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  India's Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor, 67, dies of leukemia

  Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, who starred in celebrated Bollywood movies such as "Bobby" and "Mera Naam Joker", died on Thursday after a two-year battle with leukemia, his family said. Kapoor's death followed that on Wednesday of another Indian actor, Irrfan Khan, 54, who had roles in films such as "Life of Pi" and "Jurassic World", and who also suffered from cancer. Kapoor's family urged his fans, who under normal circumstances would have been expected to pour onto the streets to mourn him, to f

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  Who was the real Akbar? The one played by Hrithik Roshan or that described by Abu’l Fazl

  Despite having ruled India for 300 years, leaving behind a tall and robust sociocultural legacy, the representation of the Mughals in mass media has been less than satisfactory. In the 70 years since independence, there have been only two noteworthy period films with Akbar as protagonist—K Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar (2008). Jodhaa Akbar was a largely fictionalised take on Akbar and the legendary Jodha Bai, his queen consort.

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  Indian politics has a long history of seeking help from Bollywood

  Politics and cinema in the Indian context have had intrinsic relations. In 1927, a questionnaire was sent to Mahatma Gandhi by the Indian Cinematograph Committee. A Bombay daily sought Gandhi’s message on the occasion of the 25th year of Indian cinema. Mahadev Desai, Gandhi’s secretary, responded that Gandhi had the least interest in cinema and…

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  Iconic Indian Actor Shashi Kapoor Dies at 79

  The star of numerous Merchant-Ivory films, Indian actor Shashi Kapoor has died after a prolonged illness. He was 79. He was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on Sunday with a chest infection and died on Monday. Kapoor was one of the few Indian actors who straddled the cinemas of India and the West. He […]

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  Shashi Kapoor to Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award

  Bollywood star Shashi Kapoor, a member of the Hindi film royalty, is to get the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2014, the government’s honor for contributing to the growth and development of Indian cinema. Kapoor would be the third member of his family to receive the award after his brother Raj and father, Prithivraj. He not... Read more »

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  CORRECTED-Born to Bollywood royalty, Ranbir Kapoor makes new film a family affair

  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is one of Indian cinema's most bankable young stars, and his latest film, "Besharam," which also stars his parents, is set to become one of the most widely released Bollywood films worldwide. Kapoor, a member of India's "first family of film" and the grandson of veteran Bollywood director Raj Kapoor, plays a charming but vulgar car thief in the Hindi-language action comedy that opens on Wednesday in 4,700 cinemas internat

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  Born to Bollywood royalty, Ranbir Kapoor makes new film a family affair

  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is one of Indian cinema's most bankable young stars, and his latest film, "Besharam," which also stars his parents, is set to become one of the most widely released Bollywood films worldwide. Kapoor, a member of India's "first family of film" and the grandson of veteran Bollywood director Raj Kapoor, plays a charming but vulgar car thief in the Hindi-language action comedy that opens on Wednesday in 4,700 cinemas internat

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