Commemorating the glory of Indian art films

The realistic, often ethnographic scripting of Indian art films has made it stand out amid several popular cinemas. Despite the lack of glamour and glitz, using cinema as an artistic medium Indian art films continue to rule.

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Jodhaa Akbar: A historical romance

Romance as a genre comes out best as fiction - be it in celluloid form or as written word. The scope for expression is endless. The mind is a boundary-less canvas where imagination can run free. More so, when the theme is grandiose..

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Jodhaa Akbar: A historical romance

Romance as a genre comes out best as fiction - be it in celluloid form or as written word. The scope for expression is endless. The mind is a boundary-less canvas where imagination can run free. More so, when the theme is grandiose..

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Planet Bollywood needs reality-check!

Shyam Benegal's Welcome to Sajjanpur, a satirical take on contemporary Indian village, lined up to screen at the London film festival is an attempt to tell the people about the ground reality and how the grass root level problems can be solved..

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Planet Bollywood needs reality-check!

Shyam Benegal's Welcome to Sajjanpur, a satirical take on contemporary Indian village, lined up to screen at the London film festival is an attempt to tell the people about the ground reality and how the grass root level problems can be solved..

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Ugly Aur Pagli, not so lovely

Pyaar Ke Side Effects, Bheja Fry, Khosla Ka Ghosla; the common thread amongst them is that they were made with smaller 'stars', yet made good profits. The point is these films had good scripts. Ugly Aur Pagli has not been blessed with similar luck.

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Rajinder Krishan: Lyricist par excellence

Rajinder Krishnan was a master-lyricist of the Hindi film industry. His songs are cherished and his poetic ability appreciated by Hindi songs' lovers. The songs, which he penned, are viewed as specimen works by many aspiring lyricists..

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Rajinder Krishan: Lyricist par excellence

Rajinder Krishnan was a master-lyricist of the Hindi film industry. His songs are cherished and his poetic ability appreciated by Hindi songs' lovers. The songs, which he penned, are viewed as specimen works by many aspiring lyricists..

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Dil Chahta Hai: What the Heart Desires

There are friendships, which time does not wither. Longevity of a friendship means nothing if the sap has dried out and that is where I feel a tinge of envy, when I think of the three friends of the movie Dil Chahta Hai..

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Let's 'Rock On' with Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar is set for his acting debut with 'Rock On'. First leg of marketing has started four months in advance to get the audiences excited about the film. Since it's Farhan's launch film, every effort is being put into marketing of the film.

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