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Dial H for Hitchcock
The name Alfred Hitchcock will always come up whenever a list of best directors of all time is compiled; however, not much is known about the British director’s earlier works or the films that contributed most to his met
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The agony and ecstasy of success
Did you know that Amitabh Bachchan is hardly late on a film set, even now in his 70s? Or that before becoming Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan delivered a series of flops in the 90s? Or that Shah Rukh Khan was hesitant to d
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The ‘Golden’ return of Kingsman!
The Kingsman are back with a bang; a bang that has everything mature viewer wishes for in an action flick. There is a conspiracy that threatens the world, an attack that wipes out most of the world’s would-be saviors and
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12 Shailendra Singh gems on his big day!
By Omair Alavi Like Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar, Shailendra Singh was the man with an original voice; you could have picked his voice without error. He started his career in the 70s and continued until the 80s after
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Happy Birthday Waheed Murad
By Omair Alavi Pakistan film industry remains indebted to Waheed Murad for bringing style and grace to acting; born on 2nd October 1938, he would have been 80 years old today but his life was cut short tragically when he
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Bhoomi is a Sanjay Dutt vehicle gone bust
By:Omair Alavi Sanjay Dutt – the He-Man of Bollywood – is back with Bhoomi; however, the pace of the film, the lackluster direction, and the tried-and-tested plot makes it a bust, instead of a hit. It is one of those fil
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Happy 35th Birthday Ranbir Kapoor
By: Omair Alavi The Kapoors are the first family of Bollywood; their history is as old as the Indian film industry and they have given the country many heartthrobs including Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor,
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Star-studded film, first-rate execution
By: Omair Alavi Milan Luthria’s Baadshaho might not have released on time in Pakistan, but the Eid-release opened to houseful cinemas, even two weeks later. The film has a star cast that takes you down the memory lane du
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Tom Cruise does it again!
By: Omair Alavi After the failure of his rebooted The Mummy, where Tom Cruise played the man who defeats the Egyptian Princess by turning into a monster himself, the veteran superstar returns to play Barry Seal in Americ
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Review: Atomic Blonde
By: Omair Alavi What would you get if you mix the villain of the last Fast and The Furious flick with John Wick? The result is Atomic Blonde where Charlize Theron is ‘the’ man who takes down Germans as if they were ants