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Bollywood, beat this! Reunited after 22 years

This is one story that even the late Manmohan Desai, the king of Bollywood potboilers, would have been proud of. Only this time it is for real.On a bright April day in 1981, seven-year-old......

Will Meira Kumar be Rahul's Manmohan?

While it would be wonderful to have a bright young politician like Sachin Pilot or Jyotiraditya Scindia as Rahul's premier, the chances are that Rahul will opt for Symbolism over Competence and......

Suu Kyi and Rahul Gandhi's common link at Congress HQ

For two years beginning 1961, the Congress party's headquarters in New Delhi played host to Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in......

UPA has become symbol of heartless govt: Jaitley

The United Progressive Alliance government has become a symbol of "heartless government" as it has failed to understand the pains of inflation borne by the common man, Bharatiya Janata Party leader......

India now needs a strong and decisive leadership

Dr Singh has less than two years left in office. He can still salvage his reputation and that of his government and party. The need of the hour is not only for better leadership and governance, but......

Govt is likely to decontrol sugar industry

Morarji Desai's government in 1977 decontrolled sugar. Now after four decades, the UPA2 led by Manmohan Singh is moving towards deregulation of the sugar industry, which means no dual price of......

Manmohan Singh honours economist Padma Desai

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh joined former Russian Premier Yegor Gaidar and Nobel laureates on Thursday to compliment Padma Desai, described as 'An economist's economist' by Nobel laureate Paul......

Budget 2013-14: Chidambaram's 8th; India's 82nd

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday presented his eighth annual budget in Parliament, the second highest by anyone in the country after a record 10 by former Prime Minister Morarji......

The men who shaped India's economy

Preparing the Union Budget, India's biggest fiscal exercise is a challenging task. This will be Chidambaram's eighth Union Budget, which would equal the record of Morarji Desai - the finance......

Telcos' review petitions on cancelled licences rejected

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petitions moved by seven telecom companies impacted by its February decision cancelling 122 licences issued in January 2008.The telcos are......

Vishal Bhardwaj's next is a homage to Manmohan Desai

If you are intrigued by the title of Vishal Bhardwaj's new film Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, here's a clue to what it means. It's actually a backhanded compliment to Manmohan Desai.Says a source,......

Bollywood's movie bloopers

Implausibility is the heartbeat of Bollywood's indispensable masala. From Manmohan Desai's celebration of all things illogical to Farah Khan's wide-ranging devotion to spoof, there's no shortage......

Amar Akbar Anthony, now in Bhojpuri

Manmohan Desai's multistarrer blockbuster, Amar Akbar Anthony, will now be remade in Bhojpuri. It will be directed by Manish Jain, and produced byRajesh Sharma under his banner, Show Man......

The man who thought the unthinkable

Out of the 20 films that Manmohan Desai directed in his career span of 29 years (1960-1988), as many as 13 films were stupendous hits. His success ratio was 65 per cent, in an industry where flops......

Amar Akbar Anthony: Whoop-it-up fun!

Dinesh Raheja'Clear your mind of "cannot"' said Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson. And that is what filmmaker Manmohan Desai did on screen repeatedly, but most notably in Amar Akbar Anthony. He got......

Smith confident of filling in Warne's boots

From being part of the New South Wales squad that won the inaugural Champions League T20 (in 2009) to a member of the Australian team back in the subcontinent to defend its world title, Steven......

Tendulkar is a great ambassador of the game: Smith

South Africa captain Graeme Smith has termed Sachin Tendulkar as " a great ambassador of the game" and said his desire to become a cricketer got wings after watching the Indian batting maestro......

India forgot the future at the Commonwealth Games opening

What India projected at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, says Sheela Bhatt, was a huge Indian mela in all its old shades. It was India. Chaotic, crowded, loud but warm, colourful......

People speak for manmohan desai

QNA

Q. IF I'm lost... will you come looking for me... ???
Manvika: A. more

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Q. True or False ?Amar Akbar Anthony to be remade as Amar Akbar Tony
Uncommon Freind: A. WE HAVE THAT MANMOHAN DESAI SONG , THAT WILL HELP US UNITE WHEN WE ARE LOST. WE WILL SING ALOUD AND WE CAN IDENTIFY EACH OTHER AND CAN EASILY BE FOUND more

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Q. Every fil today hits the Rs.100 Crore mark, are they really that good or is it just hype?
Farhaan: A. Filmmaker Manmohan Desai's hit, Amar Akbar Anthony is being remade in Britain with the title, Amar Akbar & Tony. Actor Shabana Azmi, who...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/every-fil-today-hits-the-rs.100-crore-mark-are-they-really-t/24607648/answers/25561894

Q. what is still the unbroken record of Rajesh khanna's movies?
Dharamender Nebhnani: A. its a hype! because if u see the films been maked by satyajit ray, bimal roy, vijay anand, krishikesh mukherjee,manmohan desai, yash chopra, b.r...... more

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Aurangzeb Film Review

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Can the Bharat Nirman ad campaign fill in for Manmohan Singh's silence?

BJP's Sudhangshu Mittal of the BJP believes that the UPA's Bharat Nirman and NDA's India Shining are completely different. "The India Shining... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/can-the-bharat-nirman-ad-campaign-fill-in-for-manmohan-singhs-silence-783707.html

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