Jan
05
Guzra hua zamana aata nahi dobaara...
Posted at: 01:20 By: Bindiya Pandey

Gone are the days when actresses like Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Asha Parekh and Jaya Bachchan were the queens of millions of hearts. There was a time when Dhak-dhak girl Madhuri Dixit, black beauty Kajol and Rani Mukherjee ruled the roost. Kajol was not conventionally good looking, yet she is remembered for her superb acting and simplicity.

Jul
06
Remembering MJ...!
Posted at: 04:23 By: Atika Ahmad Farooqui

One would love to exchange a life with Michael Jackson but one does not know how lonely that life would be. 'I'm better off dead. I'm done’ was Michael Jackson's fateful prediction just a week before his death. Millions of dollars, worldwide fan following, expensive copyrights; and the ability to take on the world could not give Michael Jackson a life worth living again.

Jul
08
…and the legend rejoices in heaven
Posted at: 08:14 By: Bachan Thakur

June 25, 2009 – a usual day it was. But nothing remained ‘usual’ about it as it carried along the news of the sudden demise of the music sensation, Michael Jackson. I was rushing to my office unaware of the word that had by then shook almost more than a half of the world. How could one believe it…? The music sensation moon walking away so swiftly – away from us, to another world, even as the world did not have the slightest indication.

May
05
Ingredients of a successful human
Posted at: 12:51 By: Atika Ahmad Farooqui

Have you heard of Shahrukh Khan? Well you can't possibly say no. My 3 year old nephew knows about Shahrukh Khan and humms his songs. So who exactly is Shahrukh Khan? An actor? A bussinessman? An entertainer? A star? Or simply an incredibly inspiring man? Correct my friend...simply an incredibly inspiring man.

Apr
25
Bollywood aur Multiplex owners ke beech jang
Posted at: 07:21 By: Ujjawal Trivedi

Pichle kaee dino se main theater mein film dekhne nahi jaa paya. Jaante hain iski wajah kya hai? Iske liye zimmedar hai wo ladaee jo chhidi huee hai Bollywood Producers aur Multiplex owners ke beech. Pichle kareeb teen hafton se na to koi badi film release huee hai aur na hi is hafte koi ummeed hai ki koi badi film hum sabka dil bahlane aaegi.

Apr
17
Bollywood...yeh jadoo hai jadoo
Posted at: 04:53 By: Atika Ahmad Farooqui

"Bollywood jise kehte hain jaadu ka khilauna hai, mil jaye to mitti hai kho jaye to sona hai...” Amitabh Bachchan and various elite members of this fraternity simply hate to address their Hindi Film Industry as 'Bollywood' and constantly insist that let it be this way only. But truth be told, Hindi Film Industry is known by this term the world over and continues to be searched on google and other search engines by this word only.

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Atika Ahmad Farooqui

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake said Alfred Hitchcock…And for Atika Life is not just Life but a Beautiful Moving Picture. Atika Ahmad Farooqui, a Senior Creative Producer and Anchor with BAG Network is a film lover, film critic and a film buff rolled in one. A popular film journalist who reviews films weekly finds cinema in all its forms extremely alluring and inspiring.

 

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Bindiya Pandey

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Bachan Thakur

I was born in a very small place in Himachal Pradesh and brought up in different parts of the country. I am obsessed with music and was bitten by the “bug of singing” from my childhood days. And am still continuing with learning music – for that is the ultimate source of energy in my life.

 

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