Hindi Cinema
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Reluctant Actor, Born Director: Arnab Makes His Bollywood Debut at 24
Arnab Chatterjee, a 25-year-old filmmaker from Kolkata, makes his Bollywood debut with Murderbaad. A MetFilm School graduate, he shuns acting…
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Meena Kumari: Performer Beyond Comparison
Films are emotions unraveled in images. Greater the bond between the images and the emotions of a story, greater the…
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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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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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Asit Sen birth centenary: An unnoticed one
Kolkata: After the internationally famous trio of Indian cinema, Ray, Ghatak and Sen, Tapan Sinha, Ajay Kar and Asit Sen…
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Basu Chatterjee: A Master Story-teller
About 22-odd minutes into Pankaj Parashar’s Jalwa, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor get off a taxi driven by Javed Khan…
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Looking over stars in Hindi cinema, not prudent thought!
Kolkata: Is the age-old star system in the Hindi film industry staring down the barrel? Or in other words, are…
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Freshly Brewed
Shashi Kapoor’s love for girl education brought him to Sikar five times, even on a wheelchair!
Sikar/Kolkata: Shashi Kapoor, the third son of Pritviraj Kapoor was born in Kolkata, may be known to many. But very…
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