Pran is eighty
His is the kind of life (pran) life will always be proud of
His life is one of those rarest of rare memorable lives, a life marked out from among the mammoth millions, especially the millions in a mahaan country like India which is frightfully growing in scary figures,

Ask Anupam
Anupam Kher on Acting
I am going to talk about a strange ‘brand’ of youngsters who run away from home, catch the first bus, train or flight, according to the class they belong to at the time of their running away to reach Mumbai,

On the Sets

9-day last stint of Tarkieb
Jay Movies’ Tarkieb is being shot in its last schedule from February 21 to 29 at St Andrews’ Auditorium, Bandra wherein two songs are being picturised on the entire starcast.

Short Takes

Gaining momentum
The Dreamz Unlimited chaps are not conceding defeat yet. Even if their maiden venture hasn’t hit pay-dirt, they insist that Phir Bhi Dil Hai... hasn’t bitten the dust as it is being made out to be.

Box Office

No takers for 73 films
The Hindi film industry is heading towards a slump in film production. In January, 172 films were under production as against 188 in the previous month.

Ali's Notes

The emperor and others
Just one scene performed by the emperor of acting has changed the lives of so many young men (and some women too). Watching Dilip Kumar act has done more than all the courses in acting,

Editorial

If you can’t bust ’em, ban ’em
It's a lot of hot air. And little else. With the vapidity so characteristic of the average movie, a producers’ outfit has demanded an immediate ban on all foreign (read Hollywood) films dubbed into Indian languages.

Rushes

Kher’s Bariwali triumphs at Berlin fest
Anupam Kher’s debut film as producer, Bariwali, directed by Rituparno Ghosh and starring Kiron kher, has won plaudits and awards at its world premiere during the Berlin Film Festival. On February 19,

Talent thanked

Thank you, Your Excellency, friends and countrymen

Once in a life-time comes a time in the life of a man when his heart, his soul and his mind join forces and protest. They say they want to say so much about a once upon a time event in their life.

Producers call for ban on dubbed foreign films

The All India Film Producers Council has asked the government of India to ban the dubbing of foreign films in Hindi and other Indian languages forthwith, on the grounds that they not only affected the market for Indian films, but also “spoiled” India’s pristine culture.