Cinema
The name stays ‘Bond, James Bond’
November 1, 2020
Best known for the inaugural and one of the best portrayal of British Secret Service agent, Connery was born Thomas Sean Connery on August 25, 1930. His mother, Effie, he later revealed, occasionally worked as a cleaning woman. After doing a bunch of odd jobs and facing a handfu...
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Sparkling, scintillating superstar Shammi
October 21, 2020
Often called the first rockstar of Indian cinema, Shammi Kapoor, is remembered for his legendary films, boyish charm, dance moves and never-ending energy.
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7 Hollywood films with popular Indian songs
October 14, 2020
Indian viewers turned nostalgic, ecstatic and stunned when the Ryan Reynold-starring Deadpool (2016) opened to Mera Joota Hai Japani, a Hindi song from 1955 film Shree 420. The fervour reached a crescendo when director Tim Miller included Yuhin chala chal rahi, a song from Swa...
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Guru Dutt: Melancholic romantic of Indian cinema
October 10, 2020
A stalwart of Indian cinema, Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone is better known as Guru Dutt and his relevance in creating melancholy as a cinematic language still remains a significant chapter in the evolution of filmmaking in the country. Though remembered for his iconic actin...
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50 years of Yash Raj Films: Five underrated films
September 25, 2020
From its first romantic drama, Daag: A Poem of Love, released in 1973 to their latest action thriller, Mardaani 2, featuring Rani Mukherjee as Shivani Roy, released in December 2019, Yash Raj Films has been producing gems for Indian cinema for over 50 years now. Founded by late f...
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Binge watching on rise in India: DAN report
September 20, 2020
India’s on demand digital streaming industry surpassed the national film industry in terms of both viewership and growth. With entertainment gone online coupled with a surge in online gamers, the pandemic has proven to be a fillip to the sector with consumers confined to their ...
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Venice Film Festival 2020: Few films, fewer fans
September 11, 2020
As the world grapples with the deadly coronavirus disease, the organisation of the 77th edition of Venice Film Festival was the first, tentative step towards normalcy and resumption of international gatherings. At the beginning of the year, Italy & Venice in particular had em...
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Bollywood stuntwomen: Stories of struggle, injurie...
September 2, 2020
Leaping off cliffs, running through fires and jumping out of helicopters are all in a day’s work for Bollywood stuntwomen. Though male stunt artistes continue to dominate the celluloid, female stuntwomen say they feel more welcome than their predecessors. “I got an opportunit...
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Throwback to six Indian TV shows that broke the mo...
August 27, 2020
There is no denying that Indian television shows generally spew questionable and regressive content. With prime time slots reserved for shows like Naagin, Sasural Simar Ka and Big Boss, there is a dearth of quality content on Indian television. However, earlier when the number of...
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Bidita Bag salutes coronawarriors in Pandemic vide...
August 21, 2020
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz fame actress Bidita Bag presents the tumultuous experience of life in a pandemic through a video on YouTube and Instagram. Working on fashion photographer Somsubhro Sarkaar’s concept of mime art and photography, Bag paid tribute to the nation’s Coronawa...
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