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The immortal hits of music composer Khayyam
The stately music maestro, who turns 90 today (18 February), has written music for select films in his career. Cinestaan.com chooses his superlative hits from the golden period of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Annu Kapoor: Difficult to achieve commercial as well as critical success
The Vicky Donor actor’s most recent role was in Subhash Kapoor’s sequel to Jolly LLB.
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When Sadhona Bose and Prithviraj Kapoor spoke in English
Revisiting the Wadia Movietone talkie, made in India 76 years ago, which was released in USA with English dialogues three years after it made its debut in Indian theatres.
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Keegan Pinto: Hindi music is a lot about likeability, not about how difficult you make it
The adman turned music composer on Running Shaadi speaks to Cinestaan.com about his journey into filmdom and why film music should be easy on the listener.
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Shahid Kapoor bids goodbye to Kangana Ranaut in Rangoon song ‘Alvida’
The latest song from Vishal Bhardwaj’s Rangoon finds Arijit Singh singing about love and transformation.
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Quickie poster features an unrecognisable Darsheel Safary
The Taare Zameen Par actor is all grown up in the first poster of his upcoming film.
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Remembering Jan Nisar Akhtar through his finest songs — Birthday special
On the poet-turned-lyricist’s 103rd birth anniversary, we go through some of his most memorably written songs from his song-writing career.
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Vinod Mehra's accidental entry into Hindi cinema
Here's a look at the late actor's long road to stardom, on his 72nd birth anniversary (13 February). Mehra's daughter Soniya tells us how he had a different path in mind for his life.
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Why My Name Is Khan is an important film to revisit
On the seventh anniversary of the film’s release today, we look at how the social drama is relevant again in this tumultuous post-Trump world.
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5 times Pran borrowed from real-life people for his characters
Pran, once Hindi cinema's most feared villain, was loathed so much that for a while no one would name their child Pran. On his 97th birth anniversary, we look at some instances in which the actor added extra flair to his characters by modelling his looks and style on real-life people.
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10 songs you forgot Tina Ambani was in
The former actress, Tina Munim, who now heads several charities as Mrs Tina Ambani, turns 60 today (11 February). We go through some of her main hit songs from the 1970s and 1980s in her decade long career.
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Shraddha Kapoor to act with Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan in Thugs of Hindostan?
The Aashiqui 2 actress is slated to work opposite Aamir Khan for the first time in this Yash Raj production.
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Fatma Begum, Jaddanbai: The earliest female filmmakers of Indian cinema
In the dawn of Indian cinema, these filmmakers were the multifaceted trailblazers who set the path for others to follow over 90 years ago.
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Composer Lalit looks back at Nida Fazli’s 'Hoshwalon Ko Khabar Kya'
The music composer remembers collaborating with the legendary poet who passed away on this day (8 February) last year for the ghazal sung by Jagjit Singh in Sarfarosh (1999). Interestingly, it is also Singh's birth anniversary today.
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Birthday special: The unforgettable tunes of Bhupinder Singh
As the famed singer turns 77 today (6 February), we present ten of his notable hits from his singing career that began in the 1960s.
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AR Rahman turns director with VR short, Le Musk
The music composer will collaborate with the Canadian company, Ideal Entertainment to put forth three films, Le Musk, 99 Songs and One Heart – The AR Rahman Concert Film.
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Farhan Akhtar’s debut film as actor, The Fakir of Venice, due to be released in India
The black comedy, shot nine years ago, is finally making its way to theatres after being shown at film festivals around the world.
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Why Guide’s Rosie is one of the most iconic female rebels in Hindi cinema
For the landmark film’s 52nd anniversary, we examine the character of Rosie, played by Waheeda Rehman, and how it was a pioneer film for female roles to follow.
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10 fun anecdotes from Abhishek Bachchan’s childhood
For his 41st birthday, we picked 10 little known episodes from Bachchan junior’s youth from photojournalist Pradeep Chandra’s pictorial biography, Abhishek Bachchan: Style & Substance.
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Divya Dutta pens tribute to her mother in new book, Me and Ma
The actress calls her late mother the force behind her success while sharing the cover of her upcoming book.