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Upkar - 1967
It is said that Upkar. the movie was inspired by no less than the Prime Minister of India at that time Shri Laal Bahadur Shastri, in a meeting with the film fraternity being impressed by film Shahid's special screening, a story of Bhagat Singh's exploits in the Indian freedom struggle. He had given the slogan of Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan due to the prevailing circumstances in India which had just come out of the 1965 war with Pakistan on one side and dearth of food grains on the other. This underlying motto within the slogan was picked up by Manoj Kumar and he wrote the storyline on the train while returning from Delhi to Bombay. This was the advent of Manoj Kumar as Bharat on the silver screen. Upkar was his first film as director and also this led the way for him to go on to direct and act in many movies with patriotism as it's central theme. Manoj Kumar was the person ....
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Woh Kaun Thi 1964
Continuing the tradition for mystery thrillers and whodunit genre after ‘Bees Saal Baad’ there were a spate of such films; all quite well made and having some story and substance too like, ‘Gumnaam’, ‘Teesri Manzil’ etc. with a notable film Woh Kaun Thi? Woh Kaun Thi was one of them shot in black and white which added to the mystery, macabre and eerie settings specially the scenes shot in the rain. It turned out to be a timeless classic flaunting the haunting beauty of its leading lady Sadhana and suaveness of Manoj Kumar. It was part of the mystery trilogy directed by Raj Khosla namely, Who Kaun Thi, Mera Saaya and Anita all within a span of three years and starring Sadhana in the main lead. At the same time Bollywood was also having an affair with double role movies. Woh Kaun Thi was loosely adapted from the English novel by Wilkie Collins ‘The Woman in White’ on ....
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World Cupp 2011, movie review
Backdrop of the film is sports. The film deals with the game of Cricket. Antagonism for World Cupp 2011, Indian team is going on and teams from different countries are participating. One of the very strong players is Ravi Indulkar from India. World Cupp 2011 movie review... In the end of the last decade of the 20th century, a slow but sure dispute between the gangsters created roughness in the underworld. Some very high profile people and businessmen were extorted, but the media covered these news extensively and the government took a strict action against the underworld. And the braking impact was created when home minister R.R. Patil completely banned the dance bars in Mumbai. In such conditions when circumstances were not so good. Then underworld centralized attention on sports as a source of making money, and they aimed the most glamorous game - Cricket. Ravi Kapoor is ....
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Editorial
Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan Trailer Launch

16th January 2015, Mumbai:  The first look launch of upcoming movie Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan was held at Sunny Super Sound in Mumbai. This event took place in the presence of the entire team. Writer Dhiraj Mishra along with actors Prem Chopra, Akhilesh Jain, Jatin Khurana and Imran Hasnee were seen promoting the film. Infact actor Akhilesh Jain who plays the role of…

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Deewana Main Deewana is the much-delayed film directed by K. C. Bokadia which stars Govinda, Priyanka Chopra and Kader Khan in lead roles. KC Bokadia, a well known director who has given many bollywood films, some of them where huge hits, while some just disappeared as soon as they appeared. The last hit film as a producer was more quite a few years ago - Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam which starred Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit. In this romantic thriller cum comedy cum murder mystery, Govinda plays role of Basant, an easy going lad who is an easy going person and Priya (Priyanka Chopra) enters his life. Basant hasn’t yet met Priya, but one glimpse of her, and then he is obsessed with this pretty young lady. Basant is a rich spoilt brat, an eligible bachelor, but doesn’t find any girl interesting. Until he sets his eyes on Priya. It is love at first sight and Basant ....
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