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Oscar-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies

Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who won an Oscar as well as Booker prize and lived in India for more than two decades, died in the United States on Wednesday. Jhabvala, 85, breathed her last at her......

The Rafale deal and why it makes China nervous

The People's Daily, the Chinese Communist newspaper, says the sale of the Rafale fighter plane 'encourages, excites and spurs India's appetite and ambition to become a great military power while......

Nominate Sourav Ganguly to Rajya Sabha too: CPI

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to the Rajya Sabha drew mixed reaction with most members of the upper House on Friday, welcoming the decision even as the Opposition felt this could be a......

The real greatness of Indians is that we are consensual

Sanjaya Baru, former media advisor to prime minister Manmohan Singh, delivered the second H Y Sharada Prasad memorial lecture on media, business and government recently in Delhi. Sharada Prasad was......

'Yoga does not belong to any religion'

Yoga is a spiritual practice of self-improvement and bringing an individual closer to God, instructor Becky Crigger tells Arthur J Pais Becky Crigger, mother of two young girls, goes to her......

Idea: Whose baby is it anyway?

The film Social Network may be a fictional or realistic account of the creation of Facebook.However, either ways it raises interesting questions -- who actually owns an idea? What is the moral......

Copyright content to pinch pockets of TV channels

Entertainment content (movie and music) will be 10-15 per cent more expensive, following the proposals of the Finance Bill 2010. According to the Bill, service tax will be levied on any "temporary......

Hollywood turns to India for financing

Left out in the cold after Wall Street banks cut down film financing, Hollywood has now turned to India to fund its movies through private equity.American private equity firms, banks and hedge......

Anil Ambani group, Spielberg ink $825 mn deal

Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group formalised its association with DreamWorks Studios promoted by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and his partner Stacey Snider.As part of the deal finalised on......

Anil Ambani makes Hollywood debut

Industrialist Anil Ambani on Wednesday made his debut in Hollywood film production, roping in ace directors Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider for a joint venture where he would initially pump in......

'People will see Ravichandran in a new light in Narasimha'

Actor-writer S Mohan is now directing his second film, Narasimha, starring V Ravichandran, which is set for an Ugadi release this Friday. Mohan, who shot into the limelight as a comedian with films......

Sanai Chaughde fails to impress

Shreyas Talpade's first production -- Marathi film, Sanai Chaughde -- in association with Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts,revolves around arranged marriage, and the way the youth looks at it today. The......

Kannada film writer Jayagopal passes away

Noted Kannada film writer and director R N Jayagopal passed away on Monday, May 19. He was 71. He leaves behind his wife, Lalitha, and son, Raviprasad, who works as a software engineer in the US.......

Dismal opening for Metro in US, UK

Making Life In A... Metro may have been therapeutic for it's writer and director Anurag Basu, but the film was not even on life support when it opened in the United Kingdom and North America.The......

Film on Indian novel is Nepal's pick for Oscars

A Nepali film based on a novel by a writer of Indian origin is Nepal's entry to the 2006 Academy Awards in theforeign film category. Basain, based on a famous novel of the same name by......

People speak for film writers association

QNA

Q. one more indian movie songs nominated for oscars ! name the movie
Angel: A. more

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Q. OP Nayyar a great composer of yesteryears said once in an interview that he had a special criteria for choosing the song writers for his compositions.Can anyone tell what was that intersting criteria and also name a few good song writers associated with OP Nayyar..
Angel: A. OPNAYYAR.. music director..! O. P. Nayyar ( "O.P." ) started his career as a movie music composer by composing the background score for...... more

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Q. What is a black humour ?
HEMANT MEHTA: A. Black humor, in literature, drama, and film, grotesque or morbid humor is used to express the absurdity, insensitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the...... more

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Q. Identify the person : Annadurai
Kishore Malhotra: A. Anna as he was populary called was a former chief Minister of Tamil Nadu ( 1909-1969). He was born in Kanjipuram. He was a first member of the...... more

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Q. Your approach to end commodification of women ?
Hitler : A. It will not end. Too many peoples lively hood depends on it- most of them women who are ready to be commodifyed and typed. All models , film...... more

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Web results for Film Writers Association

Dia Mirza

I’m marrying early next year: Dia Mirza The writer has posted comments on this article Elina Priyadarshini PadhiaryElina Priyadarshini... ...

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Is Delhi inured to rape?

Rape stalks the land. India rages against it. Delhi, that genteel city of Ghalib, has now been transformed into the rape capital of the world. As... ...

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Remembering a classicist

Balraj Sahni had the rare ability of transforming mediocre films with magnetic performances, says ranjan das gupta. And yet most Hindi film... ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456960&catid=47

Pawan Kalyan gifts mangoes to Chiranjeevi

Pawan Kalyan gifts mangoes to Chiranjeevi The writer has posted comments on this article TNN | May 19, 2013, 03.52 PM IST RELATED With the mercury... ...

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Hatching a film

Hyderabad is a home to several talented filmmakers. And, director and screen writer Murali Nair is one of them. His very first movie, Marana... ...

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