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UNBELIEVABLE: Shashi kapoor - Caught on Camera

Self-censorship has ruined the best Hindi film on journalism

With its rotary phones, clanking printing presses, news rooms full of typewriters, ticker tapes and other details of vintage setting, New Delhi Times should feel like a time capsule. But this 1986 film’s recent appearance on YouTube shows it remains tragically relevant for all the wrong reasons.

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Shyam Benegal obituary

Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore difficult issues

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Creating a new cinematic grammar: Shyam Benegal’s extraordinary ability to bring dignity to the ordinary

In the final scene of Junoon (1979), a film adaptation of Ruskin Bond’s novel A Flight of Pigeons set in the backdrop of the 1857 revolt, the moment finally arrives for the married, middle-aged, feudal chieftain Javed Khan, played by Shashi Kapoor. Ruth, the young English girl he is obsessed…

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"Though I miss him deeply...": Anil Kapoor on dad Surinder's 99th birth anniversary

Taking to his Instagram account to share a series of monochrome images featuring his father alongside iconic personalities like Raj Kapoor, RD Burman, Shashi Kapoor, and Parveen Babi, Anil reflected on the values his father upheld. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Aditya Raj Kapoor, son of Shammi Kapoor: 'I avoided meeting Raj uncle or his son Randhir because I felt I ran away from the family fold' - Exclusive

It's celebration time for the Kapoor and also Hindi cinema as it's 100 years of 'The Showman' Raj Kapoor. The Kapoor family have decided to celebrate the occasion in a grand way as many of Kapoor's films are re-releasing in cinemas. Ranbir also started this project of restoring films of…

The Times of India

Raha Kapoor's blue eyes remind fans of her great-grandfather, Raj Kapoor; here's what genetics says

It's already been a day since Raha Kapoor's pap debut, and the internet can not stop gushing over the youngest member of the Kapoor clan. Born on November 6, 2022, to actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, Raha was always kept away from the limelight by her parents. On Christmas…

The Times of India

An Indian restaurant in Tashkent celebrates Uzbekistan’s love for Bollywood

Styled on the Bollywood theme, the ‘Raaj Kapur’ restaurant which is one of the three major Indian restaurants in Tashkent

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Divya Kumar on 'Maine Pi Rakhi Hai': I was waiting for a duet with Shreya Ghoshal and it finally happened; She is a modern-era nightingale - Exclusive

Divya Kumar, who has some chartbuster songs like, 'Aafaton Ke Parindey', 'Shubh Aarambh', 'Jee Karda' and others to his credit, recently crooned 'Maine Pi Rakhi Hai' for Ranbir Kapoor in 'Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar'. In an exclusive interview with ETimes, the ace singer opened up about crooning for the first…

The Times of India

Throwback: Shashi Kapoor's leading ladies; Shabana Azmi, Zeenat Aman, Rakhee Gulzar, Sharmila Tagore and Asha Parekh, recall the eternal gentleman

On Shashi Kapoor's 85th birth anniversary, ETimes revisits the thoughts and memories of five of his favourite leading ladies - Shabana Azmi, Zeenat Aman, Rakhee Gulzar, Sharmila Tagore and Asha Parekh. In excerpts from previous conversations, the ladies remember all that made Shashi Kapoor special and more. Read on...

The Times of India

Zahan Kapoor: After my dadaji Shashi Kapoor, I am the only Kapoor actor to start with theatre - Exclusive

Young Zahan Kapoor is proud that he is following in the footsteps of his grandfather Shashi Kapoor and father Kunal Kapoor. He doesn't let the reputation and legacy of the Kapoor surname weigh him down. Instead, he uses the influence of his great grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor to create a different…

The Times of India

When there was space to make a little allowance for the sentiments of others

The cinemas of Old Delhi provide a unique lens through which to recall the tradition of shared living that helped Indian cities find equilibrium after the violence of Partition

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