

Usha’s concern appears to be sated when Pallavi meets a wealthy hunk called Sandeep (Omar Maskati), and they begin a passionate relationship that seems destined for marriage. As the last remaining singleton in her family, her superstitious mother Usha (Sarita Choudhury) frets about her daughter’s love life and keeps calling from India with well-meaning but annoying queries about when she’s going to find a nice man and settle down. Pallavi Kharti ( Mr Robot’s Sunita Mani) is a beautiful and intelligent young woman living in New Orleans, born of Indian heritage.


The concept translates over, although this remake from identical twin directors Elan and Rajeev Dassani (co-produced by Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra) struggles with momentum and won’t surprise anyone who’s read the synopsis. I also want to help great authors get the recognition they deserve!ĭisclaimer: my books do occasionally use the words ‘damn’ and ‘hell.’ I don’t have a problem with this, but if you do, then they’re not for you.Madhuri Shekar wrote the award-winning audio play Evil Eye, which she’s now adapted into a film for Amazon Prime, as part of their four ‘Welcome to the Blumhouse’ horror offerings-along with The Lie, Nocturne, and Black Box. My blog and podcast are designed to be a resource to help young adults, and families of young adults, find entertaining and clean reads that do not compromise their standards. My (admittedly lofty) goal is to do my small part in encouraging our culture to accept nothing less than excellent, clean art-particularly for kids, young adults, and new adults.

We think it’s that, or nothing.īut we have power: we can vote with our dollars. It’s hard to find media out there these days that adheres to these standards… and when it does, more often than not, it isn’t very good! I think this is why many of us have given up and just accepted what’s available in mainstream popular culture, attempting to overlook the increasing amount of objectionable material. I am a Christian, and I do my best to think only on what is “true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy” (Phil 4:8). “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings He will not stand before obscure men.” Proverbs 22:29
