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Archie Panjabi wins Emmy Award

Archie Panjabi wins the EMMY Award 2010 for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role in 'The Good Wife'

British Asian actresses, Archie Panjabi, last night won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role in CBS TV drama 'The Good Wife'. Panjabi, who found fame in British hit films 'East is East' and 'Bend It Like Beckham', won an Emmy for her role as a law firm's in-house private investigator in the hit show. The 38-year-old triumphed over fellow 'The Good Wife' actress Christine Baranski and 'Mad Men's' Elisabeth Moss.

Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees on DVD, out 20th April 2010

Six years after its theatrical release, controversial British Asian gangster film 'Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees' will finally get released on DVD on 20th April 2010. On its original release in 2004, Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees was the first entirely shot on a camcorder on a budget of less than £1000. The film is directed by Sarjit Bains and stars Manish Patel as the hitman ‘Singh’ who is on a mission to track down six million dollars stolen from London’s Heathrow Airport.

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group should buy British television channel ITV

Indian business mogul Anil Ambani's company Reliance should buy British television channel ITV. This would fulfill Ambani’s dream to be a global media baron and deliver Indians in Britain the “presence” they have long craved. The fact that Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV has been forced by UK regulator Ofcom to divest part of its 17.9% in ITV leaves the field clear for Reliance.

Why the BBC is right to close Asian Network

In a post that is likely to 'lose me friends and alienate people'*, I agree that the BBC should close its digital radio station BBC Asian Network. The station has been losing listeners and has cost far too much. The Asian market is already well served with a commercial radio and TV stations and print & online media publishers will also be relieved when the BBC no longer distorts markets.

Iconic Indian Ads: Can India's Ad Industry take on the world?

India's entertainment industry is likely to create global opportunities for more than films, video games and TV shows. Its advertising industry, drawing upon the iconography of Bollywood, is also set to take on the world. The move was brought to light this week when a twitter trend on the subject became the 2nd most popular topic on the site.

Mumbai Calling - Series 1 [DVD] [2008], UK Release 20 July 2009

TV comedy favourite Sanjeev Bhaskar stars in the hilarious send up of the call centre industry, Mumbai Calling.. British born Indian Kenny Gupta (Sanjeev Bhaskar) is dispatched to Mumbai to turn around the fortunes of a call centre acquired in a take over deal. Things do not go to plan when Kenny is confronted by lothario manager Dev (Nitin Ganatra), who is more interested in his own profitable sidelines than the business.

BRITZ: CHANNEL 4, DVD OUT NOW

Written and directed by the acclaimed Peter Kosminsky, Britz is a two-part thriller about a young brother and sister, both British-born and Muslim, who are pulled in different directions by their conflicting personal experiences in post 9/11 Britain.

SKY REVEALS THE REAL KING AND QUEEN OF BOLLYWOOD

New research by Sky Digital revealed that 'Sholay' is the UK's greatest Indian movie of all time with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol voted King and Queen of the Bollywood screen. The research uncovered some of the key attitudes of the UK's one million strong Indian community to the Hindi film industry. It showed that 76% of the UK's Indian community have watched Bollywood films at some time.

MAHABHARAT - DVD BOX SET, OUT NOW

This 15-hour digitally re-mastered, abridged version of 'Mahabharat', the epic Indian television series (which originally ran for over 60 hours), is available in a five-disc digi-pack that includes an eight-page booklet containing a glossary of the many characters and an overview by Professor Fitzgerald of the University of Tennessee. The series originally aired in the UK on BBC TV from 1991-1993 and proved a major hit with both Indian and non-Indian audiences.

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