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ShemarooMe Box Office invades the Indian OTT space, set for digital release of a flurry of new films starting with My Client’s Wife

Joginder Tuteja

Theaters may be shut down but for audiences, there is no dearth of entertainment currently. To make the film watching experience richer and truly entertaining, Hiren Gada led Shemraoo Entertainment…

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Tiger Shroff – The youngest superstar of Bollywood who has made his merit, and not lineage, count on his way to the top

Joginder Tuteja

He was a young boy, barely out of his teens, playing volleyball on the beach with his friends (and even strangers). He was still carrying baby flesh, though gearing up…

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Deepika Padukone & Priyanka Chopra Jonas, With 174 Other High-Profile Personalities to be Questioned by the Mumbai Police?

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

One of the most followed actresses, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are likely to be summoned by the Mumbai police in connection to the probe into fake social media…

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Sushant Singh Rajput joins Divya Bharti as the star who continues to shine the brightest even when away, watch out for Dil Bechara

Joginder Tuteja

It is as unfortunate as it gets. One of the brightest stars around, Sushant Singh Rajput, won’t be seen on the big screen anymore. With his untimely demise, he joins…

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Kartik Aaryan – An amazing journey of a rise, rise and more rise from Pyaar Ka Punchnama to five new films

Joginder Tuteja

Insiders v/s outsiders, stars kid launch v/s non-star kid struggles – the debate is on. However one outsider, who is not a star kid and had absolutely no connection in…

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2020 New York Indian Film Fest: ‘Run Kalyani’ to Open Digital Edition, Special Tribute to Irrfan Khan

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Filmmaker Geetha J’s Malayalam-language film, “Run Kalyani,” is set to open the 20th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival which will run online July 24 – Aug. 2.…

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After Breathe: Into The Shadows, it’s time for Shakuntala Devi, Durgavati, Sherni, Chhori – Vikram Malhotra has ‘abundant’ line of films ahead for his Abundantia Entertainment

Joginder Tuteja

While lockdown has taken a toll on quite a few films and several production houses are contemplating how to get into a survival mode once things get back to (the…

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Ekta Kapoor announces Pavitra Rishta Fund for mental health awareness

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence. A month after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise, producer Ekta Kapoor, who launched him through her show has joined…

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Madhuri Dixit shares a throwback picture with beautiful quarantine poetry

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Madhuri Dixit shares throwback picture with beautiful quarantine poetry Bollywood veteran actress Madhuri Dixit Nene has shared some profound thoughts in a post she has shared on social media. Madhuri…

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5 years of S.S. Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Beginning – 10 interesting facts

Joginder Tuteja

9th July 2015 – This is the date that marked the arrival of Baahubali: The Beginning, the film which changed the way in which audiences watched Indian films. A truly…

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“Real learning doesn’t come from mere words, it comes from witnessing and experiencing lives” – Niraj Kumar Mishra

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Some people just talk, but some people with uplifted morals walk the talk. And this is what happened couple of days back, Niraj Kumar Mishra, writer of Baaghi 2, did…

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Laxmmi Bomb, Shakuntala Devi, Dil Bechara, Gunjan Saxena, and more – Big feature films set to storm the OTT space

Joginder Tuteja

It’s happening. Notwithstanding the threat of ‘retribution’ that Gulabo Sitabo received from a premium multiplex chain, it went ahead and saw a digital premiere on Amazon Prime. It may have…

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24 years of Akshay Kumar’s Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi – An action entertainer that narrowly missed beating All Time Biggest Opening Day record

Joginder Tuteja

24 years of Akshay Kumar’s Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi – An action entertainer that narrowly missed beating All Time Biggest Opening Day record Date: 14th June 1996 Place: Gurgaon Temperature: Over…

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South remakes back in vogue – From Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Kartik Aaryan to newcomer Ahan Shetty, everyone is joining in

Joginder Tuteja

Even as the wait continued for normalcy to resume across the country and films to get back on the floors, there is widespread excitement around checking out what do the…

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Vidya Balan’s Shakuntala Devi leads the show, other female centric films of Alia, Kiara, Janhvi, Taapsee to follow soon

Joginder Tuteja

Time and again, Bollywood actors have played title roles in their superhit films. As a matter of fact during 70s and the 80s films were even promoted with a tag…

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Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff and Kartik Aaryan are still delivering SUPERHITS even with theatres shut down – Here is how

Joginder Tuteja

Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff and Kartik Aaryan are still delivering SUPERHITS even with theatres shut down – Here is how With theaters staying closed, some of the recent…

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After a dream run at the box office, Ayushmann Khurranna set to invade OTT too with Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo on Amazon Prime

Joginder Tuteja

Other than Akshay Kumar if there is one actor who has been making 2-3 films per year consistently and also delivering successes regularly is Ayushmann Khurranna. While he started with…

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REWIND Ankahee: The melancholic melodies put together by Pritam for this film have aged very well

Anish Mohanty

2006 was a landmark year for Pritam. After scoring his first superhit album as a solo composer with ‘Dhoom’ (2004), the composer started delivering hit songs consistently. Regardless of the…

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Timeless Verses by Mayur Puri

Anish Mohanty

Born and brought up in a small town in Gujarat, Mayur Puri arrived in Mumbai in 1999 with the goal of becoming a filmmaker. He started out as an associate…

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Alia, Kiara, Taapsee, Janhvi – Which of their 2020 releases will move to 2021?

Joginder Tuteja

These are the superstars, majority of whom had multiple releases planned for 2020. With lockdown coming into force and no clarity yet on when would theaters eventually open, at least…