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The year 2010 was rocked by the item number from the superhit movie ‘Dabangg’. Malaika Arora Khan sizzled as ‘Munni Badnaam’ and before you knew it, the song became a cult number. Wherever you went, from the disco to the streets, you could hear the song. Whichever TV channel you flicked on, there was Malaika [...]
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Hollywood hot-bod and once the most downloaded female celebrity in the world, Pamela Anderson, touched down in Mumbai to enter the show ‘Big Boss 4’. Pamela will be inside the house for 3 nights. Though the show’s producers are tight-lipped about the amount that she was paid, unofficial reports speculate it to be around Rs. [...]
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Season 3 of ‘Koffee with Karan’ opened to unprecedented success this Sunday! The hugely popular talk show, hosted by the dynamic and charming Karan Johar, had Bollywood’s celebrity couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on the couch for the opening night. The best part about this talk show, as compared to its clones, is [...]
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If you thought that directors are serious students of cinema who pore over monitors and scripts all day, it’s time to revise your ideas! The stereotypical director, with unkempt hair and beard and a grave persona, has turned on its head in Bollywood. There are some new-age directors who put this change into motion. These [...]
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When the fashion designer happens to be someone called Karan Johar, you can expect the crème de la crème of Bollywood to come and witness the show. That’s exactly what happened at the HDIL – India Couture Week in Mumbai. Karan Johar teamed up with Varun Bahl to present a men’s line of high-street fashion, [...]
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The mounting of a film is always a logistical nightmare. Bollywood films are known for their large canvass, the grand set-pieces and lots of production hassles. It’s only when a lot of things come together that a production house can go ahead and can the film. Audiences and Bollywood lovers would give an arm and [...]
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TV is considered the most effective medium in India. Its reach and penetration is unsurpassed. No wonders, therefore, that the makers of Bollywood films line up on the TV shows just before their products are about to hit the screens. Over time, the marketing of films on TV has become extremely popular. It all started [...]
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Bollywood films are known for their lavish sets and production values. Whopping amounts of money are spent in every film to erect the sets and get the props right. The art directors of Bollywood are a rare and precious lot. Their work is tough, detail-oriented and requires tons of research. The art directors have a [...]
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The New Millennium heralded some sweeping changes in the music scene. The influence of classical strains in Bollywood film music started to wear away. There was a prominent influence of Western rock and pop, even jazz music to a large extent. Rap artists like Blaze created the Indian version of the R&B music that is [...]
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In our previous post, we talked about the music of R.D. Burman and the impact he had on the Bollywood music scene. In the 1990s, others entered the fray strongly as he got relegated to the sidelines. Anand-Milind, the sons of yesteryear music composer Chitragupta, stormed in with the superhit ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’. They [...]
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