THE INDOFILES

Add Anoop Desai to our desi overachievers list (right next to Dev Patel). 
The New York Daily News Gossip column says this week that Anoop Desai and Meghan Joy, both Top 10 finalists on this season’s American Idol, were spotted at - where else? - Outback Steakhouse, enjoying a cozy dinner. Anoop is a nice guy [...]

Since we are on the topic of attractive South Asian women in America, I’d like to give my two cents on Padma Laxmi, in light of her recent fabulous photo in Allure and her widening of the Laxmi brand with her Hardees commercial.
I’m a huge fan of Top Chef, not only for the cooking, but [...]

The Sun obtained footage today of Dev Patel and Freida Pinto engaged in a kiss and a few additional  intimate moments in Israel, near location of a shoot for Freida’s latest film. If it hadn’t been confirmed already by incessant rumors, a million Youtube views will make it official. Kudos to Dev Patel for parlaying his [...]

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There is a little bit of a trend on TV to answer the criticism that minorities, and in this case South Asians, are portrayed stereotypically by removing some of their ethnic/racial markers.
There is Kal Penn’s former character Lawrence Kutner on House. Kutner’s Indianness does not figure into the show much at all. We know [...]

Question: How much can you sell a 9-year old child actor for?
A. Nothing
B. $100,000
C. $400,000
D. $1,000,000
If you’re Rafiq Kureshi, father of “Slumdog Millionaire” child star Rubina Ali, then there’s no need to phone a friend on this one - his final answer was C. According to News of the World, the opportunistic dad attempted to [...]

Entertainment Weekly reported today that Kal Penn, of “Harold and Kumar” fame, has left his role on the television show House to join the Obama Administration. Kumar’s Penn’s official title will be the convoluted Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Liaison. We really have no idea what that means, but at least [...]

As much as I love the fact there is a fellow Indian brother in the top 8 of American Idol, his presence there seems painfully like an extended April’s Fools prank. The kid from North Carolina is nearly as much of a disaster as Sanjaya. It was embarrassing watching him try to do Usher on Tuesday night. Piece [...]