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Take IFFI to Cannes scale: Ambika
The inauguration of the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) provided a platform for Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni to pitch for greater global recognition of the ev...
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First blood
Fans of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series cannot wait to check out the big screen version
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‘Wheat’ opens 40th edition of IFFI
’Wheat’, the story of two warring Chinese dynasties set in 260 BC, opened the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) with veteran actress Waheeda Rehman being...
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Kamal Haasan launches TV serial ‘Abirami’
Television and film industry share a brotherly relationship and can co-exist, said actor Kamal Haasan.Television was considered a potential threat by film industry when it began to roll out...
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The reel story
Three years ago an award-winning director stepped into their house, Syamakrishna Vihar, atop a hill in Pazhassi in North Kerala's Kannur district. This was not the first time it had happened...
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Small screen stint
Moving to the small screen from the big one indicates one thing: a drop in popularity ratings. At least that’s how it comes across for one-time Bollywood diva, Rani Mukherjee whose career gra...
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Reliance Big, Brad Pitt pact for sci-fi film ‘Dark Void’
Reliance Big Entertainment and Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B have entered into a pact with leading video gaming firm Capcom to make the sci-fi action game “Dark Void” into...
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In good cheer
“It is said that a person who makes other people laugh has a lot of pain in his heart. On the contrary, I have thoroughly enjoyed being a comedian and don't nurse such thoughts,”...
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NTR dons a dual role
When a dynamic star hero and a dynamic director join hands to please a wide section of the audience, the combo is called Adurs. That's the title registered by producer Vallabhaneni Vamsy Moh...
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"Bombay Summer" rules NY film fest
“Bombay Summer”, which explores the fleeting and delicate friendship among three young people, won top three awards including best film and best director at the Mahindra Indo-American A...
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Big B is Aishwarya's timekeeper
Bollywood’s leading beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan believes that when it comes to managing time efficiently, nobody does it better than her father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan.The...
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My first break - GANESH VENKATARAMAN
How it happenedI was a software programmer in Mumbai, when I took part in Mr. India contest, and won it. I represented India at the Mr. World Contest in Istanbul, Turkey, and finished...
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Rain, rain, go away
You could be forgiven for thinking that Tum Mile is a disaster film after watching the promos. Actually, it is… but not in genre. With a not-so-watertight script, Tum Mile is a natural calamity at...
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On a roll
Assassin’s creed
Hrithik's 'Kites' being re-formatted in Hollywood for Western audiences
Tough law to check film piracy planned
Movie about President Lula opens Brasilia film festival
Suniel Shetty’s “Red Alert” to premiere at Goa film festival
First and the finest
Doomsday sells as filmgoers spend 65 million dollars on ‘2012’
Not as Saif's sister in his films: Soha Ali Khan
I don’t make it a hobby to help heroines: Akshay
He worked with them when they were new to the film industry and gave back-to-back hits but Akshay Kumar refuses to take credit for Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra’s success. The actor says...
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Shilpa Shetty ties the knot
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty is now a married woman. In one of the most awaited weddings in the tinsel town, the actor tied the knot with London-based businessman Raj Kundra in a lavish ceremony o...
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‘Paa’ is a special movie for me: Vidya Balan
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is playing Amitabh Bachchan’s mother in her forthcoming movie Paa, says that now she can proudly tell everyone that the 67-year-old megastar was her...
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Return of the native
The ongoing International Children's Film Festival has turned Prasad's multiplex into a festive zone. School children, film-makers, jury members and the media move from one place to another...
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Challenge to make films
When Sri Lankan director Somaratne Dissanayake decided to follow his heart and make movies, the option was to chuck his cushy job in Australia and return to Sri Lanka, his birth place. &ldqu...
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Amitabh: It’s a wonder I’m still getting offers
Age is no bar for Amitabh Bachchan. From television to films to endorsements, he is doing everything and that keeps the 67-year-old megastar busier than his younger colleagues.“I do w...
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Madhuri Dixit to play Indira Gandhi
Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit is all set to essay the role of the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, in a two-part biopic by film-maker Krishna Shah. The Golden Globe-nominated Mr. Shah...
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Grill Mill - Sangavi
Why don’t we see you much on the screen anymore?Million dollar question! I have no answer for that. Is it because you’re looking to play only the lead? <...
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Spaghetti Eastern!
Cartoonist-humourist turned comedy writer-director Chimbudevan made quite an impact with his maiden mega-hit venture, Imsai Arasan 23-aam Pulikesi, and though his second film, Arai Enn 305-il Kadav...
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Signature Eastwood
Like good wine that gains in character as it ages, Clint Eastwood is a cinematic presence that just keeps getting better. His directorial ventures especially, tell great stories, right from his deb...
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Ready for more?
Elemental saga
“The industry is slowly moving from the escapist commercial fare”
Brad Pitt says no to direction
‘Paa’ is a role of a lifetime: Abhishek
Indian animation movies ready for world market
Cameron Diaz's 'The Box' 'among worst movies ever'
Amitabh, Aamir to discuss marketing strategies for 'Paa', '3 Idiots'
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Thousands of fans of the popular vampire series "Twilight" thronged the Los Angeles preimiere of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" on Monday. The book by Stephenie Meyer has become a pop sensation in the recent years and the movie, with young stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is well on its way gaining cult status among young movie-goers.
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Director Selva, who remade ‘Naan Avan Illai’ , a yesteryear hit movie by K. Balachander is now wielding the megaphone for its sequel – ‘Naan Avan Illai -2.’ More images from the upcoming Tamil film.
