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The Rise And Fall Of Television In India.

Why does TV focus endlessly on the deeds of the least inspiring section of our society, the politicians? A friend of mine recently donated her TV set to her maid. She says: &l...

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Everest To Open The Venice Film Festival

A flag has been planted in one of the most hotly contested territories of the film festival season. Everest, a new movie about the two rival missions up the mountain in 1996, ...

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A Female Producer Explains 4 Ways Women Get A Raw Deal In Hollywood.

By this point, it’s been well established that women who work in film have a tougher time of it than men. Even so, when the Tumblr account Shit People Say to Women Direc...

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FTII Row: Watch Ranbir Kapoor Come Out In Support Of Students.

The appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the new FTII chairman has called for a lot of protests from the FTII students and prominent Bollywood celebrities in general. Ranbir Kap...

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Social Media Sharing, News And Opinion Leadership: Recent Research.

Although social media channels have not yet become the primary way that the public at large accesses news, many recent reports and studies confirm that social networks are fas...

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Richard Gere Pays Tribute To Dalai Lama At Opening Of Karlovy Vary Film Festival

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Rep. — Richard Gere struck a political note at Friday’s opening of the 50th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, wh...

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Bradley Cooper Appeals To His Fans To Be Bone Marrow Donors.

The American Sniper actor urged his fans to become bone marrow donors after being moved by the plight of a cancer patient. The 40-year-old actor was introduced to cancer patie...

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Recreating Magic With Retro Music

Every decade of Bollywood has seen some great chemistry between actors. If it was Nargis-Raj Kapoor in the 50s, it was Rajesh Khanna-Sharmila Tagore in the 60s and way into th...

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Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011

Over two out of every three rural households own a mobile phone, the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 has found. At the same time, 36 per cent of rural Indians are illiter...

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Delhi Bids Farewell To 6th Jagran Film Festival

Film celebrities Divya Dutta, Piyush Mishra, Gulshan Grover, Saurabh Shukla and Kunal Kapoor and Sriram Raghavan graced the closing day screenings Jagran pays homage to Late ...

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A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026

A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...

March 28 2026

BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...

March 27 2026

BOLLYWOOD IGNORES WOMEN IN COMEDY

Monojit Lahiri investigates the persistent absence of strong comic roles for leading Bol...

March 26 2026