B.R. Chopra News
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Films Division celebrates renowned filmmakers in three-day online festival
Documentaries on Dadasahab Phalke, Satyajit Ray, BR Chopra and Tapan Sinha are among those available...
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55 years of Waqt (1965): The film that created the Yash Chopra imprint
The first colour film from BR Chopra's banner, Waqt brought together picturesque locales, glitzy...
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Must have done good karma in past life to receive such love, says Nitish Bharadwaj aka Krishna
The actor-director is happy to see the television serials Mahabharat and Ramayan return to Indian...
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Doordarshan starts telecast of popular serials Circus and Byomkesh Bakshi with Ramayan and Mahabharat
The national broadcaster has brought the classics back from its archives for a quarantined nation in...
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Habitat 2019: Documentaries on BR and Yash Chopra offer a trip down memory lane
Though the presentation of the documentaries on the two Dadasaheb Phalke awardees was rather the to...
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Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar's Pati Patni Aur Woh to be out on 10 January 2020
Directed by Mudassar Aziz, the film stars Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey....
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10 of BR Chopra's best films – Death anniversary special
Creator, producer and director of the iconic teleserial Mahabharata, BR Chopra was also a filmmaker...
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All in the family: Four sets of siblings who have received the Dadasaheb Phalke award
Asha Bhosle, who turns 85 today, and Lata Mangeshkar, who turns 89 later this month, are the only to...
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Our grandfathers' generation was more focused on the story: Abhay Chopra
The film director says finding a balance between style and story is very important....
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My father and Mohammed Rafi had a pact never to sing together, says Mahendra Kapoor's son Ruhan
On his father's 84th birth anniversary (9 January), Ruhan Mahendra Kapoor remembers the and and...
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Shah Rukh Khan: I wanted to play Akshaye Khanna's role in Ittefaq
The star reveals why he could not take up the film directed by first-timer Abhay Chopra, grandson of...
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Remembering Vimi, the one-hit wonder
On the actress’s 40th death anniversary, a look at the tragic rise and fall of Vimi, who was...
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Remembering the wit and eccentricity of Raaj Kumar
While the actor has today been reduced to comic skits and dialogues, his eccentricities and style as...
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Revisiting BR Chopra’s directorial debut, Afsana
On the filmmaker’s birth anniversary (he was born on 22 April 1914), a look at his foray into...
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How uttering ‘Main samay hoon...’ landed Dr Rahi Masoom Raza his most celebrated work
On Dr Raza's 25th death anniversary today (15 March), let's revisit how he bagged BR classic...
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Shah Rukh Khan flags off Sonakshi, Sidharth Malhotra-starrer Ittefaq with first clap
Co-produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Dharma Productions, the film will be directed by late...
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How OP Nayyar went from 'Rhythm King' to homoeopath in Thane
Once a beacon of rhythm and melody in Hindi cinema, Nayyar spent his last days in near anonymity an...
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Naya Daur: The race between man and machine
The BR Chopra classic starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala turns 60 this year....
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Dhool Ka Phool: Yash Chopra’s poignant debut
For the 57th anniversary of Yash Chopra’s first directorial venture, we examine how the Dhool...
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How Ashok Kumar helped many find their footing in Hindi cinema
As an actor and pioneer of early Hindi cinema, Ashok Kumar inspired and mentored many personalities...