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Sunday, October 10th, 2010 by admin
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Bollywood – ’ll work as long as my body allows me – Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan has no ‘special’ plans for his 68th birthday and doesn’t believe in making resolutions either. “Birthdays come and go every year. And for me, every day is special. A resolution may force something on to a day which I don’t want,” he reasons. “I’m nearing 70 now. Sometimes, my knees and other joints ...

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Thursday, April 29th, 2010 by admin
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Rann (2010)

Amidst the abundance of directors vying for mainstream success in Bollywood, Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) is a rare breed. He directs movies that fall out of conventional Indian cinema and it seems he does it for the art of storytelling rather than aiming at box-office success. Since the critical success of the resounding Rangeela, RGV ...

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Monday, April 26th, 2010 by admin
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Kabhi kabhie (1976)

Yash Chopra was making Deewaar at the same time as Kabhi kabhie and was working with some of the same cast. In Kabhi kabhie, this included actors who had worked across several decades, from the veteran (Waheeda Rehman) to the very young (Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh), with some actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee ...

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Monday, April 26th, 2010 by admin
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Silsila (1981)

Silsila was controversial from the start. Even before it was released there was gossip about the casting, due to persistent rumours that it depicted a real-life love triangle between Amitabh, his wife, Jaya, and his supposed mistress, Rekha. Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor), an airforce pilot, and Shobha (Jaya Bachchan) are about to be married. He invites ...

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Sunday, April 25th, 2010 by admin
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Sholay (1975)

Generally accepted to be the greatest Hindi film of all time, this film appeals to everyone and is always a good choice to show to people who have never seen a Hindi film before, as it needs no cultural explanations (even though they can add to the meaning). Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra) are ...

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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 by admin
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Paa (2009)

A film where Vidya Balan looks good and Amitabh is not ‘Amitabh’ sounds almost too good to be true, but such a film has finally been made. Any character Amitabh has played in over three decades has veered on a spectrum between Anthony and Narayan Shankar (Mohabbatein). His character always ends up being ‘Amitabh playing ...

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by admin
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Shakti (1982)

This film is always remembered as the one time that Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan played father and son. While both stars had played the role of the person who becomes a criminal but remains honest and decent, here the father is the police officer while the son is the outlaw with whom he comes ...

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