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Martin Scorsese first expressed his wish to restore Kalpana: Mamata Shankar

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Dance great Uday Shankar’s directorial Kalpana (1948) was screened at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival on Monday. Uday Shankar’s daughters Mamata Shankar and Tanusree Shankar were present at the screening along with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, who restored the film. “My father was on a vacation with Guru Dutt and my mother Amala Shankar when he […]

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Mrunal Thakur on playing Sivagami in Netflix’s Baahubali prequel

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On 9 November, Netflix announced 8 new original films, as well as multiple series for the Indian audience. Among these was a prequel series to SS Rajamouli’s blockbuster, Baahubali franchise, titled Baahubali:Before The Beginning. The series will feature Mrunal Thakur, Rahul Bose, Atul Kulkarni, Vaquar Shaikh and Anup Soni in key roles.  Thakur, who was

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Business of Thugs Of Hindostan drops by 60% on first Monday, lags behind Race 3 too

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The wheels are coming off for Thugs Of Hindostan much quicker than anyone would have expected. After a record opening of Rs50.75 crore nett, the business of action adventure starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh, has dropped alarmingly.   The first Monday collection dropped over 60% from the Sunday collection

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After Diljit Dosanjh’s Soorma, Deepak Singh produces a film on unheralded Sikh boxer

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Of the many biopics being made today, the ones that have stood out are the stories of sportspersons triumphing over the odds. Farhan Akhtar scored the biggest hit of his career with Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), a biopic of track and field legend Milkha Singh. Aamir Khan told the story of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and

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Ronnie Screwvala responds to Kedarnath ‘love jihad’ row

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Yesterday, Ajendra Ajay, a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) media relations team, accused Abhishek Kapoor’s next film Kedarnath (2018) of promoting ‘love jihad.’ He wrote to Prasoon Joshi, chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), asking a ban on the film that allegedly hurts ‘religious sentiments’. Love jihad is a term used

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