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‘Monsoon Shootout’ to Kick Off London Indian Film Festival
Cannes Hindi-language players “Monsoon Shootout” and “Bombay Talkies” will bookend the London Indian Film Festival, which this year runs July 18-25. The U.K. premiere of Amit Kumar’s “Monsoon Shootout”...
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Fox Delays Bollywood Film Due to Surgery on Star Hrithik Roshan
Fox Star Studios will delay completion of “Bang Bang,” its proposed Hindi-language reworking of the Tom Cruise film “Knight and Day,” due to emergency brain surgery on its leading man, Hrithik Roshan....
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Bollywood Villain Pran Dies at 93
Legendary Bollywood baddie Pran died July 12 in Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital where he was admitted after having respiratory problems. He was 93. He played such familiar villains as the evil landowner in...
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Saif Ali Khan to Host India-South Africa Awards
Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan will host the upcoming South African Indian Film and Television Awards (SAIFTA) ceremony in Durban, South Africa, organizers announced on July 16. Word came during an event...
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Disney UTV Chief Targets Indian Diaspora With Brace of Local-Language Pics
In 2012, when Disney completed its $450 million buyout of Indian conglom UTV, there was concern in Indian filmmaking circles that the company’s motion picture arm would abandon edgy pics like the sex,...
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‘Madras Cafe’ Faces Protest From Tamil Activists
Bollywood pic “Madras Cafe,” which opens Friday, has run into trouble in the south Indian state of Tamilnadu from activists who oppose what they see as a skewed view of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
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Indian Biz Weathering Fiscal Storm
The combination of a softening Indian economy and the end of the U.S. stimulus program has caused the Indian currency to fall to record lows. It dropped 13% in August, including 4% in a single day on...
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Deepa Mehta Curates Toronto Tribute to Indian Cinema
Choosing a handful of movies from a hundred years of filmmaking is not easy, but Deepa Mehta (“Midnight’s Children”) took a stab at it for Toronto’s celebration of a centenary of Indian cinema, which...
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India Makes Surprise Oscar Choice
The selection of "The Good Road" as India's foreign-language Oscar contender and the snub for hot favorite, "The Lunchbox" spark controversy.
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Disney’s Bollywood Boom: Why the Mouse Re-Focused Local Production in India
Disney is making a bold move in India next year, releasing three high-profile Bollywood movies under its own label in a territory that has been notoriously tough for U.S. studios to crack.
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