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You don’t want to get Jackie Chan angry!
By: Omair Alavi Some call it a clichéd story and some term it as a revenge saga, but the truth is that with Jackie Chan playing the anti-hero, you get the worth for your money with The Foreigner. Add Pierce Brosnan to th
A Royal Friendship That Lasted Forever
By Omair Alavi Some films are meant to be watched in the cinema and Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul is one such flick where the East meets the West and creates problems for those not part of the relationship. Yes, the f
Happy 69th Birthday Hema Malini
By Omair Alavi Hema Malini is one of those actors who doesn’t age; they become more graceful with the passage of time. She made her debut in the late 60s while has been active on the scene since with occasional breaks to
8 Times Sabiha Khanum Wowed her Fans
By Omair Alavi Sabiha Khanum and Santosh Kumar were the Golden Pair of Pakistani films as from the 1950s until the 1970s; they were inseparable as leading man and leading lady. While Santosh had dashing looks, Sabiha had
Kishore Kumar lives on …
By Omair Alavi It was 30 years ago on this day that Bollywood’s greatest playback singer Kishore Kumar left his millions of fans saddened for his eternal abode. Kishore had been part of the industry since the 1950s – fir
Saif Ali Khan finds his mojo with Chef
By Omair Alavi Love him or hate him, but Saif Ali Khan is back with a role that suits him like a T. In Chef, he plays a professional Chef who makes it big in America before returning to India to make it even bigger. The
Remembering Guru Dutt
By Omair Alavi Whenever the list of actors/directors with huge potential would be written, Guru Dutt’s would top it since he was an A class producer/director, a brilliant actor and above all, left the world lot before he
Happy Birthday Rekha & Amitabh
By: Omair Alavi From 1976 to 1981, if a film had Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha, it could do no wrong as they were the most loved on-screen pair of that time. Some films flopped and some did extremely well but people thronge
Happy Birthday Raaj Kumar
By Omair Alavi Before there was Amitabh Bachchan, there was Raaj Kumar who with his unique style of dialogue delivery, his ability to blast the opponents with his glance and unorthodox film picturization ruled the screen
Happy Birthday Jawed Sheikh
By Omair Alavi The world knows Jawed Sheikh as one of the finest TV and film actors from Pakistan. He has worked in countless Bollywood films as well, playing father to Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. Howe