Batla House': Facts messed up by fiction (Rating: ** & 1/2)
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY "Batla House"; Cast: John Abraham, Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishen; Direction: Nikkhil Adva...
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Binge-watching Netflix with your wife can ruin your night
London, Aug 15 (IANS) As you sit through the night to binge-watch "Sacred Games Season 2" on Netflix, the no-s...
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'Mission Mangal': Ordinary film about an extraordinary feat (Rating: ** & 1/2)
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Film: "Mission Mangal"; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu...
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Tricolor movies, then and now
BY DURGA CHAKRAVARTY New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The Hindi film industry has always managed to touch the hearts ...
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Veteran actress Vidya Sinha passes away at 71
Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actress Vidya Sinha, known for her role in Basu Chatterjee's film "Raj...
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Penguin to publish story of iconic screen goddess Sridevi
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) In what is described as the first and only detailed chronicle of Sridevi's 50-year lo...
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Bollywood: Coming to terms with today (Battling Change - I)
BY AMIT KHANNA Bollywood is going through a purple patch in the last couple of years. Or so it appears. The r...
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Needed: A new mindset in Bollywood (Battling Change - II)
BY AMIT KHANNA If the Industry has survived (thrived?) so many decades it is because of the influx of fresh c...
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Naseeruddin Shah's short film in race for Oscar entry
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The short film "Half Full", starring veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, has gotten a ste...
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Stop patronizing India: Shekhar Kapur to western media
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has urged the western media to stop patronizing India. "India i...
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