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8Apr/130

Comeback of Holi in Hindi cinema with Karan Johar's YEH JAWAANI HAI

Comeback of Holi in Hindi cinema with Karan Johar's YEH JAWAANI HAI ...
Holi, whenever it has been used in the Hindi films has been used as an element to connoted the rasas of rati-love, hasa- laughter, vismaya- astonishment and utsaha- energy. These are the four idioms that have defined the songs of Hindi cinema from the ...
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Crossing Over with Music
The trend of mainstream Bollywood music directors composing for regional films — especially Marathi films — can be traced back to Raam-Laxman. Their songs in Hindi films such as Hum Aapke Hai Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain were as famous as their ...
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Let's play holi with Bollywood hit holi songs
When it comes to the festival of Holi, we definitely cannot ignore the Hindi Film Industry. Bollywood has been highly successful in capturing the essential elements of Holi. So while Holi is here, these are the Bollywood songs which are inseparable ...
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4Apr/130

Bollywood’ most loveable actresses’ husbands

Sipping the Gossips with Goher Iqbal Punn Bollywood craze is everywhere – yes, people are crazy for the sparkling world of Hindi cinema laced with the ritzy lives of the stars. The masses...
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28Nov/120

Kareena Kapoor said ‘yes’ to item song when Saif forced her

Mumbai: Kareena Kapoor, the leading babe of Hindi cinema, is on the top – we all are well aware. Her much-awaited marriage has also happened and she is now Mrs. Saif Ali Khan....
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25Nov/120

Deepika Padukone is heavily in demand

Mumbai: Deepika Padukone, the babe of Hindi cinema, is well in demand these days post the big success of Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer Cocktail. The movie got big reviews and...
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21Nov/120

Pran is hospitalized, Dilip Kumar sad about friends’ deaths, Shashi is fine

Mumbai: Bollywood legendary villain and character actor Pran has been hospitalized due to his bad health, the sources and the reports tell. Veteran actor of Hindi cinema has been admitted in the Mumbai’s...
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30Oct/120

The Man Who Sparked Bollywood's Love of Foreign Locales

The Man Who Sparked Bollywood's Love of Foreign Locales
If Bollywood audiences are accustomed to seeing exotic locales, they have one man in particular to thank: Yash Chopra. Mr. Chopra, who died Sunday, was a towering figure in Hindi cinema, credited with popularizing shooting in foreign locations, which ...
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Ajay Devgan, Sonakshi Sinha return from F1 Indian Grand Prix
Another chronicle in Bollywood marketing strategies! Whether or not they're keen F1 enthusiasts, we don't know. But Ajay Devgan and Sonakshi Sinha, stars of upcoming film 'Son of Sardar', which has already been in the news due to its controversial date ...
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17Oct/120

Women too have stories to tell

Women too have stories to tell
There was a time when the heroine was only a glamorous add-on in Hindi films, with the plot loaded heavily in the hero's favour. Not anymore. Heroine-oriented films are being increasingly made; they are successes too. I have grown up on Bollywood.
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Tepid, Non-Scary Rehash of Old Ghost Movies
He came here to change Hindi cinema and its grammar, full of reasonably out-of-the-box thinking. In 1995, he dissociated the film song from the script with “Rangeela,” a 'tapori' love story that had its charm. He made violence (the real, gritty and ...
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16Oct/120

37 years baad – OMG brings back 'Jai Santoshi Maa' wave

37 years baad - OMG brings back 'Jai Santoshi Maa' wave
1975 was a golden year for Hindi cinema. In one set of theatres history was being rewritten with a masala action saga Sholay creating records while on another, a religious flick Jai Santoshi Maa was minting money. Today, history is repeating itself ...
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Bhidoo is back!
“Doing films in Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali,” he replied coolly when somebody unwisely asked what he had been doing all the while and why had he selected Dutch writer-director Laurence Postma's maiden Hindi film Cover Story: ...
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14Oct/120

Latest Songs Hindi News

Former 'Indian Idol' winner Sreeram Chandra turns to acting
Former 'Indian Idol' winner Sreeram Chandra turns to acting. The 26-year-old has crooned several songs in Telugu and few in Hindi over the years. 'Prema Geema Jantha Nai' will be produced by Dadi Balabhaskar and Maddala Bhaskar, and is slated to go ...
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India's Nightingale Celebrates Her 83rd Birthday
With this song she outshined the singing talent of the existing female singers. And with her singing legacy she continued singing for generations of Bollywood actresses from Madhubala to Kajol.Lataji has sung song in Hindi cinema in all genres like ...
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Songs of the Soul
Eight million (and counting) is the number of hits her song Tumhi Ho Bandhu from the film Cocktail, has got on YouTube. Not long ago, the soft melodious number, Iktara, from Wake Up Sid, had everyone tuning in for more. So did Mora Piya from the film ...
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30Sep/120

Naseeruddin Shah in Toronto for two plays and TIFF Bell Lightbox appearance

Naseeruddin Shah in Toronto for two plays and TIFF Bell Lightbox appearance
Aparita Bhandari Special to the Star. “I exploit commercial cinema. Every time my bank balance starts running low, I act in a big popular (Bollywood) movie and stock up for the next few years,” says Naseeruddin Shah, a veteran actor in the Indian film ...
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'Heroine' movie review and box office report
The Hindi movie "Heroine", starring Kareena Kapoor, was released on September 21, 2012 which is also Kareena's birthday. The movie was produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Ronnie Screwvala and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. View slideshow: Kareena ...
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Heroine in Hindi cinema
This is a series of events focussing on conversations about Indian cinema. The first one, held some months ago, was on gangster movies. This one examined the role of the heroine in Hindi cinema. I am the moderator for the Brunch dialogues and last week ...
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