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No ´Lahore´ In Pakistan!
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Nav Varsh Samvat
March 16th, 2010
The Hindu New Year is observed in major states in North India and it is also known as Chaitra Shukladi
(Other states to celebrate it but dates slightly vary but not by much)

Magical Hong Kong To Honour Amitabh At Its 34th International Film Festival
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Starting with a fondness for Talat Mahmood’s voice, Khayyam slowly switched over to Mohammed Rafi for giving voice his compositions. Rafi embellished many of his tunes “Jeet hee lenge bazi hum tum”, “Jaane kiya dhoondtee rehte hain yeh aankhein mujh mein”. That Khayyam was a perfectionist is evident in his music. In his songs, music [...]

Ranbir : I´m With Shah Rukh Khan; Bullying of Artistes Has To Stop
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Asin Thottumkal : In Bollywood Creativity Is Not The Name Of The Game!
“In Bollywood we all are commodities, who can be replaced by another at a moment’s notice. And therefore there is the need for constant compromise. If a formula works it is flogged to death, let ideas be damned,” said the actress.
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In the days of V. Shantaram, it was an accepted premise to make a film with a strong moral. Those were the years when discipline was a good word, associated with leaders of people, and not with prudes and losers.
So it was possible for a film to preach while it entertained, and the box office [...]

Hollywood calling for Shah Rukh Khan; to do a film with Leonardo Di Caprio
By Joginder Tuteja, March 12, 2010 – 11:43 IST
Informs our source, “Not many know but when Shah Rukh visited Berlin for the premiere of My Name Is Khan, his agenda also included a groundbreaking movie deal. He was power-dining with Hollywood [...]

Appearances can be deceptive. Somehow, I’ve not been able to connect to the promos of RIGHT YAAA WRONG. And now, after I’ve watched the film, I genuinely feel that the promos don’t do justice to this taut thriller.
Also, I had strong reservations for this one. Sunny Deol, an A-lister at a point of time, had [...]

Even before Farhan Akhtar has shot the first frame with Shah Rukh Khan for Don 2, we hear that Anil Ambani has snapped up the film distribution rights.
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Gunga Jumna (1961)
To many of the connoisseurs of Hindi cinema, “Gunga Jumna” is a classic entertainer at its best with a powerful story, outstanding performances and riveting music. In fact, some even advocate it as a must see movie for film students to understand how a taut script under a deft director, can make [...]

Imtiaz Ali: Katrina not signed opposite Ranbir
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Abhishek Bachchan Wows London Film Festival Audiences
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IN 1974, at the peak of his career, superstar Rajesh Khanna remarked, “The superhit numbers of my films are remembered more because of my presence than the singer or anyone else.” He was severely criticised by even greater stars like Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor for his monstrous ego and stupid comments. History proved later [...]

Sachin Tendulkar creates ANOTHER History, first 200 in ODI
CONGRATS MASTER

Akshay-Sajid´s ´Housefull´ With Farhan´s ´Karthik Calling Karthik´
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India: My Name Is Khan does net business of Rs 480 million in week 1
(At one time BOC was Prof. CHSO4’s fav BO source and also NG’s God of box-office’s trusted reference point, to put down films like Partner. I had dismissed it then I dismiss it [...]

Abhishek takes giant strides towards Big B’s shoes!
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Dibakar’s LSD carrying very good reports!
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SRK Chennai King Again For The Second Consecutive Week
(I though it was doing well only in pockets, where people had bad taste or in muslim dominated areas)
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