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Bollywood’s First Empress: Before Madhubala & Nargis, India had Devika Rani
Before Madhubala, Nargis, and Meena Kumari, there was Devika Rani, a star actor and film producer, who co-founded Bombay Talkies, India’s first self-contained film studio, alongside her first husband...
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Meet the High School Dropout From Meghalaya Bringing Khasi Cinema to The World
For filmmaker Pradip Kurbah, life has come a full circle. On 5 October, his third full-length feature film ‘Iewduh’ premiered at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea, which ranks...
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India’s First Talkie Set Off a Riot, And Didn’t Even Have Any Sound Equipment!
78 murde insaan zinda ho gaye. Unko bolte dekho? or as the English tagline ran: All living. Breathing. 100 per cent talking. This is how director Ardeshir Irani advertised India’s first ever talkie or...
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Amjad Khan: 5 Stories You Didn’t Know About India’s Unforgettable Gabbar!
Yahan se pachas pachas kos door gaon mein … jab bachcha raat ko rota hai, toh maa kehti hai bete so ja … so ja nahi toh Gabbar Singh aa jayega. Dressed in a khaki suit and armed with a belt, when the...
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Bob Biswas To Lajja: 8 Iconic Villains Etched Into Bollywood’s Cinematic History
While his boss is screaming at him, an LIC agent checks the picture of an old lady that flashes across his mobile screen. Later, the agent rings a bell and the same old lady opens the door. “Nomoshkar,...
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Flawed, Gritty & Liberated: 7 Women-Centric Bollywood Roles from The Last Decade
A hero falls in love with the heroine. Since he crosses hurdles and challenges to ‘get’ her, her world revolves around him. In the end, he ‘rescues’ her from all worldly atrocities and they live...
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Daily Wage Worker From Kerala Is The Hero Of Her Own Story. Quite Literally!
For Tahira, a resident of Kodungallur, a town in Kerala, depending on people for help or sitting at home was never an option. She was only 14 when her father passed away. Seeing no other way out, she...
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B’Luru Filmmaker is Helping Save a Great Tribe Before Their Culture Vanishes
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. On the way to Goa,...
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What’s the Real Story of ‘Gulabo Sitabo’? Hint: Amitabh’s Village Is Involved!
“Mohabbat Karte Hai Hum Apni Haveli Se, Be Inteha” – You can hear a decrepit Mirza enunciating this line in the preview of Shoojit Sircar’s latest offering ‘Gulabo-Sitabo’ – the Haveli in question is...
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This Forgotten Pioneer Made India’s First Indigenous Film Camera From Scratch!
Baburao Painter refused to budge when people told him shooting at night won’t get him any results. One of the pioneering filmmakers of India, Baburao ignored the warnings, mockings, and accomplished...
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Lockdown Hack: 3 Filmmakers Share How They Kept Shooting, While Never Leaving...
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” -Arthur C Clarke, British science fiction writer Over the last few months, the...
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Credit De Do Yaar: 5 Songs Where Credit Wasn’t Given to Lyricists
In a video published earlier today, 15 lyricists from the Hindi film industry demanded that they receive proper credit for their work on music streaming platforms and YouTube channels. Titled ‘Credit...
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TBI Blogs: From Coldplay’s Music Videos to Studio Tours for NRIs, Bollywood...
Many local travel operators organize tours that mimic the Beverly Hills–Malibu–Hollywood tours in the US, and offer Juhu–Bandra–Andheri–Bollywood tours. These Mumbai suburbs are where the majority of...
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From Queens to Astronauts: 10 Biopics We Can’t Wait to See!
If 2016 taught us something, it’s that biopics are a hit among film audiences. From Aamir Khan’s Dangal about the Phogat family to Sonam Kapoor essaying the tragic yet brave actions of Neerja Bhanot in...
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Exam Results Aren’t Everything! These 9 Incredibly Successful Indians Lost in...
Right now there are hundreds of thousands of students across India, who have just found out their results for the 12th board exams. For some there will be reason to rejoice, for others it is perhaps a...
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This Man Has an Important Message About Films and Road Safety & He Must Be Heard
To The Honourable Chief Minister, The Government of West Bengal. Respected Madam, I, Chandra Sekhar Kundu, a citizen of Asansol, West Bengal, want to inform you that every day 400 people are killed in...
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Victoria & Abdul: The Story of an Unlikely Friendship Between a Clerk From...
The events that happen behind the closed doors of a palace have always been unreachable for people of modest means. And series like The Crown on Netflix, whose first season brilliantly introduces us to...
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An Indian Short Film Based in Pakistan Is Winning Hearts Worldwide and You...
A 15-minute Indian short film based upon a Pakistani mother-son duo is bound to leave you at a loss of words. Based in Peshawar, the plot of the short film, The School Bag, revolves around a...
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Why IAS Shalini and Rajneesh Deserve a Film Based on Their Incredible Work
Shalini IAS, a Kannada film based on the real-life IAS couple— IAS Shalini Rajneesh and IAS Rajneesh Goel, is in-the-making under national award-winning director Nikhil Manju. The filmmaker was...
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This Bold and Unapologetic New Trailer of ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Is a...
The film Lipstick under my Burkha has been in the limelight ever since its first trailer was released in October last year. And unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. While the trailer dealt with...
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