Shriram Iyengar
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Rock On 2 song: Farhan Akhtar and Shraddha Kapoor's Magik might be old, but it's got punch
The title track is a throwback to the prequel's Magik number, bringing back memories of what made the film so popular.
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How have Karan Johar's 'Students of the Year' fared since their debuts
Since their debut in the high-profile Karan Johar film, Student of the Year, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan have gone from being novices to established talents in a mercurial industry.
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Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt's 'kabaddi' will make you smile: Dear Zindagi teaser
The 'take one' for Gauri Shinde's film just came out, and it is life affirming.
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15 films to watch out for at the MAMI festival
Take up your lunchboxes. Fix your schedules. Buy your aspirins. It's film festival time again. As the year winds down, cinephiles are winding up to start festival rounds beginning with the 18th Mumbai Film Festival 2016. The festival has a lineup of some fantastic, wild, and critically acclaimed films. Here is a pick of films you might want to mark down into your programme for the festival.
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Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt on classic bicycles makes for Dear Zindagi's adorable first look
The duo strikes an adorable pose, with Khan looking quite unnecessarily miffed, in the newly released poster.
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Damned if we do, damned if we don't – Anurag Kashyap fumes
The director wrote a scathing post on his Facebook page defending his tweets, saying filmmakers are 'soft targets'.
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Why the silence of Om Puri defined his best cinematic moments
It might be his hyperbolic, sometimes hysterical, statements that get him attention now, but Om Puri has made a career out of silences. On his 65th birthday, we take a look at the actor who made a career out of silent expressions, rather than overt drama.
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Was livid when asked to sign non-pregnancy clause: Priyanka Chopra on bias against women
The actress spoke openly on a number of issues in her recent interview with NDTV's Barkha Dutt, but what stood out was her confession that the world, and the film industry, are biased against women.
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Deepika Padukone not bad at all in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage new trailer
Fans who were disappointed with the 6 second appearance in the teaser should be pleased that the makers have released a special Hindi-dubbed trailer, which is all about Deepika, for the Indian market.
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Dadasaheb Phalke award-winner Kersi Lord passes away at 81
The famous pianist, who was suffering from age-related illnesses, passed away on Sunday morning.
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I am naked to another level, says Ranveer Singh about his Befikre antics
The actor says that his daredevil speedo wearing avatar in Aditya Chopra's Befikre trailer is only an expression of the physical part of his character.
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Kangana Ranaut in a car accident, returns to shooting immediately after
The actress met with an accident while returning from the shooting location in Georgia, for Hansal Mehta's Simran.
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Vishal Bhardwaj, Sanjay Bhansali 'excite' me, says Priyanka Chopra
In her new exclusive with Anupama Chopra, the Bajirao Mastani actress talked about Vishal Bhardwaj and Sanjay Leela Bhansali as the directors who shaped her acting style.
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Lipstick Under My Burkha trailer: Snazzy tale of women breaking free
Quirky, free, and sometimes hilarious, the new trailer of Alankrita Shrivastava's film promises some good things.
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Kangana Ranaut heads for divorce in Simran
The National award-winning actress will play a divorcee in Hansal Mehta's next, Simran.
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The guru of peace: Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
As Indian and Pakistani artistes find themselves in the crossfire again due to rising tensions, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's lingering influence in Hindi cinema and its music feels all the more important. On his 88th birth anniversary today (13 October), we revisit the ustad's legacy.
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10 Kishore Kumar songs with a difference
Crazy. Cantankerous. Rhythmic. Arrhythmic. Kishore Kumar was anything he wanted to be, and everything in between. Actor, singer, producer, he remains one of the geniuses to have graced Hindi cinema and music in the last century. On his 29th death anniversary today (13 October), we remember the songs that display a different dimension to the usual joie de vivre of Kishoreda.
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Shah Rukh Khan's Ahmaq to be screened at Mumbai film festival
The actor's first foray into cinema, Mani Kaul's Ahmaq, is one of the many films being screened at the soon-to-begin Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.
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Shweta Bachchan Nanda needs her daughter Navya's life back
The daughter of a famous actor, Nanda's letter was a defense against the growing trend of 'paparazzi' on the internet. It is also an insight into the dangers of being associated with fame.
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5 of Nida Fazli's heartbreaking ghazals in Hindi cinema
A poet who was at home with the dohas of Surdas as he was the complex modernist poetry of TS Eliot, Nida Fazli gave Hindi cinema a new vocabulary that was different from the high poesy of Sahir Ludhianvi and the political idealism of Kaifi Azmi. On his first death anniversary today (12 October), we look at five of the poet's ghazals that are symbols of his life's philosophy.