In Short
B/Hollywood buzz with some Kubh Mela-ing thrown in for good measure.
By Hilal Nakiboglu Isler, March 10, 2007, Film, Celebrity, Media, TV, Religion, News, Daily, Bollywood
Penn (Rediff India)
**70 million people. 6 weeks. 3 rivers.
The [1] Kumbh Mela has drawn to a close this year.
[2] Prashant Panjiar, photographer and author of [3] India: The Definitive Images, offers Time magazine readers [4] this photo essay in honor of the 45-day festival in Allahabad.
**Kal Penn will star in [5] ABC’s new comedy, The Call, about a group of Los Angeles paramedics. The Namesake star will play a “hypochondriac and pessimist” on the show, which will also feature actress [6] Kali Rocha (of Grey’s Anatomy fame).
**Amitabh Bachchan[7] continues to make headlines this week, as he heads to Kolkata for the filming of Bengali director [8] Rituparno Ghosh’s first English-language [9] feature The Last Lear. The film will also star Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal.
**New Yorkers may want to visit the Union Square Barnes and Noble [10] this Monday night at 7PM, where Jhumpa Lahiri and Mira Nair will be talking about [11] The Namesake.
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[1] Kumbh Mela: http://www.kumbhamela.net/
[2] Prashant Panjiar: http://www.netphotograph.com/netphoto/print/prashant.zhtml
[3] India: The Definitive Images: http://www.amazon.com/India-Definitive-Images-Prashant-Panjiar/dp/0670049654
[4] this photo essay : http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2007/kumbh_mela_multimedia/
[5] ABC’s new comedy: http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/story.jsp?id=2007030803040002649745&a
mp;dt=20070308030400&w=RTR&coview=
[6] Kali Rocha : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733812/
[7] continues to make headlines : http://niralimagazine.com/blog/2007/03/08/viewers-not-silent-about-nishabd/
[8] Rituparno Ghosh’s : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315916/
[9] feature: http://www.ourbollywood.com/2007/03/amitabh_bachchan_as_king_lear.html
[10] this Monday night at 7PM: http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/storedetail.do?store=2675
[11] The Namesake: http://niralimagazine.com/blog/2007/02/18/namesake-in-chicago/
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