The movie also won the President of India Gold Medal for Best Picture in 1994 besides winning the National Film Award.
April 16, 2019It was a star-studded night as Bollywood celebrities came to join the celebrations.
November 6, 2018Katyal also wrote the story of many TV serials including 'Dillagi' and 'Saans' which was directed by Neena Gupta.
September 14, 2018Kishore Kumar was a legend of the Hindi music industry who gave both foot-tapping and soul-stirring songs.
August 4, 2018Shashi Kapoor’s 1972 film Siddhartha will be screened at the festival this year to commemorate the late actor’s immense contribution to Indian cinema.
July 26, 2018Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi found honourable mention at the recent 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles during the “In Memoriam” montage. At the late dimpled actor’s birth anniversary (he was born in Calcutta on 18 March, 1938), one was reminded of his genial personality, which probably came out best when he was paired with …
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March 22, 2018Indian cinema icons Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi will be remembered at the New York Indian Film Festival. The event will be held from May 7-12. Shashi Kapoor, star of Merchant-Ivory films such as The Householder, will be honoured with the screenings of Shakespeare Wallah and Heat and Dust, reports variety.com. The fest will also hold …
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March 20, 2018Born as Balbir Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor was one of the Kapoors who carried the legacy of the first family of Indian cinema. He acted in over 160 films in his career span, emerging as the charming and handsome hero of his time. Shashi started his acting career as a child artiste in the well-known …
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March 18, 2018Very few in India had expected Sridevi, who had passed away just a few days ago, to be hastily included in the 90th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. It was as surprising as the Academy decision 17 years ago to walk into the high security zone of a hospital in Kolkata …
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March 10, 2018Indian cinema icon Shashi Kapoor and India’s first female superstar Sridevi were honoured at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony here during the “In Memoriam” montage. The Indian stars got a musical tribute by Eddie Vedder who took the stage to sing Tom Petty’s “Room at the top”. Actress Jennifer Garner introduced the segment by paying …
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March 5, 2018For 1986 film New Delhi Times, which revolved around the nexus between politicians and media barons, veteran actor Shashi Kapoor took a bare minimum of Rs 101 as the signing amount. Kapoor won the National Award for Best Actor for his performance of an honest journalist in the film. Kapoor, a superstar in commercial films, …
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February 27, 2018Priyanka Chopra’s journey from Bollywood to Hollywood is already inspirational and we will soon be able to know the whole life story of the star. Aseem Chabbra an entertainment journalist is about to come up with the unauthorized biography of PeeCee. According to media reports, Chhabra has already written a biography of veteran actor Shashi …
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January 3, 2018As the year nears the end, thestatesman.com takes a look back to come out with a list of prominent names from the entertainment industry who bade adieu to the world in 2017. Here’s the list: Shashi Kapoor The last of the second-generation stars from the Kapoor dynasty, veteran actor Shashi Kapoor, who was popular in the industry …
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December 19, 2017Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is here with other actors — Sonakshi Sinha, Prabhu Deva and Kriti Sanon — for “Dabangg-The Tour”, says he never thought veteran actors like Vinod Khanna and Shashi Kapoor, will “ever leave us alone”. In the light of “Dabangg 3” releasing in March next year, which also had Vinod Khanna …
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December 10, 2017No one could have imagined that an actor with such solid foundations in cinema could have connections that stretched far and wide. Whether it was the need to sustain the legacy of quality theatre in difficult times or working in a television series on the detective Feluda (an altogether unknown territory), one saw Shashi Kapoor …
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December 8, 2017The Bollywood industry, which was shocked by the demise of legendary actor Shashi Kapoor, on December 7 held a prayer meet to pay him tributes.
December 8, 2017