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These 4 National Award-Winning Films Will Be Screened at Cannes 2018. Seen...
The 2018 edition of the world’s most glamorous film festival, Festival de Cannes, kicks off on the French Riviera from Tuesday. Scheduled to run from May 8 to 19, the highly anticipated event is...
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Satish Kaushik’s Truck-To-Theatre Initiative Will Let Rural India See Movies...
The amount of money that the Indian film industry makes is proof enough of our love for the movies. India’s film industry is known to be the largest in the world, with almost 1000 films being produced...
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The trailer for Shaad Ali’s new biographical film, Soorma, is out. It speaks about the greatest “comeback story of the hockey legend Sandeep Singh”. The biopic will be released on 13 July 2018 and...
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How Pune’s Parubai Went from Picking Waste To Starring in Award-Winning Films!
If you google the word ‘Kamakshi’, you’ll see that it is a short film, gaining accolades in national and international film festivals. Parvati Limbaji Suryawanshi, 78, is the lead character. ‘Kamakshi’...
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RD Burman: 5 Reasons Why ‘Pancham Da’ Is One of India’s Greatest Composers!
In the pantheon of legendary Indian film composers, Rahul Dev Burman stands apart. Even though it’s been two and a half decades since RD Burman (aka Pancham) has passed away, his music continues to...
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Before There was IMAX, There Was The Single Screen: 8 Iconic Movie Halls in...
These structures stood out in our cities at one time. Decked with movie posters, the iconic single-screen theatres or talkies, are slowly disappearing from our country’s landscape. There was something...
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What Links India to Ocean’s 8? a Gujarati King, a Priceless Necklace & the...
Ocean’s 8 that released worldwide in June 2018 was a much-anticipated film. Featuring an ensemble cast dominated by women, the film is a heist comedy, and its plot revolves around a highly...
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Who Was ‘Nalini’, The Marathi Girl Rabindranath Tagore Once Fell in Love With
Oh! Nalini open your eyes Is sleep still to abandon its ply See standing at your door The rising sun’s first score Hearing my morning song See all around the shroud of sleep has gone. —the English...
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“I Regret Every Word”: Malayalam Director Apologises For Misogyny in Previous...
You can never underestimate the power of cinema in influencing your thoughts. Whether it is the notion of a ‘happily ever after’ or a romantic pursuit, movies play an important role in shaping our...
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Aisha Choudhary, the Brave Girl Who Inspired Priyanka Chopra’s ‘The Sky Is Pink’
Inspiring the millions of people, including youngsters, women, and aspiring actors who look up to her, Priyanka Chopra has made her mark in the Indian film industry, as well as Hollywood. Whether it is...
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This Oscar-Winning IIT Grad from Pune Has Changed the Face of Hollywood...
Have you, like a million others, marvelled at the animation and special effects in movies like Beowulf, The Amazing Spider-Man, Watchmen, Hancock, Bewitched, The Smurfs 2, or Monster House? While...
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“Fashion Now to Denigrate the Country”: What 20-YOs Thought of India in 1967
In 1967, it had been 20 years since India had achieved independence. In the decade before 1967, India had witnessed the first television service (1959), Goa’s liberation from the Portuguese (1961), the...
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Village Rockstars: 7 Things to Know About India’s Entry to the Oscars
Every once in a while there comes a movie with a storyline so simple and yet stunning, that it will leave you yearning for more. ‘Village Rockstars’, an Assamese film does just that. This coming-of-age...
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Dev Anand to Madhubala: How Ashok Kumar Gave India Some of Its Biggest Stars!
Kumudlal Ganguly was born in 1911 to a simple Bengali family in Bhagalpur in the Bengal Presidency of British India (now in Bihar). Kunjlal, his father, was a lawyer and wanted his eldest son to follow...
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Badhaai Ho, Thank You for Helping India Embrace This ‘Uncomfortable Truth’
“Mummy pregnant hai meri,” an embarrassed Nakul tells his girlfriend. A 25-year-old man, well settled at his job, with a teenaged brother ten years younger, Nakul can be any one of us. His family, the...
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This Awesome ‘Travelling’ Multiplex Is Taking Cinema to Villages in 14 Indian...
Movies are arguably one of the best options for entertainment that we have. They transcend the boundaries of age, cultural background and choices, and it wouldn’t be wrong to assume that watching a...
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Featured Globally, Here Are 10 Indian Films Considered Among the World’s...
Every now and then, there comes a film that hits the bull’s eye with every emotion it evokes. Whether an evergreen comedy, a thriller that has you sitting on the edge of your seat, or a drama which...
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Ode to a Legend: This Connection Between Mrinal Sen &‘Lagaan’ Will Surprise You
For Veteran Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen, the personal was always political. One of the forerunners of parallel cinema in India, Sen had the penchant for telling tales with a deep socio-political...
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Ranveer-Alia’s ‘Gully Boy’ Inspired by the Rap to Riches Journey of These...
From the streets to the celluloid, this rapper duo’s powerful socio-political verses are soon going to be adapted into a Bollywood film, Gully Boy, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. Photo Source:...
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Why It’s Important for #EkLadkiKoDekhaTohAisaLaga to Be a Typical Love Story
Homosexuality is not new in Bollywood in the broad sense. In films like ‘Fire’, ‘Margarita with a Straw’, ‘Fashion’, ‘Aligarh’ and ‘Kapoor and Sons’, homosexual characters are played in a positive or...
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