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100 years of Indian cinema: Unofficial 'Raja Harishchandra' Google doodle
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryMay 3, 2013 0

100 years of Indian cinema: ‘Raja Harishchandra’ unofficial Google doodle

Google doodled Alam Ara, Google doodled Ray and because Google didn’t doodle the 100th anniversary of the release of the first Indian movie – Raja Harishchandra, Cutting the Chai has.…Continue Reading →

Cinema century: 3 May, 1913 - Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession
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Cinema century: May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession

(This is an edited version of a post first published on April 21, 2012) In India, cinema isn’t just a…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2May 3, 2013
'Who is Aamir Khan?' asked an ad prior to 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' release
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‘Who is Aamir Khan?’ asked an ad ahead of ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ release

Aamir Khan goes to great lengths to promote his films. This trend might have very well started 25 years ago…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1April 29, 2013
Sultry Amitabh Bachchan-Smita Patil poster makes 'Shakti' (1982) look like a skin flick
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 28, 2013 0

Sultry Amitabh Bachchan-Smita Patil poster makes ‘Shakti’ (1982) look like a skin flick

Ramesh Sippy’s Shakti (1982) isn’t as much about the Amitabh Bachchan and Smita Patil on-screen romance, as the on-screen histrionics of the Big B and and the Big D –…Continue Reading →

Yash Chopra - unofficial Google doodle
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Yash Chopra – the unofficial Google doodle

RIP Yash Chopra of the Swiss Alps, of chiffon sarees and Deewar.

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 23, 2012
Cine Blitz on The India Public Domain Movie Project
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India Public Domain Movie Project in Cine Blitz July 2012

The attention that The Indian Public Domain Project is getting in the mainstream media sometimes seems a little disproportionate to…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0July 9, 2012
Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 24, 2012 0

Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala

The Hindi daily Amar Ujala (April 23, 2012) carried a home page anchor story on Cutting the Chai making Raja Harishchandra 3D 99 years after its first screening. Ravi Buleiy’s…Continue Reading →

Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra (1933) on India Public Domain Movie Project (Also in 3D)
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Raja Harishchandra (1913) on India Public Domain Movie Project (and in 3D)

In India, cinema isn’t just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2April 21, 2012
Sunday Mid Day story on the India Public Domain Movie Project
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India Public Domain Movie Project in the Sunday Mid Day

The recently launched India Public Domain Movie Project is getting some much needed publicity. Today’s Sunday Mid Day has a…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0March 25, 2012
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The India Public Domain Movie Project premieres with Kismet (1943)

Ever since I first understood the concept of public domain, this project of getting Indian films which out of copyright into a single place has been a recurring desire. But…Continue Reading →

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Rajesh Khanna and the Red Rose in Fabina Suitings & Shirtings ad

I doubt whether the proprietors of Fabina Textiles Pvt. Ltd. watched Rajesh Khanna’s 1980 psycho-thriller Red Rose before agreeing the…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 27, 2012
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There was something Rajinikanth about Steve Jobs

An early morning phone call shattered a lovely dream, what was more shattering was the news behind the phone call.…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 7, 2011

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