RUBINA’S RADAR
A vociferous political scythe-lash has taken over Bollywood’s song and dance routine in recent times, taking the fun out of confined, air-conditioned entertainment. But international artists can’t seem to get enough of their one-night gigs in Mumbai, especially Hollywood stars and musicians and Mumbai is not known to keep it down, and definitely not when it comes to its music.
Jamaican singer, OMI, of the reggae-pop worldwide hit, Cheerleader, that’s remixed by German DJ Felix Jaehn, is headed to the city for the very first time, all the way from his home base Clarendon in Jamaica.
Singer OMI | Getty Images
The singer, born Omar Samuel Pasley, is slated to perform on Saturday, February 23, at Kitty Su, a nightclub at The Lalit, Mumbai. He knows what it takes to hit the Billboard Hot 100 with a melody he woke up randomly humming when he was 21 years old, but it remains to be seen, and heard, if his live gig shakes Mumbai up. While he’s quite cool and popular with the ladies, all the Indian boys just wanna know if the very haute girls in his breakthrough video are accompanying him on his maiden India trip!
On film terrain, filmmaker Homi Adajania’s been playing out his own Parsi, not to mention very PG version, of Two And A Half Men at home with his sons, Zane and Zreh. The entertaining instagram videos Adajania posts of his boys, replete with their super acting skills and put-on accents, are more hilarious and entertaining than anything one’s seen on celluloid lately. But that’s not all Adajania’s busy with in his role as a modernist, stay-at-home-dad.
Homi Adajania | Instagram
He’s working on his next project, a web series called Saas, Bahu Aur Cocaine for Amazon. A rather blasphemous name that’s already a conversation opener, and perhaps even an eye-opener, for a saas-bahu obsessed nation. But then what else can one expect from someone who kicked off his cinematic leanings with Being Cyrus (2006) a dark, psychological drama, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Boman Irani and went on to make Cocktail (2012), exhibiting the sexiest and coolest version of Deepika Padukone to Finding Fanny (2014). Interestingly, Being Cyrus was shot in the filmmaker’s erstwhile home in Panchgani, which he later sold off to actor Aamir Khan. Saas Bahu Aur Cocaine sounds like a wildly mad ride, just like its creator Adajania and if he swings in Dimple Kapadia to play a part, it could very well be a smashing series.
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