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...full display. Khan plays the eponymous barber whose world is upended when his childhood friend, a Bollywood superstar, comes to town. That star is played by none other than Shah Rukh Khan, who, in essence, is gently caricaturing his own persona. Irrfan is all praise for his co-star, who he says was "very sincere" in his acceptance and handling of the supporting role. "He wanted the film to be Billu's story...
...Khan's ability to generate such empathy led to critical praise and also won the attention of Fox Searchlight Pictures, which co-distributed Slumdog Millionaire. Director Boyle says that Khan's part was crucial. Khan plays the inspector who interrogates Jamal, a young man from the slums of Mumbai, suspecting him of cheating to win a televised quiz show. Everything else in the movie is a flashback, so the suspense hinges on whether the interrogator will release Jamal or keep him in custody. Khan's way of inhabiting the character is consummate and ineffable - as economical and meticulous...
...Breaking Out Khan is not the first indian actor to win acclaim in the West. Before Khan, there was Naseeruddin Shah, a star of Indian parallel cinema's realism; Om Puri, co-star of City of Joy with Patrick Swayze; and Roshan Seth, who played Jawaharlal Nehru, the foil to Ben Kingsley's Oscar-winning portrayal of the Mahatma in Gandhi. All had healthy careers as character actors, but their potential as dramatic leading men was never really fulfilled, in Hollywood or Bollywood. "I feel very sad about it," Khan says. But he seems to have escaped that fate. "Everybody...
...into tangible goods was the brainchild of RealGifts, a start-up that three Web developers launched with a $25,000 grant from Facebook. It has partnered with vendors to offer such things as flowers, hams and Slankets (sorry, Snuggies), and there's a broader array in the pipeline. RealGifts co-founder Tommy Sanguinetti touts the convenience factor: the entire shopping experience is contained on Facebook. Quick and easy. "People who get it love it," he says...
More important, these bulk customers don't use wholesalers to source generic products, which are expected to replace 80% of the revenue from brand-name drugs by 2015. "Generics mean slow top-line growth but are ultimately much more profitable for wholesalers," says Richard Close, an analyst for Jefferies & Co. "By focusing on the big chains, Cardinal had basically ceded generics to McKesson and AmerisourceBergen...