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Parchhayee - ZEE5 originals Episode 8

by Paresh B. Mehta The eighth episode of ZEE5 Original ‘Parchhayee: Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond’ lives up to its reputation and the high standards of the horror genre. Once again the exceptional director Suman Mukhopadhyay mesmerizes us with his brilliance at keeping the viewer glued to the story without resorting to any typical Bollywood type histrionics like cloudy nights,…

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Barah Aana, movie review
Barah Aana, is a comedy of real life, revolves around a driver Shukla (Naseeruddin Shah), Yadav (Vijay Raaz), who is a watchman and the waiter Aman (Arjun Mathur) who accidentally stumble into a crime and then realize it’s not a bad business. The story in debutant director Raja Menon’s film Barah Aana is set in today’s Mumbai, where the three unlikely friends: a driver, a watchman and a waiter share a room in one of Mumbai slums. They are simple, honest people struggling to eke out an existence in the city. The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30s, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes spark playful banter. But life isn't so forgiving - Shukla is constantly ridiculed and ill-treated by his mistress, Yadav is being made to d ....
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Shabana Azmi_FilmBazaar2016

 Aamir Khan Productions will attend the next edition of Film Bazaar and we hope to look for projects, meet people and find talent here,” said the highly impressed Kiran Rao at the 10th NFDC Film Bazaar   Shabana Azmi & Tannishtha Chatterjee Conducted a Producers’ Lab Session on ‘How To Pitch To an Actor’ at the NFDC Film Bazaar   If given a platform like…

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Gour Hari Dastaan - The Freedom File - Movie Review
A biopic on Gour Hari Das, a freedom fighter who needed to establish his identity and his journey spanning three decades in his quest for a piece of paper - the Certificate of recognition for his efforts during the freedom struggle from the Government of India. Not for seeking pension funds or other benefits, but recognition of his efforts as a teen-aged school boy who went to prison for several months for taking part in the freedom struggle during the British raj in India. Gour Hari Dastaan is a story based on real life of an Odisha freedom fighter, Gour Hari Das who made his way through a long battle of silent war that lasted for 32 years, against his own government to prove his patriotic association towards the nation. He fought for a certificate recognizing his work as a freedom fighter which took three full decades to arrive. He is ridiculed by others around him as he doesn't hav ....
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Jal - Water - Hindi film
With backdrop of water scarcity in Rann of Kutch, Jal tells a complex and intriguing story of love, relationships, enmity, deceit and circumstances that bring about the dark side of human character. Jal movie review... It is a high-octane, action- drama with a shocking climax. Shot on an epic scale, the film is a visual treat and has managed to capture ‘Rann Of Kutch’ like never before. Set in the Rann of Kutch, in Gujarat in Western India, the story of Jal revolves round a water diviner named Bakka (Purab H. Kohli), who tries to solve the drought problems in his village. Bakka has the sixth sense to detect water in the parched desert. Yet he faces unforeseen circumstances when he tries to help a female ornithologist Kim (Saidah Jules) to save the flamingos. Bakka is blessed with the ability of finding water in the parched desert. The film revolves around the drama surrou ....
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Dark is beautiful says acclaimed actress Tannishtha Chatterjee Panasonic Experience Center, Mumbai : Gone are days when one said that fair was handsome, infect several renowned faces are supporting the new slogan ‘Dark is Beautiful’.Women of Worth (WOW), the Chennai based NGO behind Dark is Beautiful Campaign, announced the delivery of more than 22000 signatures against UNFAIR advertising to EMAMI, the makers of Fair…

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Jalpari the film  is directed by Nila Madhab Panda who won the best Directors award for the film 'I Am Kalam' and it also had the privilege of being screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Jalpari - movie review... A well-heeled family from tony neighborhood of New Delhi travels from the city through dusty roads that lead into the village in Haryana, far out and buried in the debris of the past. Shreya (Lehar Khan), the tomboy of the family, finally arrives at her father’s village for the first time during her vacations, that too after coaxing her father, Dev (Parvin Dabas), to the best of her abilities. She and her brother, Sam (Krishang Trivedi), had, in their imagination, spun the village right out of a fairytale, replete with streams, lakes and grasslands that will allow them to run free. But all they find are dusty alleys, dried up ponds and hostile playmates until they s ....
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