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  'Bollywood, a lifeline for the Pakistani film industry'

  Bollywood | December 02, 2015 13:12 IST

  Panaji: Despite border skirmishes, cross-border shelling and gunpowder-laced neighbourly acrimony, Bollywood films continue to provide a lifeline to Pakistan's film industry, says a leading filmmaker from across the border, Jamshed Mahmood Raza."It's very simple. We

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  Amitabh Bachchan's tweet about Kader Khan will make cine buffs happy!

  Bollywood | August 09, 2015 22:44 IST

  Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday announced and welcomed the return of veteran actor Kader Khan to the glitz and glamour of showbiz after a break from the arclights.“Kader Khan... great colleague, writer, contributor to

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  Smita Patil 'forced' Nana to join film industry

  Bollywood | March 01, 2015 22:49 IST

  Mumbai: Acclaimed actor Nana Patekar says he enjoyed doing plays on stage, but late actress and "very good friend" Smita Patil forced him to enter the film industry."I used to do plays and I was

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  Genres merge as BFJA honours Bengali film industry

  Bollywood | September 11, 2013 17:34 IST

  Kolkata: In a merger of masala and arthouse genre, reflecting the emerging trend of Bengali cinema, the 75th premier BFJA award feted both Anik Dutta and Dev for Bhooter Bhabishyat and Khokababu respectively.  Proloy maker

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  'It's the most exciting time for the film industry'

  Bollywood | July 09, 2013 16:19 IST

  New Delhi, July 9: As Indian cinema celebrates its century, director Nikhil Advani says this is the most exciting time for filmmakers as they are experimenting and getting creative freedom thanks to flexible audiences.Earlier, filmmakers

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  Film industry is my surrogate family, says SRK

  Bollywood | July 04, 2013 17:26 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 4: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is happy that despite being an outsider, the film industry has always been generous to him and says it is his surrogate family. "I don't have a struggling

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  Bollywood doesn't value writers, says Balki

  Bollywood | June 03, 2012 22:23 IST

  Mumbai: Writer-director R Balki feels that writers are not valued in the film industry, so they choose to become directors.Balakrishnan, better known as Balki, has written and directed ‘Cheeni Kum' (2007) and ‘Paa' (2009). Both

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  Shah Rukh Says He Didn't Imagine Staying In Films So Long

  Bollywood | April 15, 2012 16:48 IST

  Chandrakona Road (WB), Apr 15: Superstar Shahrukh Khan today said he never imagined that he would be able to survive in the film industry for such a long time - a good 21 years -

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  Film Industry Warns Of Strike Over Service Tax

  Bollywood | February 03, 2012 9:38 IST

  Mumbai, Feb 3 : The film industry has threatened to go on a strike on February 23 to protest the Centre's proposal to levy a service tax of nearly 10.3 per cent on the multi-billion

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  Film Industry Has Become A Dirty Game Now: Sanjay Dutt

  Bollywood | July 28, 2011 16:29 IST

  Mumbai, July 28: Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has said that the film industry is no longer the family it used to be and that the changing attitude of people have upset him. "A lot of