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Friday, March 06, 2009 2:25 PM

Where's Bollywood's Cate Blanchett?

Plan to watch both the Kate Winslet new releases, Reader and Revolutionary Road, this weekend. Meanwhile, wrote this for tomorrow's Lounge : Most Indian film-goers know Cate Blanchett as the powerful actor who has done two Elizabeth movies with Shekhar...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:41 PM

Delhi-6 Review: Hindus, Muslims and the Monkey Man

After 2006's Rang de Basanti , Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was feted as the chronicler of Indian dreams and disappointments. A title like that is a big cross to bear, especially when it's time to make your next film. With Delhi-6 , Mehra tries to...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:59 AM

The return of horrotainment?

Earlier this month, Percept Picture Company launched PPC Horrotainment, a division that will focus exclusively on making small- and medium-budget horror films. "The new banner will also acquire and distribute films based on supernatural, folktales...
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Friday, January 30, 2009 10:11 AM

What's your favourite Tom Cruise film?

I've never been a Tom Cruise person. For me Top Gun was more about Val Kilmer than Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise bare-chested leaves me cold--he certainly doesn't have the same effect on me as, say, Hugh Jackman bathing in Australia . So my favourite...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:03 PM

Dr Dev D

Who isn't waiting to catch Anurag Kashyap's new film, a modern-take on Sarat Chandra's interpreted-to-death classic? How many of the 10 or so Devdas film have you seen? Meanwhile ahead of the film's release on 6 February, Kashyap seems...
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