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In a new installment of his feature series This Day That Year, Subhash K Jha refocuses on Anubhav Sinha’s Dus, a slick action flick with and all star cast, which just celebrated 20 years since its release.

This film is so cool, you probably need sunglasses to watch it. Unlike its thriller predecessors like Sanjay Gupta’s Kaante, Vikram Bhatt’s Elaan, and Rajiv Rai’s Asambhav, Dus isn’t phony-cool. Nor does it doesn’t seem like a poor country cousin of the Die Hard and Mission Impossible series.

Sure, the screenplay writers Yash and Vinay have borrowed huge chunks—sometimes without alteration—from several Hollywood actioners. And the whole cool-dude attitude that every protagonist wears like designer clothes is straight out of the ultra-chic Men-in-Black prototype that serves as an imperialistic role model for large-screen heroism.

Nevertheless, you have to hand it to Anubhav Sinha. He handles the...

Looking back at Love Story 2050, Subhash K Jha turns the focus on Harman Baweja’s debut film that also featured Priyanka Chopra in a double role and Boman Irani that released in 2008.

Producer-director Harry Baweja made Love Story 2050 as a showcase for his son’s aptitudes. To that extent, the film works wonderfully, creating repeated opportunities for the debutant to shine. The script – sprawling across two time phases and three hours of playing time – is a simple love story of two very good looking people coming together in the svelte, sweltering, simmering climes of Sydney, moving apart and then going into a futuristic mode without alienating themselves from the romantic genre that this uniquely-designed film inhabits.

Harry Baweja happily avoids the pitfalls of pedestrianism even when the boy-meets-girl plot gets into a trite and repeatedly-tested mode.The protagonists share a precious, fragile and tender chemistry. A butterfly perches itself on...

Aamir Khan’s Debut Film Has Amitabh Bachchan As The Lead, But Was Replaced! ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

It was 51 years ago that one of the brightest stars of the Indian Cinema arrived on the silver screen for the first time. Aamir Khan smiled and won hearts as he played the little Ratan in Nasir Hussain’s Yaadon Ki Baaraat. The film, touted as the first Masala film of Bollywood, was a multistarrer and was a musical blockbuster.

Amitabh Bachchan Was Replaced Due To His Flop Status!

The film starred Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, and Tariq. However, it earlier starred Amitabh Bachchan, but distributors pushed Nasir Hussain to cast an actor who would help the film earn a hit status at the box office. Since Amitabh Bachchan did not have a good run at the box office, he was replaced by the more successful Vijay Arora.

Later, Amitabh Bachchan arrived with Zanjeer...

Bollywood director Nitesh Tiwari, who is known for his blockbuster films like Dangal and Chhichhore, has announced his next project, which is a big-screen adaptation of the epic Ramayana. The film will feature Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash in the lead roles of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana respectively.

Tiwari said that he has been working on the script of Ramayana for a long time and he is excited to bring it to life with a talented cast and crew. He said that he chose Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash for their acting skills and their suitability for the characters. He also praised their dedication and passion for the project.

Dangal Trailer

The film will be produced by Earthsky Pictures, which is co-founded by Tiwari and his wife Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari. The film will be shot in various locations across India and abroad, with a budget of over ₹300 crore.

Veteran actresses Zeenat Aman and Poonam Dhillon will be seen recreating the magic of the golden era – the 1970s and 1980s – in the upcoming episode of singing reality show ‘Indian Idol 13’.

A promo shared by the channel on Instagram, show the two actresses gracing the show with contestants singing ‘Meri Soni Meri Tamanna’ from the 1973 film ‘Yaadon Ki Baarat’. The original track is sung by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar.

“Chirag aur Kavya milke banayenge apne performance se Indian Idol 13 ke manch ko aur bhi musicana! Dekhiye inhe Iss Sat-Sun, raat 8 baje, Indian Idol 13 mein! Sirf #SonyEntertainmentTelevision par!” the channel captioned the promo.

‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ is directed by Nasir Hussain. It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh and Ajit.

‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ has thus been identified as “the first” quintessentially “Bollywood film.”

It is still remembered fondly for its Hindi soundtrack, composed by music director R.D. Burman.

New Delhi, Nov 11 – As winter knocks on the door and fashionistas gear up to revamp their wardrobes, here’s what’s cool. To start with, designers say jackets and dark shades are a must for everyone this season and women can give leggings a break!

‘Men should wear short sherwanis and short jackets with trousers and they can accessorise with shawls,’ designer Vijay Arora told Ians. ‘As for women, they can team up saris with jackets. They should wear dark shades like midnight blue, wine and plum this winter.’

Jai of the duo Parvesh-Jai said: ‘Long jackets are really in. We are exporting them in shades of brown,.

September 16, 2010: Veteran director Nasir Hussain made a hit movie Yadoon Ki Baraat in 1973 and now his son Mansoor Khan, is reportedly going to remake the movie after almost three decades.

The 1973 movie starred veteran stars Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Tariq and Vijay Arora. And interestingly, Bollywood perfectionist Aamir Khan made his debut as child actor with this movie. However, Aamir has not denied or confirmed the news of remaking this yesteryear blockbuster hit movie.

A sourced was quoted revealing that the remaking process of the movie is on and above all the new film will star Amitabh Bachchan, prince charming of Bollywood.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan received far too much flak for her previous years at the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. This year however, the actress was more than determined to get it right. For day one, the actress put on a violet Elie Saab gown while on day 2, she decided to go with Giorgio Armani Privé. Read on to see what our Indian designers have said about her appearance thus far at the festival.

Vijay Arora: "The first word that comes to my mind after looking at her picture is Wow! She looked so stunning and ravishing. Also the color of the gown suited her. Over the period of years, she has learnt the art of mastering the red carpet and she is just getting better day by day."

Jai: "Oh, she was looking hot and nice. What a wonderful train gown she was wearing, she just looked stunning.

Famous American R&B singer Akon flew down to the Capital from the Us,  to perform at the sangeet ceremony of businessman Sanjeev Nanda (infamous for the BMW hit and run case) at Chhatarpur farmhouse on Friday evening. Amidst heavy security, the rapper, of Smack that and Singh is Kingg fame, arrived a little past midnight, and sang for an hour, enthralling the 2,000 guests present. The guests included socialites Priya Chatwal, Tanisha Mohan, Tarun Tahiliani, Ritu Beri, Dilip and Devi Cherian, Ayesha Thapar, industrialist Peter Punj, Vijay Arora, Meenu Bakshi, designer Manav Gangwani, singer Adnan Sami with ...

Starlet Rakhi Sawant laughed for hours, designer Vijay Arora made Rohit Bal pose like Krishna, actress Neetu Chandra ran for hours and singer Shibani Kashyap sang Rang Barse repeatedly for a live audience. The reason — they were all high on bhaang and the spirit of Holi.As you get ready to enjoy the festival of colour, Ht City brings you some bizarre bhaang experiences of celebs and Delhiites.Designer Vijay Arora says he has too many funny incidents to recall. “Once, we were at a Holi party and I was so high that I made Gudda [Rohit Bal] pose like Krishna ...