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Have you ever met Apu – Satyajit Ray’s Apu? If not, this is your chance to finally make his acquaintance – and he’s looking better than ever before. As film fans know, ‘The Apu Trilogy’ is master filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s seminal work, a story that is bound to touch whoever sees it, because it is our story. We may never have stepped into a Bengali village or lived in that simple yet hard world a century ago but this tale of family, struggle and aspirations speaks to something so universal, so human that it affects us all.

Update: Ritesh Batra’s award-winning drama THE LUNCHBOX has now become the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2014 in North America.

The Irrfan Khan hit has grossed $1.45 million to date surpassing the $1.3 million grossed by both Salman Khan’s latest action picture Jai Ho and the sleeper hit Queen to set a new record for this year.

Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan star in a beautiful, understated film ‘Puzzle’.

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ has all the Bollywood trimmings – the catchy songs, the hot romance, the dances, the big fat Indian wedding, the comedy, the drama which have made it a box-office hit.
Yet it has something more which will ensure it will become a milestone marker in Hindi film history.

Oscar nominations for Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan’s documentary short ‘St. Louis Superman’

Director Swati Bhise and actor Devika Bhise have brought the story of Lakshmibai, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi to the big screen, a tribute to Indian womanhood.

Deepika Padukone stars in ‘Chhapaak’ a true-life story of an acid survivor. It co-stars Vikrant Massey, is directed by Meghna Gulzar & co-produced by Padukone.

Nazanin Boniadi in Hotel Mumbai: “It is a face-off between good and evil, one that was emotionally and physically exhausting for me to portray.”

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The Warrior Queen of Jhansi brings the valor and passion of Rani Lakshmibai to the big screen, highlighting this freedom fighter’s efforts to take on the mighty East India Company

The passing of Shashi Kapoor has robbed the world of one of the most delightful smiles in the world, one of the most loved faces in the Hindi film industry. There may have been more dashing heroes, more powerful muscle-bound anti-heroes, more adept dancers but for his teenage fans he will always be the ‘Ingle Mingle Heartthrob’ a moniker given to him because of his toothy smile which only added to his adorable persona.

1063 people reached – 44 engagements on Lassi with Lavina FB page The Sweet Requiem – Do Not Forget Tibet…

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Ashok Amritraj is the most successful Indian film producers in Hollywood with over a 100 films to his credit.

ooking for a real fun, feel-good experience? Take a trip on ‘Mission Mangal’ to Mars with Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Tapsee Pannu and a gang of talented Bollywood actors,  reenacting India’s historic mission to Mars.

Yesterday is Danny Boyle’s sweet, surreal summer fable about the Beatles and stars Himesh Patel and Lily James with Kate McKinnon & Ed Sheeran.

This year women of Indian heritage had a fine showing at the Sundance Film Festival and it was the first time that two of the biggest sales were of films created by desi women.

We all love stories and cinema is the ultimate story-teller which spins magical tales of love and loss, set in unimagined realms. Sometimes cinema is a mirror of society, sometimes a celebration of the imagination and the invincibility of the human spirit.  It is always the magician which draws us into people’s lives

Madhur Jaffrey, the elegant, 85-year-old culinary icon and award-winning actress, has a wild new avatar, thanks to Queens desi rapper Mr. Cardomom, known in real life as Zohran Mamdani – and she couldn’t be more pleased.

Kalank is about love and violence in time of partition and tells the story of six entangled lives.