I saw Amitabh and the gang (Aishwarya, Preety and Madhuri to be exact) along with the B crew of Abhishek and others in Oakland last night - and had a good time. Unfortunately I was up in the peanut gallery - and this wasn't a show quite designed for large audiences. But the overall effect of being with 1000 plus other Indians that grew up seeing Big A movies and humming those songs in the shower was great. It was also interesting to see the size of the Indian-American population all in one place at one time in this part of the world. And I took my mother with me who is visiting from India, and is an avid follower of Indian movies, since my wife was traveling (and who doesn't care much for Indian movies) - and that in itself was nice since it was a great mother son outing. The takeaway is this though - need to get more plugged in - and find some smaller size more private Bollywood events next time, this could be a lot more fun in the right setting.
