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Pyaasa for Rs 10L, Guide for Rs 5L: How much rare first release posters of iconic films would cost today
May 24, 2026 5:47 pm
Veteran film historian and archivist SSM Ausaja claims that Hindi cinema has permanently lost the original release posters of classics like PC Barua's Devdas, India's first talkie Alam Ara, and Dhoop Chhaon, the first Indian film with playback singing.
Nishaanchi 2’s climax sees Anurag Kashyap operate at melodramatic heights with a twist laden with poetic justice
November 19, 2025 11:42 am
In the final minutes of Nishaanchi 2, everything collapses, for that was the only way it could gain meaning. And what appears as justice is, in fact, the slow arithmetic of karma.
Bollywood’s infamous villain’s henchman, body double to Amitabh Bachchan, met an untimely end at just 37
August 19, 2025 9:12 pm
Manik Irani earned significant recognition as a character actor and stunt double, rising to immense popularity after his memorable role in Subhash Ghai’s Hero. However, his life was tragically cut short due to complications from alcoholism.
Revisiting Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan’s Nayakan, not as a gangster epic, but as an existential melodrama in disguise
June 03, 2025 7:59 am
Nayakan is not Tamil cinema’s The Godfather or Yash Chopra’s Deewaar. Those comparisons are perfunctory. At its heart, it is an existential quest of a man.
Salim-Javed insisted on casting Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar, never narrated film to Rajesh Khanna: Rajiv Rai recalls
January 25, 2025 4:50 pm
Rajiv Rai, son of Deewaar producer Gulshan Rai, recalled Amitabh Bachchan's casting in the landmark film, directed by Yash Chopra.
Deewar turns 50: When Salim-Javed replaced 'compromise casting' Rajesh Khanna, said only Amitabh Bachchan will play Vijay
January 23, 2025 7:14 am
As Javed Akhtar celebrated 50 years of Deewaar, let’s delve into how he and Salim Khan together crafted Hindi cinema’s iconic Angry Young Man — Amitabh Bachchan.
Amitabh Bachchan would take adrenaline shots to remain conscious as he shot Sholay during the day and Deewaar at night
December 27, 2023 8:24 am
In an interview, Abhishek Bachchan recalled how his father, Amitabh Bachchan, was able to shoot Deewaar and Sholay at the same time in different cities.
Amitabh Bachchan and Salim-Javed, '70s era 'spoiled the definition' of masculinity, says Nakuul Mehta: 'Showed us what we shouldn't be'
September 20, 2023 10:15 am
Actor Nakuul Mehta said that the idea of masculinity shown in films such as Deewaar isn't ideal, and shared that he always admired Shashi Kapoor's character in the film more than Amitabh Bachchan's.
On KBC, Amitabh Bachchan recalls how his stage fright delayed shoot of iconic Deewaar scene: 'Sat in my room all day'
October 19, 2022 9:44 am
Amitabh Bachchan recalled how he experienced major stage fright moments before he was supposed to shoot the iconic temple scene in the film Deewaar.
Shades of a Hero
October 23, 2012 1:49 am
Much has been said about Yash Chopras chiffon-clad heroines. But then,he was the maker of heroes as well. Angsty,feisty,temperamental,romantic,obsessive and funny he created them as having many different facets. Talk takes a look at some of Chopras favourite actors and their characters.
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Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Silsila, Deewaar : Yash Chopra's top 10 movies
September 27, 2015 1:12 pm
Noted filmmaker Yash Chopra has given some of the best and all time hit movies to the viewers. As it is the 83rd birth anniversary of the director who built "Yash Raj Films", we bring to you his top 10 movies.
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Hema Malini would love Deepika Padukone to do her biopic: ‘A beautiful, talented girl’
Entertainment36 min ago
As yesteryear actor-turned-politician Hema Malini completed 60 years in Indian cinema, she participated in an event to commemorate the occasion. During the event, Hema agreed that Deepika Padukone would be an apt choice to portray her in a biopic, if it were to be made.
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