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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 by admin
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Lollywood – Bollywood… the never ending bond

Here are some well known and not so well known personalities from Lollywood and Bollywood who are/were related to each other either through blood or marriage… Dilip Kumar and Nasir Khan Dilip Kumar can be considered as one of the living Legends of Bollywood. His name needs no formal introduction. His brother Nasir Khan played ...

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Sunday, October 31st, 2010 by admin
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Foreign front: When time doesn’t matter

I was still in school when my father dragged me to watch the film, Garam Hawa, insisting that I needed exposure to some good cinema. I was hoping that none of my friends would see me going in the cinema hall, as we ‘believed’ that this film was meant for ‘oldies’. Films for us in ...

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Monday, September 6th, 2010 by admin
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Anarkali – Fact or Fiction ?

It is now believed that Anarkali was in her forties or older when she was suspected of having an affair with the heir apparent, Prince Salim, who was then in the thirtieth year of his life and father to at least three sons from numerous wives. Salim’s father, the otherwise enlightened Emperor Akbar, found out ...

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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 by admin
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World Records 2010 – Hollywood Heroes

MARLON BRANDO The first actor to break the $1 million dollar threshold was Marlon Brando (USA), who was paid $1.25 million – equivalent today to $8.8 million – for his starring role as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (USA, 1962). With his small part as Jor-El in Superman (1978), he also broke the ...

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Friday, January 1st, 2010 by admin
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Dilip Kumar’s Fact File

Born Yusuf Khan 11 December 1922 Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) Star Sign Sagittarius Parents Muhammad Yusuf Khan and ? Siblings 11 including brothers Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan who live in Mumbai, a sister Farida who lives in Fresno, California. Nasir Khan – who was the first ever leading man of Pakistani Cinema. ...

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Saturday, September 26th, 2009 by admin
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Cinema and Films – Firsts

The Great Train Robbery (1903) – First Narrative movie First silent film ever made Roundhay Garden Scene – an 1888 British short film directed by inventor Louis Le Prince. It was recorded at 12 frames per second, runs for approximately two seconds and is the earliest surviving motion picture (Source :- Wikipedia.org) First silent narrative ...

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