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Leena Yadav’s Rajma Chawal will have world premiere at BFI London Film Festival
The romantic comedy stars Rishi Kapoor, Anirudh Tanwar, and Amyra Dastur.
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50 years of Neel Kamal: Overwrought reincarnation drama with tragic love triangle
We revisit the exaggerated drama, starring Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar and Raaj Kumar, which released today (2 September) five decades ago.
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Watch: Varun Dhawan discusses his journey on creating Mauji’s look
The actor narrated how he and director Sharat Katariya worked to get the right image for his character.
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Manmarziyaan song: Vicky Kaushal tries to get Taapsee Pannu's attention in 'DhayaanChand'
The catchy, quirky number by Amit Trivedi places the leads at an impasse in the film.
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Javed Akhtar to write web-series Barefoot 11 for Voot
The series will tell the Partition era story of two athletes, a Hindu and a Muslim, who bring together India through football.
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Thor actor Chris Hemsworth set to film in India for Netflix movie Dhaka
The actor will rescue a young Indian boy in the kidnap-extraction drama written by Joe Russo.
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Reema Kagti’s Gold becomes first Hindi film to be released in Saudi Arabia
After a 35-year ban, the Middle Eastern kingdom has allowed the re-opening of public movie theatres and permitted only certain films to be screened for local audiences.
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30 years of Rihaee: How writer-director Aruna Raje overcame obstacles to direct the drama
As the film completes 30 years today (31 August), we look at the challenges the filmmaker faced on her first solo directorial project.
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Dipesh Jain on child actor Om Singh: I found a real-life Idris
The first-time director revealed that the newcomer’s life experiences were woven into the script of Gali Guleiyan (2018).
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Director Elan, producer Sandeep Singh to remake Tamil film Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (2018) in Hindi
The duo will also collaborate on a multi-film deal which will launch new artistes and filmmakers.
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Shahid Kapoor steps into boxer Dingko Singh’s shoes for biopic
The life story of the boxer who won gold at the 1998 Asian Games and survived cancer will be directed by Raja Krishna Menon.
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Shailendra’s everlasting songs in Bimal Roy’s Madhumati – 95th birth anniversary special
The great lyricist, who was born on this day (30 August) in 1923, wrote nine masterful songs for the supernatural drama which was released 60 years ago.
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Abhishek Kapoor, wife Pragya Yadav welcome second son, Shamsher
The filmmaker and his wife are also parents to Isana who was born in November 2016.
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Soundarya Sharma not part of Wonder Woman sequel starring Gal Gadot
The actress confirmed, then retracted her casting in the film, to be directed by Patty Jenkins.
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AR Rahman, Bishop Briggs collaborate for a song on Love Sonia
Singer-composer Rahman has previously worked with director Tabrez Noorani on the Oscar-nominated Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
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BASAFF 2018: T For Taj Mahal, Spring Thunder, The Song Of Scorpions in official selection
The inaugural festival will be held in Mountain View and Palo Alto from 21 to 23 September.
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Kajol, Madhuri Dixit's fangirl moment with Asha Bhosle on Dance Deewane sets
The two actresses had a chance meeting with the legendary singer while they were getting ready to shoot the reality show.
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Once Again trailer: Neeraj Kabi, Shefali Shah find love again
The romantic drama is the first Hindi film directed by German filmmaker of Indian origin Kanwal Sethi.
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Sui Dhaaga song: 'Chaav Laaga' highlights Varun, Anushka's growing partnership
The soulful duet, composed by Anu Malik, is sung by Papon and Ronkini Gupta.
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Shriya Pilgaonkar cast in Gurinder Chadha’s British series Beecham House
The actress joins Tom Bateman, Lesley Nicol, Gregory Fitoussi, Adil Ray, Marc Warren, and Pallavi Sharda on the period drama set in the cusp of 19th century Delhi.