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Rushes
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 Anil,
Kaushik launch banner
Anil
Kapoor and Satish Kaushik will launch their banner,
Kapoor and Kaushik Entertainment, on August 9, with
the muhurat of their maiden production, Badhai Ho Badhai.
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Obit
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Bimal
Roy
 Veteran
film editor Bimal Roy passed away on July 29 at Ahmednagar.
He had been unwell for some time and was admitted to
a local hospital.
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Ali
Sardar Jafri
 Renowned
Urdu poet and freedom fighter Ali Sardar Jafri, whose
unparalleled talent crept into his determined fight
against social inequality, died last week after a
prolonged illness at the age of 86.
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Sir
Alec Guiness
British
actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose career on stage and screen
spanned more than 60 years, died at the age of 86 last
week. Guinness won an Oscar for his role in the classic
1957 war movie.
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Qaisar Usmanie
The
well-known Urdu poet and film publicist, Qaisar Usmani,
died in Mumbai. He was ailing for sometime. He was 81-years-old.
He had several collections of poems to his name and
one award each from the govts of Maharashtra and Bihar.
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BP
Shahbadi
BP Shahbadi, proprietor, Nirmal Pictures, died at Dirdi,
Bihar. He was 89. He had made the first Bhojpuri film
Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadaibo and several other films.
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Short
Takes: Sachin Tendulkar in films?
 The
Little Master of Indian cricket is all set to debut in films?
Well, why not? With cricket ridden with tales of match fixing
and sundry other scandals, the movies could well be a major
attraction for the sensational bat.
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Guidelines
that beg to be amended
Censorship
guidelines appear to be double-edged, as every filmmaker worth
his salt has discovered over the years. If the censors don’t
like a film or its treatment or theme, all they have to do is
apply the existing guidelines more stringently and refuse a
certificate.
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Mukta
Arts manages to sail through, IPO oversubscribed 1.2 times
 Notwithstanding
the bad market conditions, Mukta Arts has managed to sail through
with its IPO. The IPO (fixed price portion) has been marginally
oversubscribed by around 1.2 times, according to a market source.
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Focus:
Filmdom and the censors
 Asha
Parekh, the chairperson of the CBFC, flatly denies all the charges
made by the small producers. "We are not unnecessarily
harsh on the small producers," she says and adds, "If
I show the kind of scenes we have cut, irrespective of footage,
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Editorial: Braving the 6.5 crore
barrier
Showman Subhash Ghai has been in the news for a variety of reasons,
lately. Not least among them has been the sales of the music
of his forthcoming opus, Yaadein,
for a cool Rs 6.5 crore.
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Ratan
Jain: Aiming for the unknown
The young Ratan Jain first started an audio cassette shop
in the ’80s, under the brand name, Venus. His shop flourished
and soon Venus was a company with a banner to respect. Ratan
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Har
Dil Jo Pyar Karega: Salman, Preity excel
 Very
rarely do filmmakers exhibit courage enough to make films like
Pan Films’ Nidaan. In the fast lane of commercial films.
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Kamal’s
Hindi fans have long wait ahead
 The
luncheon meeting on July 29 at Mumbai’s Sun’N’Sand,
provided time enough for an interaction between a wide cross
section of film producers and Bina Kak. Cont..
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Uttar
Pradesh CM to meet filmfolk
About
40 film personalities have been invited to a luncheon meeting
with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ram Prakash Gupta in Mumbai
along with other industrialists on August 12.
It is not known why the chief minister wants
to meet the film people along with other industrialists.
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100
pc tax to pay Rajkumar ransom
BANGALORE:
In the wake of the reports indicating that dreaded brigand Veerappan
had demanded a huge sum to release Kannada icon Rajkumar, the
state film industry was quick to offer help to bear the burden.
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Once
upon a time
 Has
the brother who cried when you got hurt and protected you from
the bully in school become a near-stranger with whom you have
nothing in common? Manusha Sobhrajani explores the highs
and lows of sibling-world.
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Priyadarshan:
FEET ON THREE BOATS!
Since his directorial debut in 1984, Kerala's Priyadarshan
has become synonymous with aesthetic entertainment in Malayalam,
Tamil, and Hindi cinema. His latest Hindi release, Hera Pheri
is a box-office success and Priyan, as he's known among friends,
is suddenly saleable in Mumbai again..
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