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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (1938-2022): The man who introduced India to the santoor
‘A nine-to-five job is like slavery for me.’ The thought, coupled with the passion to do...
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Dilip Kumar almost starred in two Yash Chopra films apart from Mashaal
The legendary actor had agreed to star in a project produced by FC Mehra in the mid-1970s. However,...
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45 years of Kabhi Kabhie: Sagar Sarhadi’s big breakthrough
On the writer's birth anniversary today, a look at Yash Chopra’s multi-generational which...
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Aditya Chopra launches Yash Chopra Saathi initiative to help daily-wage workers
The filmmaker has also taken an initiative to cover the cost of 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines for film...
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Sagar Sarhadi, writer of Kabhi Kabhie, Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, dies at 87
His final directorial foray, the unreleased Chausar (2013), was Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s first as...
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Sahir, the poet who carried the conscience of a new India – Centenary special
Born exactly 100 years ago, Sahir Ludhianvi, the man who defined the conscious lyricist in Hindi the...
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Renowned poster designer Diwakar Karkare dies at 81
The artist created the iconic posters of Waqt (1965), Don (1975) and Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)....
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25 years of DDLJ: Why Maratha Mandir continues to screen Aditya Chopra's film
Probably no other film anywhere in the world has had an uninterrupted theatrical run of over 24 at...
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25 years of DDLJ: We planned the Punjab locations and portions six months in advance, says cinematographer Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh, now a leading director in Punjabi cinema, recalls the challenge of making the from...
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25 years of DDLJ: How Aditya Chopra’s directorial debut influenced Indian cinema
The romance film, which was released in the years that India was opening up after liberalization in...
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Aditya Chopra thanks film industry, audience on Yash Raj Films' golden jubilee
He unveiled a new logo marking the start of the 50-year celebrations of the popular production...
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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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6 factors that made Deewaar a timeless classic
On the 45th anniversary of the release of the cult classic produced by Gulshan Rai and directed by a...
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Kaala Patthar, a document on lives and danger in the mines: Anniversary special
Kaala Patthar, Yash Chopra's film scripted by Salim-Javed, turns 40 today, but its portrayal of...
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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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40 years of Noorie: 5 facts about the doomed love story starring Farooq Shaikh, Poonam Dhillon
Despite its grim storyline, this film, produced by Yash Chopra and released on this day in 1979, was...
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Death anniversary special: Feroz Khan’s award-winning turn in Aadmi Aur Insaan
On his 10th death anniversary today (27 April), we look back at Khan's fiery performance in the...
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25 years of Darr: SRK’s ‘K-k-k-kiran' was inspired by Yash Chopra, says Juhi Chawla
The actress takes a trip down memory lane talking about the film, which also starred Sunny Deol and...
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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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Countering Hindu extremism through the message of harmony – Yash Chopra’s Dharmputra (1961)
Continuing our series on early Hindi films that explored the project of nation-building and of we at...