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Filmmaker Shyam Benegal's First Pick For Ankur Was Not Shabana Azmi
Shyam Benegal is the pioneer of parallel cinema, and he is considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s
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Video: Salman Khan's 'Tiger 3' On Screen, Firecrackers Inside Theatre
They had planned to watch an action-packed movie with exhilarating sequences dodging bullets and bombs. Little did they know they will star in a parallel movie, struggling to dodge crackers going off all around their seats in the cinema hall.
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Iconic Filmmaker Mrinal Sen Dies At 95
Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen, known for his contribution to Bengali parallel cinema, died today at his home in Kolkata. He was 95. He died at around 10:30 am due to age-related ailments.
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Saudi Arabia's First Cinema In 35 Years Opens With Black Panther Screening
A private screening of Black Panther was held before movie theatres open to the wider public
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Ajay Devgn On Raid, Being A Man Of Few Words And The Future Of Cinema
Ajay Devgn on Raid: In the 80s, it was so scary that people used to find dead bodies of these officers in drains
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Smita Patil Fondly Remembered By Raj Babbar On Her Death Anniversary
Smita Patil, known for her contribution to the Eighties' parallel cinema movement and her brilliant-yet-brief career in films, died a month after she gave birth to a son, 31 years ago
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Abhay Deol Says Government 'Should Support' Parallel Cinema
"You have to live through it, make your own sacrifices. You can't keep doing that when there is no support whatsoever. Even if not the industry, if there was government support like they did with the NFDC from the 70s to the 80s," Abhay said.
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The Common Factor Between Irrfan And Madaari Director Nishikant Kamat
"Fortunately, I always have people ready to produce my films. It's always that I take time to start my film. Producers also know that I am very choosy with my films," said Nishikant Kamat
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Mahesh Bhatt Explains Why Alia Bhatt is Similar to Smita Patil
"There is a new dawn and a new energy. There is a new beginning, I must say. I see a lot more actors, including a few regional and parallel cinema actresses and also my daughter Alia Bhatt walking the way this great actor Smita did way back in time," said Mahesh Bhatt
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Shashi Kapoor's Suhana Safar: The Story of Bollywood's Raja Saab
Shashi Kapoor ended up the most versatile of the Kapoors, with roles on stage, in mainstream and parallel cinema, Hollywood productions and with forays into producing and directing
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Shashi Kapoor's Suhana Safar: The Story of Bollywood's Raja Saab
Shashi Kapoor was the most versatile of the Kapoors, with roles on stage, in mainstream and parallel cinema, Hollywood productions
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Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, A R Rahman on how to make Indian cinema global
With divides like mainstream and parallel cinema, single screens and multiplexes, Indian cinema lives under a divide which is a deterrent to its own good, superstar Shah Rukh Khan said on Saturday, even as Amitabh Bachchan felt the need of the hour is to "blend in" to go global.
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Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's Television to close Busan film fest
In yet another sign of the growing strength of parallel cinema in Bangladesh helmed by a crop of young directors, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's latest feature film Television has been chosen to bring the curtain down on the Busan Film Festival in South Korea next month.
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No visibility for parallel cinema: Amol Palekar
Parallel cinema is still struggling to find a place in India and even multiplexes have not been able to create space for it, says veteran actor-director Amol Palekar.
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Filmmaker Shyam Benegal's First Pick For Ankur Was Not Shabana Azmi
Shyam Benegal is the pioneer of parallel cinema, and he is considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s
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Video: Salman Khan's 'Tiger 3' On Screen, Firecrackers Inside Theatre
They had planned to watch an action-packed movie with exhilarating sequences dodging bullets and bombs. Little did they know they will star in a parallel movie, struggling to dodge crackers going off all around their seats in the cinema hall.
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Iconic Filmmaker Mrinal Sen Dies At 95
Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen, known for his contribution to Bengali parallel cinema, died today at his home in Kolkata. He was 95. He died at around 10:30 am due to age-related ailments.
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Saudi Arabia's First Cinema In 35 Years Opens With Black Panther Screening
A private screening of Black Panther was held before movie theatres open to the wider public
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Ajay Devgn On Raid, Being A Man Of Few Words And The Future Of Cinema
Ajay Devgn on Raid: In the 80s, it was so scary that people used to find dead bodies of these officers in drains
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Smita Patil Fondly Remembered By Raj Babbar On Her Death Anniversary
Smita Patil, known for her contribution to the Eighties' parallel cinema movement and her brilliant-yet-brief career in films, died a month after she gave birth to a son, 31 years ago
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Abhay Deol Says Government 'Should Support' Parallel Cinema
"You have to live through it, make your own sacrifices. You can't keep doing that when there is no support whatsoever. Even if not the industry, if there was government support like they did with the NFDC from the 70s to the 80s," Abhay said.
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The Common Factor Between Irrfan And Madaari Director Nishikant Kamat
"Fortunately, I always have people ready to produce my films. It's always that I take time to start my film. Producers also know that I am very choosy with my films," said Nishikant Kamat
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Mahesh Bhatt Explains Why Alia Bhatt is Similar to Smita Patil
"There is a new dawn and a new energy. There is a new beginning, I must say. I see a lot more actors, including a few regional and parallel cinema actresses and also my daughter Alia Bhatt walking the way this great actor Smita did way back in time," said Mahesh Bhatt
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Shashi Kapoor's Suhana Safar: The Story of Bollywood's Raja Saab
Shashi Kapoor ended up the most versatile of the Kapoors, with roles on stage, in mainstream and parallel cinema, Hollywood productions and with forays into producing and directing
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Shashi Kapoor's Suhana Safar: The Story of Bollywood's Raja Saab
Shashi Kapoor was the most versatile of the Kapoors, with roles on stage, in mainstream and parallel cinema, Hollywood productions
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Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, A R Rahman on how to make Indian cinema global
With divides like mainstream and parallel cinema, single screens and multiplexes, Indian cinema lives under a divide which is a deterrent to its own good, superstar Shah Rukh Khan said on Saturday, even as Amitabh Bachchan felt the need of the hour is to "blend in" to go global.
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Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's Television to close Busan film fest
In yet another sign of the growing strength of parallel cinema in Bangladesh helmed by a crop of young directors, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's latest feature film Television has been chosen to bring the curtain down on the Busan Film Festival in South Korea next month.
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No visibility for parallel cinema: Amol Palekar
Parallel cinema is still struggling to find a place in India and even multiplexes have not been able to create space for it, says veteran actor-director Amol Palekar.
