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Mammootty, the crowd puller at PBD 2013

Indian cinema, music, dance and yoga are examples of India's soft power that have had a major role to play in both bonding the Indian Diasporaand popularising the country abroad. So when......

'Anna is a mascot, the people will triumph'

In the first part of the interview, Devinder Sharma, distinguished food security expert who has been with India Against Corruption since its inception, gave rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt excusive......

How Bollywood boosts tourism in Britain

Keen to visit the popular film shooting locations in the country, cinema lovers from India and other countries are flocking to Britain, boosting its tourism by 2 billion pounds.The euphoric......

A New Yorker's very first Diwali

I learned about Diwali around the same time I discovered Hindi movies -- in 1997 -- through television ads for local Indian shops on the Saturday morning filmi shows in the New York area. From......

West Indian cinema's unknown Indian roots

Meet Mickey Nivelli, the Dada Saheb Phalke of the West Indies. The Indian expat, better known as Harbance Kumar, is often credited with pioneering the art of filmmaking in the Caribbean.Maker of......

Tata Motors: First Indian firm to make 100,000 CVs

Leading automobile company Tata Motors on Friday said it has become the first Indian company producing 1 lakh (100,000) commercial vehicles in a financial year. "It is really a proud moment for......

How digital cinema is unscrambled

It has turned the whole logic of digital cinema in India upside down. Scrabble Entertainment, a start-up funded by Manmohan Shetty, is digitising theatres (largely multiplexes) across metros and......

Eros ties up with Lionsgate in a boost to Bollywoo

In a major boost to Indian cinema's bid to globalise its operations, Bollywood player Eros International has signed a deal with Lionsgate, Hollywood's top independent studio, for the distribution......

Warner Brothers may sign first Hindi movie

Hollywood's big boys are all set to give Indian production houses a run for their money. After Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers and Paramount Films will soon churn out Bollywood potboilers. Warner......

Let's book a room at the mall

If shopping, watching cinema and eating out are some of the options that Indian malls offer today, very soon people will be travelling with their suitcases and booking rooms in hotels housed within......

Meet Madhuri, Aamir, Shah Rukh's make-up man

As Indian cinema turns 100, we look at the film folk who work behind the scenes, without whom moviemaking would not ever have been possible. Make-up man Shashikant Mhatre has worked with some of......

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: The 10 Greatest Indian Films

As Indian cinema turns 100, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, one of India's greatest directors, lists some of his personal favourites. AnkurDirector: Shyam Benegal It marks the beginning of a major......

PIX: This is where the MOVIES are made

A hundred years ago, Dadasaheb Phakle converted his home into the set of the very first Indian film, Raja Harishchandra. But as films grew in grandeur, their canvas grew too, leading the birth of......

Getting to know the Chashme Buddoor director

She's not the first Indian woman to direct films but Sai Paranjpye's contribution ranks among the most significant. Enchanted by the art of story-telling and the scale of imagination at a very......

Just why are we OBSESSED with Bollywood?

Indian cinema doesn't mean just Hindi cinema; excellent films are made in many other languages in India, says Shobha Warrier, who also feels the national media gave the......

Beleaguered Aussies keen to finish with a win

After the wash-out in the first One-Day International in Kochi, it seems the weather gods are showing mercy on Indian cricket fans. It rained for a few days in Visakhapatnam but stopped in time......

Images: Australia vs India

Australian openers were off to a flying start after MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first. Harbhajan Singh started the proceeding for India and bowled a brilliant maiden over. However,......

'It is important that Indian archers win a medal'

From Baranagar to Beijing.What we are saying here isn't the title of any vernacular cinema. Instead, we are trying our best to describe, in a single phrase, the journey of India's best woman......

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Q. Which Bollywood movie was the first cinema-scope film?
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Q. Who was the first Indian actress to be on the cover of ' Time' magazine ?
Pravin: A. First Indian cinemascope film was Kaagaz ke Phool more

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Q. BOLLYWOOD KI PAHALI FILM KAUN SI THI?
Neha Sharma: A. One of Hindi cinema's ultimate sex* symbols, Parveen Babi, was the first Indian movie star to be featured on the cover of the Time magazine in...... more

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Q. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear Yash chopra 's movies ?
Divya Kulkarni: A. Father of Indian Cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke, released his pathbreaking film of the Silent Era, Raja Harishchandra. The film, based on a mythological...... more

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Q. First Actress In The Indian Cinema ?
Vinitha: A. i wanna cry, as he was too good, and i don't think indian cinema would be able to replace him, God bless his soul, and i love all his movies, which i saw. more

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India is 'regressive, depressing', says Mallika Sherawat

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Videos on evolution of songs over 100 years of cinema

With Indian Cinema completing its 100 years, hereby we bring you the evolution or changing scenario of songs in Bollywood. Hindi film songs form a... ...

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Prem Nazir lone Malayalam celebrity in cinema centenary stamps

Bollywood News: HIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a new set of stamps, depicting 50 iconic film personalities, to be released by India Post to commemmorate the... ...

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First look of D-Day unveiled

Mumbai, May 24 (IBNS) and on Thursday launched the first official poster and the theatrical trailer of their upcoming project D-Day at Cinemax... ...

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