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Amitabh Bachchan’s Statement and Freedom of Expression in Indian Cinema
At the inauguration of the Kolkata International Film Festival’s 28th edition, Amitabh Bachchan delivered a memorable speech. For the first…
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Dilip Kumar’s Excellent Offbeat Movies
Dilip Kumar always said, “A memorable film may not always be popular. A popular film is not always memorable.” According…
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Bollywood and its divisions
Recently in an interview for a television channel, actor and director Parambrata Chatterjee lamented, “We now have a mutual admiration…
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Tagore’s Romance With Science, On Celluloid
Kolkata: It is an evening at a posh South Kolkata coffee shop. The weather is pleasant with an inaugural winter…
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About The Evergreen Sophia
Sophia Loren was speaking to Richard Burton while completing shooting for D’Sica’s, Voyage. She asked the iconic actor whether her performance…
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Remakes of foreign films are not always desirable for the Indian audience
The boycott by right-wingers might be one of the reasons, but what happened with Lal Singh Chadda’s box office performance…
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Dilip Kumar’s Shaheed inspired me to become an actor: Manoj Kumar
Bollywood actor Manoj Kumar, known as Bharat Kumar in Indian cinema has acted in and made the most patriotic theme…
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Bhupinder Singh was fascinated by Mohammed Rafi’s singing
Before recording Hoke Majboor Mujhe song, Bhupinder Singh was nervous. How could a brand new singer like him match three stalwarts,…
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Uttam Kumar’s romanticism had a sublime charm that only Dev Anand could match
The Uttam Kumar and Aparna Sen Pair lit the silver screen with their grounded romanticism and uninhibited performances. Though senior…
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Know what Sunil Dutt had replied to Nargis when she had said that Satyajit Ray sells poverty
“Trends of acting in Indian cinema have improved from theatricals to mature, real life performances. If the audience cannot identify…
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