Hundred Foot Journey

Ring in the weekend with these lovely films that celebrate food and its potential to change lives, in big ways and small.

Men, women and children are walking, hundreds of kilometres, along the road connecting Mumbai and the neighboring town of Bhiwandi, towards their villages in other states or within Maharashtra. The migrant workers are choosing to taking the journey by foot, saying the wait for the special trains organised by the government is too long.

In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages in a mass exodus unseen since the days immediately after India's independence in 1947.

For hundreds of students of a school in Central Mumbai, the journey from and back to home involves risking their lives every day.

Veteran actor Om Puri, who recently underwent mouth surgery, says all is well now.

While Akshay Kumar's Entertainment is set to dominate the desi front, Hollywood has prepared a platter with seasoned actors Om Puri and Helen Mirren in One Hundred-Foot Journey.

Mr Puri was simply bowled over by Mirren's generous spirit.

A cancer scare caused by an intimidating white patch in his mouth had all of actor Om Puri's friends and well-wishers worried after the report of the physical irregularity was out.

Veteran actor Om Puri plays a displaced Indian who moves to France with his famiy.

Actor Om Puri, who was accused by his wife Nandita of domestic violence, breathed a sigh of relief when he was finally granted bail.

Ring in the weekend with these lovely films that celebrate food and its potential to change lives, in big ways and small.

Men, women and children are walking, hundreds of kilometres, along the road connecting Mumbai and the neighboring town of Bhiwandi, towards their villages in other states or within Maharashtra. The migrant workers are choosing to taking the journey by foot, saying the wait for the special trains organised by the government is too long.

In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages in a mass exodus unseen since the days immediately after India's independence in 1947.

For hundreds of students of a school in Central Mumbai, the journey from and back to home involves risking their lives every day.

Veteran actor Om Puri, who recently underwent mouth surgery, says all is well now.

While Akshay Kumar's Entertainment is set to dominate the desi front, Hollywood has prepared a platter with seasoned actors Om Puri and Helen Mirren in One Hundred-Foot Journey.

Mr Puri was simply bowled over by Mirren's generous spirit.

A cancer scare caused by an intimidating white patch in his mouth had all of actor Om Puri's friends and well-wishers worried after the report of the physical irregularity was out.

Veteran actor Om Puri plays a displaced Indian who moves to France with his famiy.

Actor Om Puri, who was accused by his wife Nandita of domestic violence, breathed a sigh of relief when he was finally granted bail.