Muzaffar Ali directorial 1981 classic, “Umrao Jaan” re-releases in theatres on June 27. In the recent trend of producers going in for re-releases, notedly, Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan is among the beneficiaries. As per Muzaffar Ali, this re-release makes its re-emergence special, as Umrao Jaan’s rights are held by the son of the original producer…
Javed Akhtar blames Raj Kapoor for death of penniless Golden Age Writer Shailendra Raj Kapoor was the person who spotted Shailendra at a mushaira in Bombay and offered him the chance to collaborate with him on his film Aag. Shailendra and Raj Kapoor started their careers around the same In 1947, a young apprentice named…
Javed Akhtar blames Raj Kapoor for death of penniless Golden Age Writer Shailendra Raj Kapoor was the person who spotted Shailendra at a mushaira in Bombay and offered him the chance to collaborate with him on his film Aag. Shailendra and Raj Kapoor started their careers around the same In 1947, a young apprentice named…
CID season 2 completes 50 episodes, becomes one of the top shows on TV CID Season 2 has accomplished a significant landmark with the wrap up of 50 episodes. With this it reaffirms its position as one of the top-performing shows on Sony TV and Netflix. The Banijay Asia produced second season of the iconic…
Role of ex-employees of Turkey’s Celebi suspected for crash What led to the fatal crash of the Air India Dreamliner. The ground handling (GH) staff, including those who have migrated from Turkey company Celebi whose contract has been annulled as well as maintenance and engineering services, could hold a vital clue in the investigations into…
For three medical college students it was last meal as plane crashes in building When three friends studying at BJ Medical College – Aryan Rajput, Jay Prakash Chaudhary and Manav Bhadoo – gathered for lunch in the mess building, they had no inkling that it would be their last meal together. They were among the…
UK based Javed Ali with his wife Mariam, two children, four-year-old Zayn and six-year-old Amani, had come to Mumbai to celebrate Eid with his mother in Malad where they stayed for four days.. Unable to get direct flight to London they travelled to Ahmedabad to take the Air India flight to London. Little they would…
When Sarada Malayalam cinema’s ‘Tragedy Queen took home first National Film Award Interestingly a Telugu-born actress Sarada emerged as Malayalam cinema’s ‘Tragedy Queen’ and proudly took home her National Film Award for Best Actress and outshone her peers. Sarada is among the many ‘outsiders’ and non-Keralites who played pivotal roles in elevating Malayalam cinema to…
Meet orphanage girl today former Women’s Australia cricket team Captain In an orphanage in Pune, named Srivastava Orphanage, on August 13, 1979, a girl was born in an unknown city corner. No sooner was she born her parents threw her in a dustbin outside the orphanage. The orphanage manager named the cute little girl Laila….
Meet Gina Narang- Dev Anand’s granddaughter Makes her mark in Creativity News comes to the fore that late legendary actor-filmmaker Dev Anand’s grand-daughter and Devina Anand’s daughter Gina Narang, Anand, is all set yo make her mark in the world of creativity. Even as she comes from one of Hindi cinema’s most iconic families, Gina…
