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 Subhash K. Jha speaks about I Can't Think Straight - BollywoodHungama.com -
It's a pity that films about alternate sexuality have to come wrapped in diverting and/or glamorized packaging. Hence, Deepa Mehta's much-applauded Fire was not so much about lesbianism as about two n more...
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 Priyanka Chopra with George Clooney! - ApunKaChoice -
Both of them will be in Toronto.
Yes, our desi girl Priyanka Chopra will be in Toronto for the 34th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month as her movie What's Your Raashee? is going to more...
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 Bipasha's film with Billy Zane doesn't take off - ApunKaChoice -
The movie was to roll a few days back, but there was no sign of Bipasha or Billy.
Why wasn’t Bipasha Basu available for the shoot? Did she act unprofessionally? Why was the scheduled shoot called of more...
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 "Right now I can't think of anything except my daughter's wedding" - Deepa Mehta - BollywoodHungama.com -
There is a big fat Punjabi wedding waiting to happen at Deepa Mehta's farm house in Canada
Her daughter Devyani is all set to marry her boyfriend, the well known Toronto-based architect Ian Chodiko more...
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 Imran Khan not interested in Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children - ApunKaChoice -
Imran Khan is apparently not interested in doing Deepa Mehta's film. He hasn't responded to her offer yet.
Deepa Mehta is ready for the screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker-winning novel -M more...
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 Akshay Kumar will grow his beard to play Sikh in Deepa Mehta's film - BollywoodHungama.com -
After the furor that was raised over the apology of a beard that Akshay Kumar sported as a Sikh in Anees Bazmee's Singh Is Kinng, Akshay Kumar is taking no chances.
For the role of the real-life Sa more...
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 John Abraham on his way to be an international star - ApunKaChoice -
Bollywood's pin-up hunk John Abraham is all set to venture into international cinema with gangster flick 'American Empire'.
Abraham, who earlier earned rave reviews in the Deepa Mehta's Oscar nomin more...
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 Salman Rushdie will act in my film: Deepa Mehta - ApunKaChoice -
While adapting Salman Rushdie's Booker-winning novel -Midnight's Children' into a film, noted director Deepa Mehta would also make the author act in it.
After dabbling with magic realism in her last more...
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"Please stop comparing my film with Provoked"- Deepa Mehta - BollywoodHungama.com -
Deepa Mehta is fed up of being asked if her film Heaven On Earth is similar to Jagmohan Mundhra's Provoked.
"I am tired of being asked how I feel about Provoked. How am I supposed to feel about it more...
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"Please stop comparing my film with Provoked" - Deepa Mehta - BollywoodHungama.com -
Deepa Mehta is fed up of being asked if her film Heaven On Earth is similar to Jagmohan Mundhra's Provoked.
"I am tired of being asked how I feel about Provoked. How am I supposed to feel about it more...
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 Videsh - Movie Review - ApunKaChoice -
“Do our desires have such power that they can enter our lives in human form,” wonders the battered protagonist of Videsh at the movie's end.
Reminds me of Hermann Hesse, the Nobel-winning author who more...
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 'Videsh' challenged me as an actor: Preity Zinta - ApunKaChoice -
For a woman who's not just feisty and independent but also knows to give back tit for tat, playing a battered housewife was no easy task.
Preity Zinta got to explore a new dimension of her acting sk more...
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Real life battered wife asks Deepa Mehta for ample coverage and moolah - BollywoodHungama.com -
Whose life is it anyway? Every time a bio-pic is attempted, the real-life figure decides to step into the picture at the last minute with a long list of demands.
So it has happened with Deepa Mehta more...
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Preity Zinta shot with a real snake for a sequence in Heaven On Earth - BollywoodHungama.com -
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When Preity Zinta had to share screen space with a cobra for the lengthy and dramatic climatic sequence in Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth , the director wasn't reall more...
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 Preity Zinta looks beyond commercial success - ApunKaChoice -
Commercial success is always welcome. But Preity Zinta has now reached a point in her acting career where she longs for more than that.
In an industry where growth is equated with box office success more...
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Heaven On Earth passed by censors without a single cut - BollywoodHungama.com -
Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth was in censor trouble. The censor board asked her to drastically reduce scenes of domestic violence and to beep out a couple of expletives.
Deepa no stranger to cens more...
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 'Videsh' for adults only - ApunKaChoice -
Deepa Mehta's film on domestic violence has been given an -A' certificate by the Censor Board.
Videsh , starring Preity Zinta and Vansh Bhardwaj , is the story of a Punjabi woman who marries an NRI more...
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Preity's powerful performance - BollywoodHungama.com -
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We've seen Preity Zinta enacting the most glamorous parts in films produced by the Johars and Chopras. But the talented actress will be seen in a deglam look in Dee more...
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 I was scared to shoot with a snake: Preity Zinta - ApunKaChoice -
Actress Preity Zinta says she was scared as hell while shooting with a snake for her upcoming film Videsh .
Deepa Mehta's acclaimed film Heaven On Earth is set to release in India as -Videsh' and it more...
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"Preity is nominated along side Susan Sarandon at the Genie Awards 2009" - Deepa Mehta - BollywoodHungama.com -
Heralded as the most imaginative director working on social issues surrounding the women of today, yesterday and tomorrow, Deepa Mehta is the creative mastermind behind films such as Fire, Earth and W more...
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"Preity has delivered a world class performance" - Deepa Mehta - BollywoodHungama.com -
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Deepa Mehta is ready with her new outing HEAVEN ON EARTH, which has been dubbed in Hindi for the Indian audiences. The Hindi version is called VIDESH. A lot many p more...
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 Acting in films not a priority for Anoushka Shankar - ApunKaChoice -
Music is the first love of Sitarist Anoushka Shankar and movies feature way down on her priority list.
The musician, who is scheduled to perform in the capital the last concert of her five-city -An more...
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 Preity's 'Heaven On Earth' renamed as 'Videsh' - ApunKaChoice -
Preity Zinta 's film about domestic violence, Heaven On Earth , will be released in India under the title -Videsh'.
After visiting many a film festival across the world, the Hindi version of NRI fi more...
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Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth titled Videsh for the Indian market - BollywoodHungama.com -
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta's much anticipated film Heaven On Earth is now titled Videsh for the Indian territory and will hit theatres this March.
The movie stars Preity Zinta more...
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 Imran Khan to play Saleem of Midnight's Children - ApunKaChoice -
It's a book that not just won the Booker (1981) but also the -Booker of Bookers' prize recently. Now Imran Khan is under consideration to play the book's telepathic protagonist in the movie version.
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"I didn't expect to see Preity in Dubai at such a short notice" - Deepa Mehta - BollywoodHungama.com -
Deepa Mehta's hard-hitting Punjabi film Heaven On Earth about domestic violence was shown at the Dubai Film Festival on Saturday evening. "The experience was surreal," said Deepa from Dubai on Sunday more...
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Rushdie and Mehta bringing it back home for movie - Reuters -
TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Canadian director Deepa Mehta is collaborating with Salman Rushdie on a big-screen adaptation of the author's 1981 historical novel "Midnight's Children." more...
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 Rushdie's Midnight's Children to be made into movie - ApunKaChoice -
India-born author Salman Rushdie and Indian-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will collaborate to produce a movie based on his Booker prize winning novel 'Midnight's Children.' more...
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 When Preity Zinta got slapped! - ApunKaChoice -
Preity Zinta was at the receiving end of a tight slap when her co-star Vansh Bhardwaj got too involved in playing his part of an abusive husband in Heaven On Earth . more...
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 Preity on heaven after winning best actress award at Chicago film fest - ApunKaChoice -
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is on seventh heaven after winning the best actress award at the 44th Chicago International Film Festival. more...
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Akshay Kumar replaces Big B in Deepa Mehta's Komagata Maru - BollywoodHungama.com -
After saying 'No' to Big B, Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta has signed Akshay Kumar to play the lead in her next film, Komagata Maru. It was earlier reported in the media that Big B couldn't do t more...
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 Akshay Kumar replaces Amitabh in Deepa Mehta film - ApunKaChoice -
With Amitabh Bachchan relieved from Deepa Mehta's film -Komagata Maru', the reigning superstar Akshay Kumar has stepped in to play the lead role. more...
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 Amitabh Bachchan's Hollywood foray still a distant dream - ApunKaChoice -
The two films that could have made Amitabh Bachchan a well-known face in the West are not happening. more...
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 Preity Zinta feels 'karmic' connection with Punjab - ApunKaChoice -
With her two upcoming films portraying her as Punjabi woman, actress Preity Zinta says she feels a -karmic' connection with Punjab. more...
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 Deepa, Preity, Nandita shine at Toronto International Film Fest - ApunKaChoice -
India is in a celebratory mode at the ongoing 33rd Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto with Deepa Mehta , Preity Zinta and first-time director Nandita Das garnering rave reviews for their l more...
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 I love doing fluffy entertainers: Preity Zinta - ApunKaChoice -
Despite her transition to art-house cinema, Preity Zinta says she remains quintessentially a Bollywood heroine. more...
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 Two faces of Indian woman at Toronto Film Fest - ApunKaChoice -
Two striking cinematic essays are providing viewers at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lucid glimpses of two different faces of Indian woman. more...
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 'Singh Is Kinng' rocks UK box office - ApunKaChoice -
Akshay Kumar - Katrina Kaif starrer Singh Is Kinng has emerged as the UK's biggest blockbuster of 2008 grossing over 1.01 million pounds in the first 13 days of its release. more...
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 Preity Zinta feels herself a changed actress - ApunKaChoice -
The experience of working with art-house directors makes Preity Zinta feel like a changed actress. more...
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 How Preity Zinta prepared for 'Heaven On Earth' - ApunKaChoice -
Playing a Punjabi battered wife was certainly no mean task for actress Preity Zinta . more...
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