Festival Odyssey

Music festivals are now a part of our lives, just like deadlines, angry commenters, lack of sleep, and eye fatigue. And eating at our desk. That sucks. But at least we have food and a desk, right? Rocks Off ventured all over the state -- OK, really mostly Austin -- to cover festivals for the blog. ... More >>

Big Bite Night Goes Bollywood

Photos by GroovehouseButtery crabcake sliders from Truluck's were the hit of the night. See more photos in our slideshow.​The 2011 Big Bite Night at the Houston Museum of Natural Science went Bollywood this year. Narin's Bombay Brasserie was among the nearly 50 restaurants spotlighted at this ... More >>

3rd Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston

Broken Promises

Readers recount problems with DFPS

Little India

Hillcroft and Raja Sweets have become the epicenter of Houston's vibrant Indian population.

Saturday Night: Dengue Fever At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jim Bricker​Dengue Fever Fitzgerald's May 7, 2011 Someone asked Aftermath Saturday afternoon to describe what kind of music Dengue Fever plays. "Well, it's like '60 psychedelic pop with Cambodian lyrics, and also some California surf guitar and Ethiopian jazz and and girl-group thro ... More >>

iFest's Second Weekend Brings It All Back Home

Jason WolterTexas Connection: Joe Ely, Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt (not pictured)​See lots more iFest pictures from Saturday and Sunday (and some food) in our slideshows. Yes, it was hot at iFest this weekend. Houston hot. Sunday afternoon, partway through Lucinda Williams' surprisi ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: A Fertle Farewell, I Do! I Do!, The Miracle Worker, The Pearl Fishers

The Silent Prince

See how long the prince can hold his tongue

Friday Night: "Jai Ho: The Journey Home" At Toyota Center

Photos by Marco Torres​A.R. Rahman "Jai Ho: The Journey Home" Toyota Center September 17, 2010 The Indian film-score composer A.R. Rahman, now widely known as the winner of two 2009 Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionaire, is the master of the movie-musical genre known as Bollywood. He is also ... More >>

Bollywood's Greatest Western Hits: Beatles, Elvis, "Thriller"...

​Tonight, prolific Indian film composer/choreographer A.R. Rahman comes to Toyota Center to make up a July date he had to cancel after his tour was plagued with set malfunctions. In the wake of a near-disaster in Detroit back in June, Rahman and his company postponed dates in order to get thei ... More >>

Royally Food at the Queen Vic Pub

If you like rum and falernum, you'll like the Jewel in the Crown.​Let's get a few things straight first. The Queen Vic Pub (2712 Richmond), which opened on September 3, is nothing like The Red Lion. Yes, they're both pubs. Yes, they both serve a mixture of British and Indian food on their menu ... More >>

2nd Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston

Twenty-eight states, 23 dialects, endless choices

Precious Little Life

Scott Pilgrim and Michael Cera get soul.

Urban Cowboy: How Does It Hold Up In 2010? (SPOILER ALERT)

Hollywood Shuffle can't really explain why we've never seen Urban Cowboy before. The only excuse is that we were born in 1980, the same year the film was released, and by the time we were old enough to appreciate it the line-dancing honky tonk fad that has swept America in the wake of the film had ... More >>

Bobby Heugel's Weekly Cocktail: The Negroni

​The most foreign taste to our nation's collective palate is undoubtedly bitterness. Bitter foods and drinks have fallen out of favor over time as we have become increasingly accustomed to sweeter flavors through our overindulgent consumption of sodas, candies and mass-produced foods. In other ... More >>

Mods Vs. Rockers: Five Mock Battles

​Fresh off our trip to AmeriVespa 2010, Rocks Off has come to this conclusion: we are neither a Mod nor a Rocker. We're a Mocker. When you drive around a town as large and car-centric as Houston on a small scooter you get a lot of comments from people, mostly in allusion to Quadrophenia, which ... More >>

The Royal Treatment

These super-kind folks have been doing knockout Pakistani and Indian food for more than 16 years.

4 Summer-Movie Soundtracks We Already Hate

​Last week, we told you of some upcoming summer-movie soundtracks that look like they're going to be fantastic. If positivity is your thing, go read that article. This one is going to be all about the upcoming soundtracks that make us wince so hard it feels like someone's chopping our balls with a ... More >>

Bitten by La Bayadere

Houston Ballet debuts a rarely seen Russian classic.

Holi 2010: The 3rd Annual Festival of Colours

Celebrate Indian culture in living color

Celebrate Dance

The JCC's annual Dance Month kicks off with a program honoring local movers and shakers

Don't Call it a Comeback. Call It a Cultural Moon Rising.

​ During the Washington, D.C. sniper hunt of 2002, you didn't want to be the person who owned a white van in that metropolitan area. That's because the alleged sniper, who randomly killed ten people and critically injured three, was supposedly driving one. Everyone was looking for that vehicle des ... More >>

South Asian Carnival

Get starstruck, South-Asian style

Caged

Web exclusive!

Ali Sethi: The Wish Maker

The Pakistani author finds truth in fiction

Om Shanti Om

This Bollywood comedy needs no translation

Naya Daur (New Age)

Hooray for Bollywood

Milana

She loves me, she loves me not gets the Bollywood treatment

The Unforgettable Tour

Big Brassy Bollywood arrives in Texas

From Mumbai, with Drums

2007 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

Escalator Buffet

Bombay Brasserie's new second-story location will have to do for the time being

Bolly Good Time

Lagaan to This One

Fantastic Fusion

Mantra's Mike Potowski seems to delight in turning culture clashes into culinary fashion statements

Hotter than Halal

Islamic fusion restaurants are all the rage because of their organic meat -- and whole chiles