CinemaScope
News, stories, reviews, feature articles on movies and films from Bollywood (Hindi film industry), Tollywood (Bengali cinema) and Hollywood.
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O Oscar, My Oscar
Omar Sharif was disheartened as he could not win an Oscar for his lifetime performances in Dr. Zhivago. He however did…
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Hatyapuri is not a classic but the film has some memorable cinematic moments
Bengali’s iconic sleuth Feluda is back on the silver screen. This time it is the suave and persuasive Indraneil Sengupta…
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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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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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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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