Kal Penn's Kumar Patel is perhaps the most popular portrayal of Desi youth in a major motion picture (he played a foreign student in the National Lampoon movies, not an AB Desi). Yes the movie was bad awful in a lot of places, but we do remember Freakshow's [Swedish] wife?

Anyway, Harold & Kumar are both coming back next year for part deux. The first sneak preview is attached to Superbad, which is another comedy that we strongly recommend. Here's the synopsis we found on movie's Wiki entry:

The premise of the movie involves Kumar Patel, the Indian American protagonist of the original film, being mistaken for a 'bomb carrying terrorist' while the pair are trying to sneak a bong on board a plane en route to Amsterdam. They are incarcerated in a Guantanamo Bay detainment camp but manage to escape.

The movie follows their adventures as fugitives from the Department of Homeland Security as they travel through Miami to Texas and ultimately find themselves in the ranch-house of President George W. Bush.

Hmmm, looks pretty darn interesting! Thoughts?

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It's the biggest movie in Pakistan since Titanic, and it doesn't involve a naked Kate Winslet.

'Khuda Ke Liye' or In the Name of God has broken records in the country is bound for the international circuit. The movie deals with the touchy subject of the internal war between moderates and radicals in that country. The CS Monitor had this to say about the movie:

Why would I drive 4-1/2 hours to see a Pakistani movie?

Well, for starters, the only movie theater in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, was torched by a Sunni mob during sectarian riots four years ago.

But there were other reasons for the trek. I wanted to attend the premier of "Khuda ke Liye" or "In the Name of God," a movie about the religious rift wrenching Pakistan.

The film is being hailed in some segments of Pakistani society as the most important cinematic event in memory. The other draw was the venue: the DHA Cinema, a world-class movie theater, had just opened its doors for the elite of Lahore in "Defense," a posh neighborhood run by the military.

As the title suggests, the movie is about Islam and the battle between two polarized groups – modernized elites carrying the banner of "enlightened moderation" and radicals with their "jihad" – both had claims to the religion.

I took a cab from the house where I was staying. As we pulled up to the theater, the cabbie was as excited as I was. "The last time I saw crowds like this," he bubbled, "was when 'Titanic' came to town."

You can read some more reviews of the movie or watch the preview below:

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