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For his role in the upcoming romantic thriller Lootera, Ranveer Singh has really worked hard to get his character perfect for the film. The film’s story is inspired from O. Henry’s “The Last Leaf” and is the uplifting story of two lovers through a turbulent but epic romance. Set in 1953, Ranveer plays a young broody archaeologist called Varun Shrivastav and the character is quite the departure from his earlier boy next door roles ala Band Baaja Baarat.

As part of his research for the film, Ranveer attended workshops to learn the art of emoting with his eyes and he learned from one of the best – Dev Anand. The legendary Dev Anand was known in his times for his expressive eyes. Director Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan) made Ranveer watch movies like Guide, Heera Panna and Jewel Thief.

A spokesperson for the film says, “Lootera is a tribute to 50s. We...

“If you start with a hero’s role, that’s all you’ll remain. You’ll never become an actor”

Even after 37 years of “Sholay”, it is very unlikely that one can forget the character actor A. K. Hangal who played the notable role of “Rahim Chacha” in the film with his famous one liner, “Itna sannata kyon hai, bhai”. Hangal, who passed away on August 26, in his last interview, given two months ago to Niilesh A Raje and Rajesh Subramanian:

“In Sholay, I was given the character role of a blind man and to get this character right I used psycho-technique to get the feeling of blindness,” revealed the veteran actor, when we met him at his modest apartment at Santacruz.

“I must admit that I got many fantastic roles. The length of the role never mattered to me; what mattered was the character”, added the nonagenarian who once advised actor Sanjeev Kumar,...

Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff turns 52 today on February 1, 2012.He started his Bollywood career in the 70's with the film Heera Panna, where he played the role of a villain, but his real success came with the film Hero, a 1983 film by Subhash Ghai that shot him into fame and earned huge fan following.Shroff has been in the film industry for more than 28 years now and has acted in more than 150 films. He has acted in films like Ram Lakhan, Agni Sakshi, Tridev, 100 Days,...

New Delhi, Dec 4: The evergreen Dev Anand charmed audiences with various roles and was one of the few stars who appeared with a range of actresses.

Here is the list of some of his major films and the actresses he worked with them in:

* 1980 'Man Pasand' (Tina Munim)

* 1980 'Lootmaar' (Tina Munim)

* 1973 'Banarasi Babu' (Rakhee Gulzar and Yogeeta Bali)

* 1973 'Heera Panna' (Rakhee Gulzar and Zeenat Aman)

* 1971 'Hare Raama Hare Krishna' (Mumtaz and Zeenat Aman)

* 1971 'Tere Mere Sapne' (Mumtaz)

* 1971 'Gambler' (Zaheeda)

* 1970 'Johny Mera Naam' (Hema Malini)

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Once Bollywood's reigning star and now rapidly fading into obscurity, Jackie Shroff says with unusual candour that his weakness has been his inability to say no and remembers with some regret the many emotional decisions that cost him plum offers.Often known as Bollywood's real slumdog for having risen from the slums to the dizzying heights of stardom, Jackie is now 50 and views himself as different from his contemporaries and friends who have made their career decisions based on money and script.'I don't have any fixed criteria to choose films like my friends and contemporaries in the industry. They are very clear - they will first see the money, then the script and will then make the decision,' Jackie, who was once called the best dressed celebrity in tinsel town, told us.'Unfortunately, my thinking is not like that. If someone comes to me and says he wants...

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