Comments on: Come on, Naureen

By: manoj

manoj — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:59:58 +0000

hi………..nice photo ok……..

By: Casper

Casper — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:00:57 +0000

Hollywood tries to create an image of indian and other asian women as independent and selfconfident, when in reality they are treated as nothing but the white mans prey.

Who are they trying to fool?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:39:42 +0000

Check out Naureen Zaim on AskMen.com or read her latest interview here.

By: phil

phil — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:00:01 +0000

i think this entire blog is a fools errand. you all have nothing better to do than complain about an industry that has proved itself to be reacist, political, and unpractical, no blacks in new york city according to friends. that says it all…. i can honestly say out of all the countries i have lived in india has a problem with its people refusing to work together. indians are very sucessful but they refuse to work together. you’re all bashing other indian performers when you should support them. no on aspires to be a arranged wife, terrorist, van wilder geek aka kal penn, or any other stereotype …look at the blacks and hispanics or the belief that all asians are martial artists. they are just paying their dues to a hopefully better future, yes jay and m night are successful, why don’t they create a small film with good parts for indians? because they got there and don’t want to help, let other indians make their own way just like desi society, the right family, the right credentials, the right college, occupation, the more appealling for an arranged marriage , ennis and sunil and whoever else all the indian women who bad mouth each other behind their backs, bollywood is no better, all tall light skinned men are heroes , fat and bald people are supporting players, bride and prejudice a film that says white men are better and indian men are geeks, great? all of you get a life, make your own lives strong and don’t judge others on things you don’t understand, stereotypes take time to be destroyed , the blacks and hispanics have still yet to do it completely and they have been here longer than desis,…capice.

By: amir@hotmail

amir@hotmail — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:24:21 +0000

i think you all need to look at all desi actors before you judge neil and naureen, kal penn took a demeaning part in van wilder while he too has a turban in one scene that is makeshift. van wilder was a hit and got a lot of exposure but showed a desi actor being stereotyped on a mass level. sounds like almost all desi actors have to suffer the brunt. its nice m night and shekar are doing well, why don’t they make a movie and use desi actors in non traditional parts? maybe becuase on a whole east indians don’t help their own like hispanics and blacks do. speaking of which both those groups still suffer from stereotypical parts too. asians are either druggies, nerds, and martial artists. wb’s beauty and the geek has an indian ankar, on it. that’s not good either

By: KXB

KXB — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:08:49 +0000

Naureen seems to be everywhere now.

Probably not work safe.

Naureen in Maxim

By: prope//er

prope//er — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:22:52 +0000

You have to compromise somewhat to play in that game. It takes a saint to not compromise and somehow still succeed. So, in short, to me, it sounds like you're saying to every would be desi actor: Be a saint. Generally speaking, saints don't get into politics or film.

Dude, you are talking as if every desi actor/actress out there in the pipeline is of Oscar quality. Well, then the problem seems to be the babudom of agents. These people probably should not hold the kind of power they do today.

That is the environment. In fact, I'll give you one example to illustrate I hope how far off your swipe seems to me. I'm in entertainment. It's what I do everyday. I'm like lower/mid-level power -- I can help make someone's career and others can help mine. Recently I announced a project and within the first week, five women propositioned me. I'm not kidding (and I'm not deluded). I should clarify: It wasn't just 5 women, but 5 actresses. Attractive. And yes, desi. And although I did not take advantage of those women, the point is that it's very very tough for someone like Naureen (whom I don't know at all personally, btw) to be competing in an environment like that. Any woman. Any color. And she's got a clock ticking, because once she hits 30 it somehow instantly gets ten times harder.

What on earth does "propositioned" mean?

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:54:31 +0000

He considered the role demeaning and stereotyped...

It was demeaning and stereotyped. But he subverted it, stole the hiring scene and made it his own.

By: arj

arj — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:46:30 +0000

I remember reading an interview where Kal Penn discusses the crisis of conscience he suffered when offered the role in "Van Wilder" (a film I've never seen.). He considered the role demeaning and stereotyped, and asked his mentors what he should do.

Their answer was: It's a role in a major film; you know what to do.

So he took the role, which, as he tells it, led to better, more "enlightened" roles down the road. (If "enlightened" is the right word for "Harold and Kumar").

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:59:41 +0000

Sorry — I totally missed the pun on the title and misread the thread as a post about actors and the roles they take.