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Only five movies have ever broken the $1 billion box-office benchmark. Yet the sci-fi 3D epic “Avatar” smashed through in only three weeks.
Just 20 days after its release, James Cameron’s new film raked in $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the No. 2 top-grossing film of all time. There’s a big gap between second and first [read full ...]
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The opening of a film focusing on the rare progeria disorder is the latest in a spate of Bollywood films about health disorders. The BBC’s Prachi Pinglay in Mumbai looks at why India’s film industry is departing from its traditional formula to tackle weighty issues such as autism and Alzheimer’s disease.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan plays [read full ...]
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An Indian movie star has complained that he was singled out for interrogation at a US airport because of his Muslim name.Shahrukh Khan was travelling to Chicago to attend a parade to mark India’s independence day when he was detained for two hours at Newark airport in New Jersey.
“I was really hassled perhaps because of my [read full ...]
Share“Terminator” may visit Maldives!
By Hilath
During a meeting with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by Maldives Vice President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, the VP “extended an invitation to Governor Schwarzenegger to make a visit to the Maldives, which the Governor was pleased to accept.”
Now if the “Terminator” did really visit Maldives, wouldn’t that be exciting!
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Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan.[2] It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of a young man from [read full ...]