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India 100 Years Ago

Posted in Cultural, Observation, tagged , , , , , , on 27 June 2008 | 23 Comments »


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Padmavati: Performance in Paris

Posted in Cultural, Dance and Drama, Entertainment, Fiction, From Headlines, From the Past, General, Indian History, Movies, News and Views, Stories and Experiences, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 18 March 2008 | 1 Comment »

Sanjay Leela Bhansali of Devdas fame got standing ovation at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Not for another Bollywood movie, but for an opera-ballet titled Padmavati: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s adaptation of the 1923 opera-ballet by Albert Roussel, one of the greatest yet least understood masters of twentieth-century French music.

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Cirque du Inde Called Jodhaa Akbar

Posted in Cultural, Entertainment, General, Indian History, Movie Reviews, Movies, Observation, Seriously!, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 24 February 2008 | No Comments »

If Emperor Akbar were to watch Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar, he would have said, “Wow man! What opulence, very impressive indeed.” And if Jodhaa and Akbar were to watch Jodhaa Akbar together, they would have definitely fallen in love with each other even if they did not back then. Jodhaa Bai would have told Jodhaa [...]

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Jodhaa Akbar Clouded by Controversy

Posted in Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Movies, News and Views, tagged , , , , , , , on 17 February 2008 | No Comments »

Jodha Akbar, with cost estimated at Rs. 400 million and featuring country’s two biggest stars, was finally premiered all over India this Friday. Its release was postponed twice. However, it did not see acceptance for release from the very state this historic tale is based on: Rajasthan. It was banned from screening in the scheduled [...]

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