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Ajji wins Fresh Blood Best Film award at Beaune International Thriller Film Festival
The 10th edition of the festival was held in Beaune, France.
Article Hindi Tamil
70 years of Chandralekha: Rare photos and facts from SS Vasan’s south spectacle
The timeless film, first released in Tamil on 9 April 1948, was the most expensive Indian film of its time.
Article Canadian
Sanatan Suryavanshi: The Breadwinner was an ambitious project
The art director on the Oscar-nominated and Annie award-winning film speaks about the creative process of bringing the animated story to life on the big screen.
Article American
'Always be prepared' is Priyanka Chopra's motto in Quantico S3: Trailer
Produced by ABC Studios, this season will include Blair Underwood, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, McLaughlin, Johanna Braddy, Russell Tovey, and Alan Powell.
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October song 'Manwaa': Sombre tune shows Varun, Banita through separation pangs
The third song from the upcoming film from Shoojit Sircar gives us more insight into the lonely lives of the characters played by Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu.
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John Abraham-Manoj Bajpayee's Satyameva Jayate to be released on 15 August
The film is due to clash with Reema Kagti’s Gold (2018), starring Akshay Kumar, at the box office.
Article British
Anupam Kher gets BAFTA nomination for BBC show The Boy With The Topknot
Kher is nominated alongside Adrian Dunbar, Brían F O’Byrne and Jimmi Simpson in the Best Supporting Actor category.
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10 times Filmindia editor Baburao Patel gave a witty insight into the industry
On the acerbic writer’s 114th birth anniversary today (he was born on 4 April 1904), we delve back into some issues of the industry magazine to revisit Patel’s popular column where he answered readers’ questions.
Article American British
5 things you didn't know about author-screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
On her fifth death anniversary today (she died on 3 April 2013), we remember the perceptive writer with a look at a few interesting facts from her life.
Article Hindi
John Abraham's Parmanu to be released on 4 May
The film, directed by Abhishek Sharma, went through a behind-the-scenes battle between its producers.
Article Hindi Telugu
10 unforgettable Hindi songs picturised on Jaya Prada: Birthday special
As the actress-politician turns 56 (she was born on 3 April 1962), we take a look at some of the memorable Hindi film songs picturised on her.
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Sudhir Mishra remembers late partner, editor Renu Saluja in a memoir
The filmmaker will reportedly make a film on Saluja. Actress Aditi Rao Hydari has been signed to play the lead in the film, tentatively titled Swaha.
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Hindi films were made with an abandon in the 1970s, it's missing today: Blogger Beth Watkins
The American writer, whose blog is titled ‘Beth Loves Bollywood’, speaks to Cinestaan.com about how she began watching Indian films, what she enjoys about them today, and how she keeps up with them online.
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Christopher Nolan on the future of celluloid: Film is here to stay
Nolan, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Tacita Dean came together to draw attention to the importance of film preservation in the digital age.
Article American Tamil
Kamal Haasan, Christopher Nolan discuss cinema at Mumbai film event
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker of Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) is in India to promote film preservation and restoration.
Article Telugu
Amitabh Bachchan excited to share screen with Chiranjeevi in Telugu film
The veteran Hindi film actor will be seen playing a guru in the upcoming film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy.
Article Hindi
October is inspired from a personal incident, says director Shoojit Sircar
In a conversation with Cinestaan.com, the filmmaker spoke about the origins of October and how making the poetic film has changed him as filmmaker and a person.
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Rahul Khanna shares throwback family photo on brother Akshaye’s birthday
The actor celebrated his younger brother’s birthday with the family photo.
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Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar's Lust Stories anthology heads to Netflix India
The upcoming anthology, also directed by Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee, will be available worldwide in June on the international platform.
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Shoojit Sircar on October theme music: I thought it was magical
The theme music, composed by Shantanu Moitra, created the right mood for the cast and crew of October.