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Bollywood celebs in tears at Farooque Sheikh's funeral

Bollywood celebrities were in tears as they bade farewell to veteran actor Farooq Sheikh, who was laid to rest at the Andheri graveyard on December 30. The body of the 65-year-old actor was earlier in...

Posted On: Dec 31, 2013 | Comments : 0

'Tooh, Party all night' - the falling standards of Bollywood lyrics

'Tooh' from 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein' and 'Party all night' from 'Boss' are just two instances of falling standards of Bollywood lyrics. Who killed the film song? Subhash ...

Posted On: Nov 08, 2013 | Comments : 0

Will Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar come together after 32 years?

Salim-Javed, one of the most celebrated scriptwriters of 1970s and 1980s, will come together after a long time for the trailer launch of Sholay 3D Thursday. The duo scripted commercially successful fi...

Posted On: Nov 07, 2013 | Comments : 0

Javed Akhtar: There is urgent need to preserve heritage

Acclaimed writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar stressed the urgent need to preserve the country's heritage and offered his aid in archiving cultural relics. "In these changing times the care for our ...

Posted On: Aug 24, 2013 | Comments : 0

Why did Salman Khan reject Farhan Akhtar’s films?

Is it an old rivalry between the two warring veteran writers that’s spilling into the next generation? Salman Khan has turned down two film offers from Farhan Akhtar so far, for reasons unknown ...

Posted On: Jul 17, 2013 | Comments : 0

Bombay Talkies Special Screening

o mark the 100 years of Indian Cinema, the industries biggest names in film direction Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anuraj Kashap and Dibakar Banerjee screened their collaboration film Bombay Talkies on t...

Posted On: Apr 29, 2013 | Comments : 0

New hurdle for Zanjeer remake

Remake of Zanjeer will have to cross another obstacle if it has to see the light of the day. Almost a year after they first brought up the issue with the producers of Zanjeer - new as well as original...

Posted On: Apr 09, 2013 | Comments : 0

I get scared while writing scripts: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj tells us what really gets him all wound up When your co-producer is someone of a different sensibility, isn't your creative freedom at stake? I only do films with the 'money ma...

Posted On: Apr 02, 2013 | Comments : 0

Waheeda Rahman, Shabana Azmi help raise £300,000 for underprivileged children

Indian cinema's veteran stars came together to help the Akshaya Patra Foundation UK to raise funds and pledge to help thousands of underprivileged children in India with free school meals at The S...

Posted On: Mar 28, 2013 | Comments : 0

Screen writers to correct Bollywood's drift from reality

The country's top scriptwriters will pitch to correct Bollywood's growing disconnect with ground realities during the third Indian Screenwriters Conference, to be held in Mumbai Feb 25-27. The...

Posted On: Feb 25, 2013 | Comments : 0
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