CinemaScope

News, stories, reviews, feature articles on movies and films from Bollywood (Hindi film industry), Tollywood (Bengali cinema) and Hollywood.

Ranjan Das GuptaDecember 11, 2022
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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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Ranjan Das GuptaNovember 27, 2022
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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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Ranjan Das GuptaNovember 16, 2022
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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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Deepak MahaanOctober 2, 2022
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Songs for Mahatma’s Ears

As a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of truth and non-violence, I often wonder what the Mahatma would have…
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Ranjan Das GuptaSeptember 25, 2022
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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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Ranjan Das GuptaAugust 24, 2022
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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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Ranjan Das GuptaAugust 14, 2022
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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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Deepak MahaanJuly 31, 2022
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Remembering Rafi: Greatest Ever Playback Singer

What is it that makes the Mohammed Rafi magic endure amongst listeners cutting across barriers of age, caste, creed, colour,…
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Ranjan Das GuptaJuly 30, 2022
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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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Ranjan Das GuptaJuly 24, 2022
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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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