Over the weekend, thousands of folks in Delhi marched and danced in the streets to celebrate gay pride, especially in light of last summer’s High Court decision to strike down Section 377. The news articles and pictures are coming in and look amazing. Congrats to our desi queers, lesbians and transgendered sisters and brothers! Update: Check out an article by Aseem Chhabra here.

Posted: November 29th, 2010

Our pictures from our October party, Desilicious Kaali Raat, are up. The pictures look great this month and our crowd looks extremely hot and fierce in their best black. Take a look here, and while you are at it, become a fan of Sholay Events to get the latest pics and gossip tidbits!

Posted: November 15th, 2010

We are proud to be co-presenting, along with Lotus Visual, Memories in March starring Rituparno Ghosh and Deepti Naval as part of the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council’s annual film festival (MIAAC) on Friday November 12th at SVA Theater on 23rd Street and 8th Avenue. Written by Ghosh, the movie is about a mother, an art curator from Delhi, who comes to Kolkata to collect her son’s ashes. In addition to

Posted: October 28th, 2010

Thanks for turning out in sexy black and partying with us this past weekend. Now its time to throw on your favorite animal print and join us for a night of Desilicious gone wild as we bring you our Fifth Annual Bollywood Jungle Bash! We’ll be back at Touch to shake it up with Bolly/Dance beats by Ashu Rai and DJ Bobby plus big screen visuals by Neeraj. Sholay Productions’

Posted: October 27th, 2010

We’re excited to be co-presenting the world premier of the rather provocatively titled film Gandu, as part of the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival. The New York Times describes the film: “With its rapping, heroin-smoking, angry-young-man hero, a film by the Bengali director Q (the title’s printable translation is “Loser”) thumbs its nose at convention and aims to shock.” Here’s a synopsis: Gandu hates his life. He hates his

Posted: October 24th, 2010

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Posted: October 18th, 2010

Celebrate Navaratri and Diwali together in NYC on October 23rd at Navatman Events’ Lunar Celebrations: Navaratri/Diwali 2010 at The Ailey Studios – Joan Weill Center for Dance. There will be dancers teaching you to dance to traditional folk music mixed in with Bollywood. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased here. There will be dancing, drinks, a light dinner, dandiyas and a silent auction. Also, because the studio is a

Posted: October 13th, 2010

With all of the depressing news last week, we were happy to read this interview with “Outsourced” actor/comedian, Parvesh Cheena at After Elton. In a very candid and positive interview, Cheena discusses his “Outsourced” role and acting background and coming out to his family at the age of 21. Cheena is sure to be a role model for other young queer desi Americans and we look forward to reading more

Posted: October 7th, 2010