100 YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA

Indian Cinema... the idea of it and its reality are alike India, a vast palette of styles, languages, sensibilities, heroes and heroines. When the Lumiere brothers' short films were screened for the first time at the Watson Hotel in Bombay in 1896, how many audience members would have dreamt of what was to become the most prolific movie industry in the world?

AAMIR KHAN to launch TV show on StarPlus

Actor Aamir Khan visits Srinagar and rides a Shikara for TV show "Satyamev Jayate" (photo: Hindustan Times)

 

Last week, Aamir Khan attended a highly successful music launch. No, not for any of his upcoming films, but for his newest and ambitious project: "Satyamev Jayate", the actor's maiden TV show to be watched every Sunday at 11am IST, starting May 6th, on Star Plus. The actor commented about the show: "This is the first time in Indian history that a show will be showcased simultaneously on national television channel DD1. Besides, the show will be dubbed in four southern languages: Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. This show is being launched on a large scale".

Added 27 April: AVS Interview with Aamir Khan speaking about "Satyamev Jayate"

The actor has been posting promos for his TV debut on his Facebook fan page and has not disclosed the main structure of his show, which seems to be a thought-provoking way of connecting all of India and its people together through his travels. (Refer to our article posted 6 May for our thoughts on the show when it released).

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RANI AND BOLLYWOOD DIVAS

Among Rani Mukherjee’s upcoming films, Aaiyya, opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran has recently been making Bollywood enthusiasts eager with excitement. Sachin Kundalkar‘s debut Hindi film will allegedly have the actress, who has been nicknamed today’s Bollywood queen, pay a tribute to cinema divas of the 80s and early 90s.