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  • Silent films finally on screen

    The 14th Mumbai Film Festival will screen restored silent films accompanied by live orchestra

    To mark the centenary celebration of Indian cinema, the 14th edition of Mumbai Film Festival will screen a package of restored Indian silent films accompanied by live orchestra. These films include classics such as ‘Kaliya Mardan’, ‘Raja Harishchandra’, ‘Marthand Varma’, ‘Throw Of Dice’, ‘Sati Savitri’, ‘Jamai Babu’, ‘Galliant Heart’ and few others. Apart from that, it will also screen acclaimed films such as Shatranj ke Khiladi, Charulata and Kalpana.

    Watch: Best of MAMI

    For the second consecutive year, the best of contemporary French cinema will be presented as part of ‘Rendezvous with French Cinema’ section in association with the Embassy of France in India and Unifrance. Also, films tracing the history of Italian cinema will be screened in association with the Embassy of Italy in India and the Italian film director and film academician Mr Italo Spinelli. It will feature 30 celebrated Read More »from Silent films finally on screen
  • Here's how to tie a turban


    In order to perfect his look for Son Of Sardar’, Ajay flew in a turban expert from Punjab


    Ajay Devgn is going the Aamir Khan way. The actor is busy perfecting his look for his next film ‘Son of Sardaar’ where he is essaying the character of a strong Sardaar in the film. Ajay is going an extra mile to make sure that he does complete justice to the role and the aesthetics are perfect to the T.

    Pics: Ajay rides two horses

    Buzz is that the superstar flew in a turban expert all the way from Punjab multiple times to tie his colorful turban for the action comedy so that it reflects the true style with attention to the minutest details.


    “In films, sometime the turbans don't reflect the original style. So we flew in a turban expert from Punjab as we wanted to make sure that the turbans of all the characters have the true style and we are doing complete justice to the film", said a source close to the team.
    Pics: Double dhamaka this Diwali

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  • Rani's tribute to yesteryear's heroines

    Rani dressed as Sridevi, Juhi Chawla and Madhuri Dixit

    In ‘Aiyyaa’, Rani Mukherjee pays tribute to the three Bollywood divas- Sridevi , Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla


    In her upcoming film ‘Aiyyaa’, the actress will pay tribute to the three divas of Bollywood. For someone, who has grown-up watching and enacting their scenes, it is like a wish fulfillment for her.

    The opening sequence of the film shows her taking a pledge in front of the posters of Sridevi , Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. Says a source, “Rani personally looks up to all three of them and was quite kicked while shooting this scene.”
    Pics: Rani’s raunchy avatar

    More than half of the shooting of the film was done in the J.J School of Arts in Mumbai. In the film, Prithviraj  plays a student studying at J.J school of arts. The makers wanted to make his character look more authentic so they wrote to the trustees of this college. However the State government had stopped giving permission for films and ad shoots inside the premises after four 125-year-old sculptures were severely

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  • ‘Bhoot Returns’ house is haunted?

    House where 'Bhoot Returns' is shot

    The house where ‘Bhoot Returns’ is shot has a questionable past and is said to be haunted

    Ram Gopal Varma believes that fear works best when it happens where you least expect it and to people with whom everyone can identify. During the shoot of ‘Bhoot Returns’ RGV didn’t tell his crew members that the shoot location itself has a scary history.

    The house chosen for the shoot of 'Bhoot Returns' has a questionable history. “The house is quite huge and secluded from the other bungalows and one can’t shake away the eerie feeling it brings at night,” says a source from the sets. At first, RGV didn’t tell his crew about the bungalow's past. It was much later he told everyone that the placed housed many famous personalities and also that the first owner committed suicide. “The cast of the film was quite spooked after this scary information. For the night shoots, no one ventured out alone and always moved in groups. Though nothing untoward happened during the shoot, the crew still took Read More »from ‘Bhoot Returns’ house is haunted?
  • Imran’s search for the right jeans


    To get his look right for ‘Once Upon a Time Again’, Imran Khan borrowed Akshay Kumar’s make-up man’s jeans

    After going rustic Haryanavi boy for Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Maatru ki Bijli Ka Mandola’, Imran Khan will be going the tapori way in Milan Lutharia’s sequel for ‘Once Upon A Time Again’. Like its prequel, this film is also based on the Mumbai underworld and stars Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan.
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    If you are Aamir Khan’s nephew, you are bound to take your profession seriously. To get his look right for the film, Imran Khan borrowed Akshay Kumar’s makeup man’s jeans. This is not the normal casual jeans which everyone wears but a bell-bottomed style which were highly popular in 80’s.Since the film is also based during that time, Imran wanted the perfect pair and his struggle to find one came to an end when he spotted Akshay’s make-up man wearing it.
     
     “Imran was struggling to get one of these 80’s jeans as they are not in fashion anymore. Imran’s look in ‘Once Upon A

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