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India's ability to manage diversity in the age of globalisation has resulted in a rise of its soft power internationally, especially among the neighbouring countries, former United Nations under......
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From making advertising films to selling hot dogs, to leading the country's most popular entertainment channel, Sameer Nair has come a long way. The 41-year-old CEO of Star Entertainment India,......
Keep August 5, Friday, 9 pm free. Millions of Indians across the country, from metros to the smallest of towns, have already kept it slotted to be spent glued to their television sets, to watch the......
1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......
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'I didn't know TV artistes have so much of struggle. I had no clue.''I thought an actor is an actor because that's what I've seen in the West.''But because of the TV tag, I had to struggle, and......
More than the pandemic it was mediocrity that kept audiences away from the theatres in 2022. Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like but what works at the box-office......