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EntertainmentThe representation of Indians in interracial relationships on screen largely remains stuck in ethnic stereotypes. Nikhita VenugopalYoutube/FacebookEighteen years ago, the popular romantic-comedy Bend It Like Beckham released, and with it came this loaded question from British-Indian teen Jess Bhamra to her older sister, Pinky: “Pinks, do you think mum and dad would still speak to me if I ever brought home a gora?” Jess (played by Parminder Nagra) is an 18-year-old living with her Sikh family in a suburb of London, surrounded by a lively Indian community, alongside a revolving cast of aunties, uncles, cousins and of course, would-be suitors. To the dismay of her sister Pinky, however, Jess is falling for Joe (Jonathan Rhys Meyer), her white football coach. “Look Jess, you can marry anyone you want. It's fine at first when you're in love and all that. But do you really want to be the one that...

After having conquered Bollywood with his superlative performances, the veteran actor Anupam Kher had been making his presence felt in the west at regular intervals. After having done international films like Silver Linings Playbook, Speedy Singhs, The Other End of the Line and others, Anupam Kher is now all set with his next international film.Read More

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Your college days are said to be the best of your life – fun, frivolous and filled with friendship. But this is far from true in the new “rogue-trip” film Fukrey.

Fukrey is a twisted coming-of-age drama and deliciously hilarious tale of four young, hapless ‘nobodies’ (‘Fukreys’), running after their individual desires, brought together by one dream. Their lives are turned upside down when they chase that elusive ‘get rich quick’ scheme. The film combines the crazy antics and madcap mishaps of four loser college friends, as their paths cross with an array of colourful characters, from a tough-talking Punjabi female don to a Jugaad Baaz college watchman. Mayhem ensues with predictably hilarious and unexpected results.

Fukrey stars a bevy of talented stars in the Bollywood arena – Richa Chadda (Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Gangs of Wasseypur); Ali Fazal (3 Idiots, The Other End Of The Line) Manjot Singh (Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Mr. Anupam Kher is a Bollywood legend. His filmography includes over 450 Indian films as well as roles in the UK, Hollywood, and even China. For instance, we all remember his fabulous performances in Gurinder Chadha’s Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice. We have seen him in the Hollywood film, The Other End of the Line, and in the Chinese film Lust, Caution. Lucky for us, Mr. Kher’s illustrious career is still going strong with several Indian film releases and a new international project Breakaway aka Speedy Singhs. With Breakaway, he was part of a new experience because the film was Canadian/Indian/Hollywood production. It was filmed in Canada, produced by India’s Akshay Kumar, and directed by Hollywood’s Robert Lieberman and stars actors from Hollywood, India, UK and Canada.

Breakaway is a cross-cultural hockey drama set in the Indo-Canadian community of Toronto. It tells the story of Rajveer Singh,...

Patrick Aiello, longtime exec veep of creative affairs and production for Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment, is leaving after eight years.  A Hyde Park spokesman said his contract wasn't renewed. Aiello joined in 2003 in a producing deal that transitioned into the creative post. Aiello's credits at Hyde Park include Street Fighter, The Other End of the Line, Asylum and The Double. Hyde Park has three films in post production through its $250 million joint venture with Imagenation--Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Lost Christmas and The Double--and Hyde Park/Imagenation is finalizing a large deal with a Chinese media company through its Sinagpore offices.

After firmly establishing himself in the West by working with every major movie studio, legendary Indian tennis star and the country’s most successful export to Hollywood, Ashok Amritraj, now has his eyes set on the Asian market.Hyde Park Entertainment’s chairman and CEO, who recently completed 100 films as a producer, has tied up with Imagenation Abu Dhabi to create a strategic alliance with Singapore’s Media Development Authority, and make cross-cultural productions. Earlier, he had also co-produced an international film with Adlabs, The Other End Of The Line, starring Shriya Saran and Jesse Metcalfe, which had an Indian theme.And now, Amritraj ...

Asheesh Kapur tells Jyothi Venkatesh that the syndrome of casting couch does exist in Bollywood and male actors are also victims…

Is ‘Kurbaan’ your debut film as an actor?

No. Though I had made my debut with the English film ‘The Other End of The Line’ produced by Ashok Amritaraj with Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Lara Miller etc, the film is yet to see the light of the day, and my claim to fame as far as Bollywood is concerned till date is the off beat film ‘Blue Oranges’. Karan Johar’s ‘Kurbaan’ directed by Rensil D’Silva,.

Big Pictures, in association with MGM and Hyde Park Entertainment, has released an Ashok Amritraj production - a James Dodson film The Other End Of The Line on October 31, with 91 prints in theatres across North America. With this film, Big Pictures makes the first of its kind tie up, for the marketing/distribution of an American film, in North America.

By Neil Pedley

Halloween week offsets some of the recent nice with a little bit of nasty that duly chucks the blood around. Kevin Smith's also back, along with a culture clash rom-com and an eclectic mix of docs.

"Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"

As anyone who's seen this documentary as it's collected audience awards on the festival circuit can attest, the less one knows, the better -- but if we must, composer and filmmaker Kurt Kuenne channels his grief over the murder of his best friend Andrew Bagby into a cinematic celebration of Bagby's life so that his son might have something of the father he will never know. Inviting loved ones to share memories and experiences, Kuenne assembles this memorial to his friend's memory while Andrew's parents enter into a bitter custody dispute with their son's murderer, who's out on bail in...

Here is the trailer for the upcoming film The Other End Of The Line, the romantic comedy is set to open October 31 , 2008. The film is directed James Dodson and stars Jesse Metcalfe and Shriya Saran [See post to watch QuickTime movie] Beautiful and radiant, Priya Sethi (Shriya Saran) indulges her infatuation with American culture by working at the Citi One Bank Card call center in Bangalore, India. Speaking in perfectly unaccented English, she tells her customers her name is Jennifer David and a native of San Francisco. Her conservative father Rajeev is unhappy that she is so eager [...]...

We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) What's this about? We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) Opening on October...

We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) What's this about? We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) Opening on October...

We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) Opening on October 31, 2008. What's this about? Beautiful and radiant, Priya Sethi (Shriya Saran) indulges her infatuation with American culture by working at the Citi One Bank Card call center in Bangalore, India. Speaking in perfectly unaccented English, she tells her customers her name is Jennifer David and a native of San Francisco. Her conservative father Rajeev is unhappy that she is so eager to forsake her own culture for another, but will be pleased when she goes through...

We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) What's this about? We now take a focus on MGM's limited opener "The Other End of the Line," starring Jesse Metcalfe, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Sara Foster, Austin Basis and Larry Miller. Filmed in India, the PG-13 rated romance is directed by James Dodson ("Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil" which wasn't half-bad) from the screenplay by Tracey Jackson (writer of the upcoming "Confessions of a Shopaholic" comedy starring Isla Fisher and High Dancy.) Opening on October...

NEW DELHI -- Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Mumbai-based film company Adlabs Films on Monday unveiled a three-picture deal that kicks off with The Other End of the Line, directed by James Dodson.

Starring Jesse Metcalfe, Sara Foster and Indian actor Anupam Kher (Bend It Like Beckham), the cross-cultural romance begins shooting next week. It is slated for release late next year and will be distributed by MGM in the U.S., with Hyde Park handling other territories.

"Adlabs wanted to expand outside India, hence we associated with Hyde Park to make mainstream Hollywood films, which will focus primarily on the U.S. market. We were very clear that we did not want to make crossover films," Adlabs managing director Manmohan Shetty said.

" 'End of the Line' is a mainstream Hollywood film," Shetty said. "After having made so many successful films, I am in a position to experiment a little. The primary reason for casting Indian actors is to showcase Eastern talent to the Western world."...

TORONTO -- Jesse Metcalfe, Peter Stormare, Kiele Sanchez, Kevin Sussman and Olivia Munn are checking in to Insanitarium.

Midnight Meat Train writer Jeff Buhler penned the script and is making his directorial debut on the indie horror thriller.

Metcalfe will play a man who pretends to be crazy in order to save his sister (Sanchez) from being involuntarily hospitalized. Once inside the institute, the siblings discover that a doctor (Stormare) is using his patients like lab rats, forcing them to take a drug that turns them into flesh-eating psychopaths.

Mason Novick, J.C. Spink, Chris Bender, Andrew Golov and Larry Shapiro are producing.

Metcalfe is attached to star in Ashok Amritraj's romantic comedy The Other End of the Line for Hyde Park Entertainment and MGM. Filming on Line is scheduled to start next month in Mumbai, India, and in the U.S. Metcalfe recently reprised his role as gardener John Rowland for an upcoming episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives.

Sanchez appeared on ABC's Lost, Stormare played a convict on Fox's Prison Break, Sussman played Walter on ABC's Ugly Betty, and Munn is co-host of Attack of the Show.

Metcalfe is repped by Gersh, Untitled and attorney Karl Austen.