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Basu Paribaar is Sudipta Chakraborty’s dream project

For Sudipta Chakraborty, Suman Ghosh’s upcoming film Basu Paribaar has been a dream-come-true project. In the film, the actress will be seen with legendary artistes Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee. The film also features Rituparna Sengupta, Jisshu Sengupta, Kaushik Sen, Saswata Chatterjee, Paran Bandopadhyay and Sreenanda Shankar. “I used to dream of working with senior artistes […]

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Habba Khatoon’s lyrical tale finds a new twist

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There have been a number of Sufi songs and Kashmiri influences that have wafted into Hindi film music over the years. But No Fathers In Kashmir returns to the one poet who literally put lyrics into Kashmiri music. The song, ‘Chol Homa Roshay’, is born from the 16th century female Kashmiri poet, Habba Khatoon’s verses,

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Makers of PM Narendra Modi biopic reply to EC

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The makers of the upcoming biopic on prime minister Narendra Modi, PM Narendra Modi, have denied any connection with the ruling BJP party in their reply to the Election Comission. The advocate for the film’s producers — Anand Pandit, Sandip Ssingh, Manish Acharya, and Suresh Oberoi — stated that the makers had no connection with

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Rima Das is latest ambassador for Toronto International Film Festival’s Share Her Journey

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National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das has been named the Toronto International Film Festival’s Share Her Journey programme as an official ambassador. The Canadian festival launched the initiative in 2017 to increase the role of women in film, both in behind-the-scenes and in front of the camera. It is part of the festival’s five-year campaign to

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Boney Kapoor to produce remake of Telugu film F2

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Veteran filmmaker Boney Kapoor has acquired the rights for the Hindi remake of Telugu film F2 – Fun and Frustration (2019). Kapoor has roped in director Anees Bazmee to helm the remake. “IT’S OFFICIAL… Boney Kapoor and Dil Raju [leading producer of #Telugu films] join hands for the official #Hindi remake of #Telugu hit #F2…

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‘Thankless’ Kangana Ranaut shouldn’t mess with me, warns Pahlaj Nihalani

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Producer Pahlaj Nihalani has hit out at actress Kangana Ranaut, who mentioned his name and a film they worked on unfavourably. In a video interview for Mid-Day’s Sit with Hitlist programme, Ranaut spoke about her first project I love You Boss, where she claimed that producer Nihalani had asked her to shoot in a robe

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New LEGO Batman Sets Being Released for the 80th Anniversary

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Warner Bros. is making a big deal out of the 80th anniversary of Batman, and part of that big deal includes a new line of LEGO sets. Of course, The Dark Knight is no stranger to LEGO having a wide variety of sets not to mention his own LEGO movie, but these are some nice

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Mumbai’s popular Chandan Cinema shuts operations

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Chandan Cinema in Juhu, one of Mumbai’s iconic single-screen theatres, has shut its operations effective today (29 March). “We ran all shows yesterday. The final film to be screened was Akshay Kumar’s Kesari. We have stopped operations from this morning,” Bhavesh Raja, manager, Chandan Cinema told Cinestaan.com. Kesari was released on 21 March. Raja said

Is Kangana Ranaut playing a cop in Mental Hai Kya?

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The first posters of Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao-starrer Mental Hai Kya made heads turn because of their quirkiness. While not much is known about the characters of the two, the latest pictures released from the sets of the film seem to be giving us some idea about Ranaut’s character in the film. The actress’s

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Janhvi Kapoor to play a double role in the Rajkummar Rao horror comedy, Rooh-Afza

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Janhvi Kapoor is set to experiment with a new genre in Hardik Mehta’s upcoming horror comedy, Rooh Afza. The actress joins Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma on the comedy, produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films. The makers released the new cast and theatrcial release date of 20 March 2020. The first poster certainly captures the tinge

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