From the "Everone recycles" comment section, it seems Black eyed peas did give credits to Asha Bhosle.

Hmm.. after reading "Pardon my Hindi", it seems that credits were given to Asha Bhosle but no royalties to her or composers Kalyanji, Anandji.

Yay! Thanks, Manish. The last issue was super, can't wait to get down with this one. Those Kalyanji-Anandji tee shirts are dope, I shall be rocking one soon enough.

Also, Toronto needs some PMH sticker treatment too, I think this would be a suitable activity for us rebels at our summer TO meetup.

Chiraag's analysis is dead-on. It's not enough to BEP to give credit to Ashaji for singing-- in this case if they used a sample of Asha's recording, credit would be in order. But when lifting the entire composition, credit (and $$) is due to the songwriter(s)-- as happened here. Justice for Kalyanji & Anandji!

PMH rocks.

"For me, the idea of virtual "call agents" with fake American identities who talked on the phone all night seemed straight out of science fiction," says "John & Jane" director Ashim Ahluwalia.

sweet jesus of nazareth.

that reminds me of the incessant phone calls that took place between myself and my met-once-for-thirty-minutes before deciding on an arranged-marriage wife-to-be in Chandigarh who'd stay home all day poised by the phone waiting to talk to me at any given moment. it was a well-intentioned moebius strip of misplaced blatherings that left me both puzzled and numb.

*ring ringgggg ring ringggg* (note queer international ring tone after punching 500 or so odd numbers into the telephone in order to reach her)

me: so, like, hey, Shrupa, what's up?
her: oh, nothing, nothing, you know, just timepass. Papa came back from the market a few moments ago. Sector 17 is so crowded at this time of the day. He said the traffic was horrible.
me: really? i can imagine. wait, no i can't. where the fuck is "Sector 17" ? do you live in a space colony on Mars?
her: and how have you been keeping?
me: oh great. i got shithoused before, during and after a Motley Crue concert last night. i wish i knew why my genitals are so swollen. but i know one thing's for sure -- and that's that Mick Mars' still got it. *burppp*. i know it's two days away, but i'm going to hate work on Monday. i have so many things to prepare and a hangover to nurse. FUCK.
her: oh you're so busy over there. i just found out two girls who were in the batch before me have started their residencies in the west coast. is that mostly California?
me: sure. but what about NYC or Philly - perhaps Chicago? so many cities, so many possibilities. that's one thing i love about the U.S. we have such great urban diversity.
her: america and americans have no culture. hehe haha just kidding! i miss you! *insert haphazard attempt at projecting coquettishly playful tone in her voice here*
me: i miss you too. i just wish we had something more in common other than the color of our skin and the grandiosity of my parents' blinding selfishness to see me married. i can't wait to see you at the engagement
her: engagement? it's a SAGAI. SA-GAI! hehe my little Yankee Doodle! you can't speak a word of hindi. i will work on that! hehehe, so cute!
me: and you can't blow me like that sicilian girl i dated who lived in Hell's Kitchen that i saw on and off for 3 years, but you don't see me making fun of YOUR shit, do you?. you're so direct. i love that about you. are you still as cute as you were the last time i saw you?

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*sigh*

THAT, my friends, is science fiction.

#5: wow. that was hysterical! so did you marry her?

you do know she had equally inane commentary running through her mind during the calls?

#5 my guess is he did marry her ;) bcoz AC would be anonymous coward

interesting website with hot tshirts

#5 made me giggle

I have to add to the applause for post #5 by AC. Hilarious stuff.

I reckon one of the ladies here on SM should write a "response" from the female perspective, spoofing what may have been going through the woman's mind.....

*dead* at #5.

Welcome to another edition of 'Guess who's the Mutineer?'

This one was a dead giveaway

My buddy...

the secretaries outside my office are turning around to watch me laugh. #5. too much man, too much.

good issue.

Offtopic:
Have you guys heard this song by a group of MBA students at XLRI Jamshedpur ?

Song: Gaand mein Danda
url: http://www.jammag.com/mp3s/bodhi/bodhitree_gaand_mein_danda.mp3
url: http://www.indianpad.com/story.php?id=2815

This one was a dead giveaway

My buddy...

Chi-ching! Excellent analysis DDiA.

AC, you's one funny motherfucker, especially that last line!

angry asian man reports on "John & Jane" at VC FILMFEST 2006: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (emphasis added)

Other prize winners include David Ngo's The Queen From Virginia: The Jackie Bong Wright Story, which won the Best Documentary Feature Award, and Ashim Ahluwalia's John & Jane Toll Free, which was presented a Special Jury Prize.

i'm glad to have cracked a few smiles.

life can be, AND IS, crazy.

did i marry her?

heh, wouldn't YOU like to know . ..:>

AC,

You get the prize. That's two hilarious comments from you today.

Honestly, there's a market for Desi Dick Lit. You could really blow that sh*t up.

This is a cool posting! Thanks.

AC, did you just Kaavya this posting?

http://snehasis.wordpress.com/2006/04/22/how-some-indian-marriages-start/

I found the link to "John and Jane" quite interesting as at the recent Hot Docs Documentary festival here in toronto, there was a similar documentary called "Bombay Calling" that was about the same thing that was screened. Who came first?!

AC, did you just Kaavya this posting?

no, but your thorough sleuth work won't go unnoticed. *golf clap*

now take this towel and go wipe off your face.

you look exhausted.

just got a pirated dvd of "john & jane" - mad, weird, hypnotic film that really had me spooked. is this shit for real ?? the whole thing seemed liked some sort of dream, but it is a documentary ? some fresh, new stuff coming out of bombay if this is anything to go by.

the sound track is killer - spaced-out ambient crackling music put me straight in a daze. i looked at the credits and this is what is said:

music by masta' justy, minamo, signal drift, metamatics and thomas brinkmann.. WHO ARE THESE GUYS ?(ok, I sort of heard of Thomas Brinkmann)

anyone have a clue where to get a hold of this soundtrack ??

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