Fardeen,
Ash in Feroz’s next Producer-director
Feroz Khan has signed Aishwarya Rai and Fardeen Khan
to play the lead roles in FK International’s next.
Nandy’s
PNC bags Olympics rights Pritish
Nandy Communications has won the exclusive marketing
rights on Doordarshan for Olympics 2000 to be held
in Sydney from September 15.
Santoshi announces Bhagat Singh
Rajkumar Santoshi will soon launch his next film,
the Hindi-English bilingual, The Legend of Bhagat
Singh.
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Obit
Music
director Kalyanji Shah passes away Noted
Hindi film music director Kalyanji Veerji Shah of
the famed Kalyanji-Anandji duo, died at the Breach
Candy hospital,
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Pranlal
Mehta Producer
Pranlal Mehta passed away at Mumbai’s Leelavati Hospital
following a prolonged illness, last week.
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Renu
Saluja
Renu Saluja, four-time national award winner for editing,
passed away in Mumbai last week. She was 48, and had
been undergoing treatment for cancer of the stomach
for the last three words.
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Short Takes: Rafiana Revived? It
was an anniversary with a difference. Thousands of MOHAMMAD
RAFI fans thronged Kuala Lumpurs Empire Bollywood
to pay tribute to the legend on July 29, on the occasion
of his 20th death anniversary.
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Upclose:
Flavour of the season! I
find myself in the lobby of Mumbais Hotel Centaur, awaiting
the arrival of tinseldoms new kid on the block. Theatre
and small screen sensation. Cont.. Review:
Tera
Jadoo Chal Gayaa When
raw talent comes up with a compelling performance, it casts
a magic spell on the audience, and thats exactly what
happens in Puja Films Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa. Cont.. Editorial:
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
Soft
targets. Thats what our filmfolk seem to have become
of late, for extortionists of all hues, as the ongoing Rajkumar
abduction crisis proves all over again. Candles in the wind.Cont..