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Karan Johar hits back at 'irresponsible' remarks about Ae Dil Hai Mushkil dialogues
The director wrote a scathing tweet on his social media account calling statements about the 'insulting dialogue' in the film irresponsible and attempts to 'mask insecurities'.
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra bats for Ventilator, has 'no interest to see' Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
The producer-director praised Rajesh Mapuskar's Marathi venture and called upon 'everyone to support a good film'.
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CBFC to bleep insult to Mohammed Rafi in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
The board may ask Karan Johar to mute the dialogue in the Ranbir Kapoor-Anushka Sharma starrer in view of the growing anger against the implied insult to the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi.
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Amitabh Bachchan to inaugurate the 2016 Kolkata International Film Festival
The veteran actor has been invited to preside over the opening of the 22nd Kolkata festival on 11 November.
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Jackie Chan, Sonu Sood's Xuanzang is Chinese entry to the Oscars
The actor's Chinese film, Xuanzang, has been selected as China's official entry for the 2017 Academy Awards.
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First week: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil makes Rs78 crore, Shivaay slows down
Karan Johar's film has made a box-office collection of Rs78 crore while Ajay Devgn's action-adventure directorial venture lags behind with Rs61.50 crore.
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Aamir Khan chills in Arunachal, will later attend real Dangal girl's wedding
The actor is holidaying in Arunachal Pradesh after completing Nitesh Tiwari's Dangal. He is also scheduled to attend the real 'Dangal' girl, Geeta Phogat's wedding while on his break.
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Priyanka Chopra slays slo-mo run on Late Night With Seth Meyers
Continuing her run of television chat shows, the actress made an appearance on Meyers's late-night talk show and spoke of her love for the slow motion camera.
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How Prithviraj Kapoor laid the foundation of a theatrical empire
An immaculate actor larger than life, Prithviraj Kapoor was the founder of the first family of Hindi cinema. But his theatrical influence lives on outside the silver screen.
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Here's how Shah Rukh Khan celebrated his 51st birthday
The superstar celebrated with close friends and colleagues at his beach house at Alibaug, a resort about 100km from Mumbai.
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Tahir Raj Bhasin replaces Ali Zafar in Gauri Shinde's Dear Zindagi
Ali Zafar has reportedly been cast out of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer to avoid the controversy that dogged the release of Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
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How Hindi cinema has celebrated Diwali
The festival of light, happiness and love has often had a pivotal role in the narrative of Hindi cinema. It is not just a profitable weekend for a new film; it has also played important roles in the structure and flow of many films. Here's a look.
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Why Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai need a firecracker hit this Diwali
Both, the Shivaay and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil teams, need their movies to succeed at the box office so they can stabilise their floundering careers.
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Pradeep Kumar: The king who could never quite rule Hindi cinema
An unwilling actor, Kumar often portrayed Mughal princes and sophisticated nobles. Despite possessing a natural gift and screen presence as well, he never quite achieved the box-office success that some of his contemporaries enjoyed.
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Here's why dancing was tough for Hrithik Roshan in Kaabil
Speaking on a Facebook live chat, the actor opened up on the challenge of doing the tango while playing a blind man in his next, Kaabil.
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Vin Diesel promised Deepika Padukone an Indian premiere, and its happening
In an interview to CNN editor, Rajeev Masand, the XXX:Return of Xander Cage actor gushed about his 'love' for Deepika Padukone, and how she got him to do an Indian premiere for the film.
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil v/s Shivaay: Which one would you spend your Diwali on?
This festival of light will see a big bang at the box-office with a highly-anticipated clash between two big productions, Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Ajay Devgn's Shivaay. If you are looking for reasons to watch either one, you are at the right place.
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Priyanka Chopra downs tequila and ups her charm on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Making an appearance on the celebrated talk show, Chopra laid to rest one misconception about Indians that we do not drink as much.
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Ranveer Singh's Khilji has a queen, and it is not Deepika Padukone
Aditi Rao Hydari has reportedly signed on to play Alauddin Khilji's chief Begum, Kamla Devi, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next, Padmavati.
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Karan Johar to distribute film on 1971 Indo-Pak war, Ghazi
The director will take up the distribution of the trilingual film starring Rana Daggubati and Taapsee Pannu.