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Subhash K Jha looks back at the Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan starrer, Bol Bachchan, which released 13 years ago in this new edition of This Day That Year.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee would be unable to recognize this version of his comedy Golmaal on which Bol Bachchan is based.

Hell, he might have even sued for subversion of his creative property. But then he always loved the Bachchan family. And there are the two Bachchans in the film: Abhishek Bachchan and his likeable comic partner Krushna Abhishek. No, make that 3. At the very start, the senior-most Bachchan, the Big B himself, makes a gracious song-and-dance appearance where the director Rohit Shetty lets us know he loves the Bachchans. In one way or another.

The film casts Abhishek Bachchan in a double role of Abbas and his doppelganger, Abhishek Bachchan. Yes, that’s the name given to Abhishek’s character when he...

Ratna Pathak Shah On Her Inter-Faith Marriage With Naseeruddin Shah ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Ratna Pathak Shah and Naseeruddin Shah are one of the most adored couples in the Hindi film fraternity. Love blossomed between the two because of their mutual love for acting, theatre and creativity. However, they also had their share of obstacles since Naseeruddin was not divorced officially from his first wife and there was also some resistance from Ratna’s parents towards their union.

According to Bollywood Shaadi, Ratna Pathak Shah met Naseeruddin Shah in during Satyadev Dubey’s play ‘Sambhog Se Sanyaas Tak.’ They were drawn towards each other for their dedication towards their craft and the passion for acting. The couple soon fell in love but could not tie the knot since Shah was not divorced legally from his first wife Manara Sikri.

That was not the only issue that the couple faced. Ratna Pathak...

Shah Rukh And Mahima Chaudhry’s Pardes To Make Theatre Comeback?

The re-release season does not seem to end anytime soon as another cult classic film, Pardes, is arriving back in cinemas. The Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhry starrer was originally released in 1997 and is remembered for its romance and music.

Directed by Subhash Ghai, the movie follows Ganga, who gets married to an Nri while in love with another man. Pardes joins the list of other Srk classics like Veer-Zaara and Kal Ho Naa Ho, which made a comeback in theaters in 2024.

Pardes To Re-Release in Theaters

The 1997 romantic-musical is heading back to theaters on Friday, November 15th, 2024. This will mark a re-release clash of two Shah Rukh Khan films as Kal Ho Naa Ho also arrives in cinemas on the same day. PVR Inox Cinemas announced the re-release of Pardes with a social media post on November 12th.

Bol Bachchan (2012) Was A Remake Of 1979 Film Gol Maal ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

It has been 45 years since Hrishikesh Mukerjee’s classic film Gol Maal was released in the theaters. The film received a cult status the moment people walked out of the theaters smiling. And it still leaves you with a smile whenever you watch the classic.

The film starred Amol Palekar and Utpal Dutt in the lead role, with Bindiya Goswami, Shubha Khote, and Dina Pathak in the supporting lead. It earned a blockbuster status at the box office.

Years later, Rohit Shetty was so inspired by the film that he took inspiration twice. Once for Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, which borrowed only the name of the Og classic, and for the second time, he attempted a remake that was titled Bol Bachchan!

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Hum Do Hamare Do(Disney-Hotstar)

Starring Ratna Pathak Shah, Paresh Rawail, Rajkummar Rao, Kriti Sanon

Not even the wonderful Ratna Pathak Shah and Paresh Rawal could rescue this dreary rom-com from sinking so low into the abyss that it’s hard to find one single moment of joy from the mirthless mess.

On the premise level it sounds promising. Rajkummar Rao is Dhruv ,an orphan craving for a, awww, family. Ever-bubbly Kriti Sanon , the new-age Preity Zinta, craves for a Bunty with a large heart and a larger family. So what does Dhruv do? He hires two long-in-love estranged people Purushottam(Rawal) and Deepti(Pathak) to play his parents.

There is an unintentional tribute to Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Golmaal here. In that film Amol Palekar(who was to middle-of-the-road cinema in the 1970s what Rajkummar Rao is now to the romcom industry) had hired Ratna Pathak Shah’s mother...

Rupali Ganguly’s flourishing TV career spanning over two decades is an inspiration to many. The actor feels blessed and proud of the way her journey has created a path. Looking back to the time she stepped into the world of television, the actor, who plays the titular role in Rajan Shahi and Deepa Shahi’s show Anupamaa, feels she has been “a chosen one” because of the plethora of the roles and the variations of characters that she got the opportunity to portray on screen.

“I started at the age of four in one of my father’s (Anil Ganguly; director-screenwriter) movies where I played Dina Pathak’s daughter and I remember there was Mithun Chakraborty in the film. Mithun uncle practically worked in all of my dad’s films. When I was 7, there was a film 'Saheb' where I just had to run into the house and touch...

Tarpan movie review is here. Based on writer/novelist Shivmurti?s story of the same name, the movie directed by debutant Neelam R Singh features Nand Kishore Pant, Neelam and Abhishek Madarecha in pivotal roles. The movie has travelled various festivals and won accolades at Jiff, Iwff (International Women?s Film Festival), Mwff (Mzansi Women?s Film Festival). Let?s find out in Tarpan movie review, how hard ? hitting and realistic is the movie.

Immediate reaction when the end credits roll

The caste divide is the biggest ?Kalank? (stigma) in our society that keeps haunting back.

The story of Tarpan

Tarpan ? which is ritual of purification, salvation done in order to please the divine forces and purify the sins committed by ancestors, is a story of caste struggle prevalent in India since ages. Based on the novel of the writer Shivmurti, Tarpan is the story of Rajpatiya (Neelam) a young...

Mumbai, Dec 19: Think Supriya Pathak and you think of monstrous talent and pedigree. The actress says her two children with Pankaj Kapur are now gearing up for a career in filmdom.

"My daughter Sanaah is 23. She has studied acting at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She is gearing up for a career in acting. My son Ruhaan is 20. He is a trained chef. But he's going abroad to learn acting and direction," said Supriya.

Daughter to female theatre stalwart Dina Pathak, Supriya has in her spouse the incredibly gifted Pankaj Kapur. Supriya's sister is the enormously talented Ratna Shah and brother-in-law.

Mumbai, July 12: Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will be seen in the remake of "Khubsoorat", says it's a contemporary film and the story does not ape the 1980 hit movie.

The original "Khubsoorat" had Rekha in the lead role of a happy-go-lucky girl and she was joined by the likes of Ashok Kumar, Dina Pathak and Rakesh Roshan in the cast.

"Honestly, the script of 'Khubsoorat' is extremely contemporary. There's nothing about it that resembles the Hrishikesh Mukherjee film," said Sonam while talking about the film's setting.

"We had the rights to the film and we took the character, spirit of the character and have put her in.

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is an upcoming comedy-drama by notable filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who is known for making bold and relevant films. The film will see actors Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma pairing up for the first time in their careers, and also stars Pankaj Kapur and Shabana Azmi in supporting roles. It is all set for release in cinemas worldwide on 11 January 2013 and is being referred to by segments of the media as one of the key films to look out for next year. According to its synopsis, the film is set in a village in Haryana, where Bijlee (Anushka) is set to marry Baadal (Aarya Babbar), who is the son of the powerful politician Chaudhari Devi (Shabana). However, Bijlee and her industrialist father Harry Mandola’s (Pankaj) affiliation with Matru (Imran) make the arrangement of this marriage difficult. This results in various twists and turns that will...

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Reliance Home Video launched Govind Nihalani’s critically acclaimed film Tamas on home video today. The launch was done at an exclusive retail event at Planet M, Andheri.

Besides the Director Govind Nihalani, Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Ila Arun, and producer Lalit Bijlani other key members from the cast & crew were present at Planet M to formally release the DVD of the film.

Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1988 as a mini series.

Tamas is being released as a four DVD (Rs. 799/-) and Vcd (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas.

Sweta Agnihotri COO of Reliance Home Video said that “This August India will celebrate completion of 64 years of Independence. Tamas is a good reflection of how communal prejudice can...

Govind Nihalani’s epic tele-film Tamas has been released on DVD by Reliance Home Video.

Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1987 as a series and later as a 4-hour-long feature film.

Tamas is being released as a four-dvd (Rs. 799/-) and Vcd (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas.

The film won the Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Film on National Integration. In 1988, Tamas won two national awards: Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award for Best supporting Actress and Vanraj Bhatia won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction.

The film features Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Bhisham Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Manohar Singh,Dina Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey and Surekha Sikri.

When one talks of mothers on celluloid, one generally visualizes the image of a sacrificing mother who is either bent over a sewing machine stitching clothes in umpteen films or, working at a construction site bent under the weight of bricks on her head, such as Nirupa Roy in Deewar (1975). Over time, the mother image sometimes transformed itself to Dina Pathak in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khubsoorat...

TORONTO -- Bollywood screen star Dina Pathak (A Passage to India) died Friday after a long illness. She was 82. Deepa Mehta, the Canadian filmmaker in whose latest film, Bollywood/Hollywood, Pathak starred as a feisty grandmother, said her passing would be felt throughout Bollywood. "She was a consummate actor and wonderful person. It's such a loss not only to the film industry, but also to all the people who came in contact with her and fell in love with her, including me," Mehta said Monday. Pathak performed in more than 200 films, including Gol Maal, Khubsoorat and A Passage to India. Bollywood/Hollywood, her last film, was shot in Toronto in the fall of 2001.