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The Common Man on Screen: How Raj Kapoor Championed the Indian Proletariat
Raj Kapoor disagreed with how director Basu Bhattacharya wanted him to react to Waheeda Rehman’s lip-synching, Aa Aa Bhi Ja in Teesri…
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The Dev Anand I Knew: An Intimate Glimpse into the Icon’s Life
Those moments that I shared with Dev Anand over the course of a few years are treasured as they are…
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ये सितारा जब भी स्क्रीन पर आया देखने वाले के दिल पर उस किरदार की यादगार छाप छोड़ गया
बाराबंकी के राजा जहांगीराबाद की आलीशान कोठी में उस वक़्त के स्थानीय एसडीएम इमामुद्दीन शाह का परिवार रहा करता था।…
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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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On Raj Kapoor’s 97th Birth Anniversary: Untold Memories Of A ‘Joker’
Raj Kapoor practiced the antics and body language of circus jokers by observing the Great Russian circus clowns. He always…
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Opinion
I’m born out of the “Inquilab” of Dilip Kumar Saab
The year was 1997. Few of us might remember that dramatic day of our 21st convocation at #FTII (Film and Television…
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Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee breathes his last at the age of 85
Kolkata: In the late 80s came a Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay novel ‘Nana Ronger Aalo’. Still a school student with a deep…
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How soccer’s loss became Hollywood’s gain
For over a month, the 1965 film The Hill was on my watchlist. I kept pushing back, for a variety…
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Jagdeep aka Soorma Bhopali: An actor who stood out among giants passes away
The garrulous, greedy, timber merchant was present on screen for barely five minutes, yet the character gave an immortality that…
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