Daughter of a popular villain in Hindi films, Payal Goga Kapoor has been making her presence felt on stage, particularly in comedies like Golmaal – The Play If the name Payal Goga Kapoor sounds familiar, it’s because her father Goga Kapoor was a popular Hindi film actor who played a part in hit films of […]

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The streets of Russia project its connection with india. its people speak of Bollywood influence, leaders and poets India is not unknown to most Russians, who still adore Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. And, of course, the Bollywood movies. A 25-year university student Nikita Mikhalkov, on duty as a security steward at the […]

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How popular songs in Bhojpuri legitimise sexual harassment. Earlier this month another case of a viral video of a girl being molested in Nalanda district of Bihar was reported. Within a span of three months, it’s the third such case. Earlier videos of girls being molested in Jehanabad and Gaya went viral in April and […]

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TV star Shilpa Raizada will be playing Sita for Luv Kush Ram Leela this Dussehra   Shilpa Raizada, the famous television actress of Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai fame, is popularly known by her first name Shilpa. She has performed in many television serials, two of which got her into the limelight: Ye Rishta Kya […]

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The superstar’s multiple roles are not just for the camera, as he splits time between his political party, Bigg Boss 2 and Vishwaroopam 2 Fans of actor Kamal Haasan have been waiting nearly a year for the release of Vishwaroopam 2. More than the fans, Kamal himself is anxious to deliver the release of the […]

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What Hindi cinema said about the turbulent years of the Emergency, which shook up the Indian polity 43 years ago on June 25 On 25th June, the country will hauntingly recall the 43rd year since Indira Gandhi government declared the Emergency in 1975 to negate her disqualification from electoral politics for six years — a […]

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The Hindi film Veere di Wedding tells us that it’s okay for a woman to drink, smoke and have sex even if she’s not married Could it be that the Hindi film industry has finally stepped into the 21st century? That it’s realised that you no longer need to be a “good girl” to get […]

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How the dancing uncle clicked and what would be his undoing (Revenge of the 80s) A 46-year old professor unknowingly dancing his way to internet fame, a bit longer than what Andy Warhol predicted as “15 minutes of fame’, may still not help the uncles and fufajis to shed their image of being seen as […]

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