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#10 Mughal-e-Azam: Top 100 Bollywood Albums

Posted on October 30, 2017May 9, 2020
by Vipin Nair

The 1960 magnum opus featured a majestic soundtrack matching the scale of the film by composer Naushad and lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, who created iconic songs like Jab Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya and Mohe Panghat Pe. Directed by K Asif, Mughal-e-Azam starred Madhubala, Dilip Kumar and Prithviraj Kapoor

FC Trailer Talk: Padmavati

Posted on October 9, 2017May 11, 2020
by Team FC

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the trailer of the film shows Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor ready for an epic battle set in 1303 in Mewar

Remembering Kundan Shah

Posted on October 8, 2017May 20, 2020
by Jai Arjun Singh

The author of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny Since 1983 looks back at his time with the director of the cult film who died of a cardiac arrest on October 7

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CRD Movie Review: An Inner-Body Experience

Posted on September 29, 2017May 8, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Directed by Kranti Kanade, this film is indescribable, abstract, surreal, shameless and oddly hypnotic

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2 min

#62 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam: Top 100 Bollywood Albums

Posted on September 8, 2017May 15, 2020
by Vipin Nair

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the 1999 film starred Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgn. With music by Ismail Darbar, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam had beautiful songs like Dholi Taaro, Tadap Tadap and Chand Chupa Badal Mein

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Eeda Movie Review

Posted on September 1, 2017May 4, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Director B Ajithkumar’s film starring Shane Nigam and Nimisha Sajayan is an impressively distinct take on the world’s most well-known romance

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#86 Khamoshi – The Musical: Top 100 Bollywood Albums

Posted on August 15, 2017May 9, 2020
by Vipin Nair

With music by Jatin-Lalit and Remo Fernandes, Khamoshi – The Musical had some beautiful songs like Baahon Ke Darmiyan and Aaj Mein Oopar. The film was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut and starred Salman Khan and Manisha Koirala in lead roles

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Baby Driver Movie Review

Posted on June 30, 2017May 7, 2020
by Anupama Chopra

Baby Driver is a many-splendoured movie – it’s Tarantino meets Scorsese meets Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Which means it’s operatic, violent and ineffably cool. Baby Driver is a heist movie but it’s also…

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Writers of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha And Ram Leela Give Survival Tips To Future Writers

Posted on June 12, 2017May 13, 2020
by Vasundhara Rathi

From producing and writing shows on Radio Mirchi to scripting reality shows, writers Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal have been in showbiz for a while now. With Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s…

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6 Things Jim Sarbh Learnt While Making The Switch From Theatre To Films

Posted on June 7, 2017July 18, 2020
by Sneha Menon Desai

Jim Sarbh has played multiple roles on stage. But he got his break on the big screen only last year as Khalil the terrorist in Neerja. Since then the Bollywood…

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Kaatru Veliyidai Movie Review

Posted on April 7, 2017May 6, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Language: Tamil Director: Mani Ratnam Cast: Karthi, Aditi Rao Hydari, RJ Balaji, Shraddha Srinath A few minutes into Mani Ratnam’s Kaatru Veliyidai (Breezy Expanse), an IAF pilot named VC (Karthi)…

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The Fascinating World Of Bollywood Fan Fiction Writers

Posted on March 6, 2017May 9, 2020
by Shreemi Verma

Syria is not the first place that comes to mind when you think of Bollywood. However, in a Syrian town called Qamishli, a 15-year-old’s ardent worship of two Hindi movie…

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Every Sanjay Leela Bhansali Film, Ranked

Posted on January 16, 2017May 13, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is grandiose, Bhansali is traditional, Bhansali is painstakingly detailed, and Bhansali is a human chamber of operatic, larger-than-life and exotic imagery. His is the India that foreign…

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6 Epic Films That Took Forever To Make

Posted on December 6, 2016June 11, 2020
by Shingita Ghosh

Martin Scorsese’s self-described “obsession” with his new Jesuit missionary drama Silence began nearly 27 years ago. The film, delayed for lack of funding and legal clarity, is finally hitting US screens this…

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Shakespeare Chacha Is Dead And Alive

Posted on April 21, 2016May 15, 2020
by Team FC

Shakespeare, his biographies tell us, had some money troubles from time to time. Exactly 400 years after his death, it seems clear that if the Bard had decided to take…

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Bajirao Mastani Movie Review

Posted on December 18, 2015May 7, 2020
by Anupama Chopra

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Bajirao Mastani is a celebration of magnificent obsession — Bajirao’s obsession with his beloved Mastani, and director Sanjay Leela…

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali | FC Unfiltered

Posted on December 11, 2015May 14, 2020
by Anupama Chopra

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