March 21, 2005
Jucier MattersFilm
I have grown tired of blogging about right wing Hindu fanatics and responding to ignorant comments so I am going to come back to some Jucier issues. Like Daisy Dukes for example. Sonia Kaur tips us off to the fact that the director of the upcoming Dukes of Hazard movie starring Jessica Simpson, will be one Jay Chandrasekhar who is also credited with the script.
In other movie news, tipster Deepa Menon sends us a San Francisco Chronicle article about Ash filming in San Francisco. I am breaking my self-imposed ban on writing anything about Ash because my only alternative is to write about Modi.
Crews transformed a historic section of downtown Oakland into a tableau of bright lights and cameras this weekend as Indian super star Aishwarya Rai, the queen of Bollywood, filmed her latest American movie, “The Mistress of Spices,” about an Oakland shop owner trained in the art of healing with spices.
On Sunday, Old Oakland became a veritable outdoor set — complete with adoring fans clamoring for autographs — as the Legogo bargain store at 8th and Washington streets was dressed up as the lead character’s spice shop and an adjacent postal store did its duty as a taqueria. A parked taco truck played itself.
Some passers-by were enamored of the 31-year-old Rai, who was crowned Miss World in 1994 and whom actress Julia Roberts — with whom Rai is compared in India — proclaimed “the most beautiful woman in the world.”
All you Gurinder Chadha fans can rest assured that a very handsome white gentleman will be playing opposite Rai. Oh come on. Actor Dylan McDermott is such a hottie. But the real question is, “will they kiss on screen?” I so care. NOT. Now I will reinstate my ban on blogging about Rai. The only thing that will get me to break my pledge is if a story comes out that says her passport has an “E” on it.
abhi on March 21, 2005 10:01 PM in Film · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post
More on Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers, Club Dread) here and here.
Wait a minute, I thought that guy was Mexican?
Yes, he's from the traditional Mexican state of Tamilahuahua.
His name was Raven in the book? What the hell? they really did it, they changed the guy from Native
arrrrrrrgh (its only a movie, its only a movie)
You mean the director was Jay Chandrashekhar - traffic was fubared only for a few months here in New Orleans as the city allowed the simultaneous shoots of DoH2, All the King's Men and another movie that goes by HP2.
You think Jessica got any Jumbhulingam action? [That's Jay's real first name]
Can Simpson even pronounce Chandreshekar?
no, she calls him Jay-C, and really likes that "Beware of the Boys" song of his...
I think we've just hit the Chandrasekhar limit on punnery.
Don't say such things about Ash man!
Manish, I am ashamed to say that I got that. Unfortunately, all the Chandrasekhar jokes did not implode into a big brown hole (heh).
That sure sounded dirty.