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Interview with a young Mithun Da. Indian actor, Mithun Chakraborty speaks to camera - archival footage. Mithun Chakraborty was born on June 16, 1947 in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India as Gouranga Chakraborti.

music · dance

What is a song in the film it is but a scene and you have to, while writing a song you have to, beside the situation in the tune you should keep the character also in your mind generally when I am writing songs for other people script like…

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Astad Deboo is an Indian contemporary and choreographer, who employs his training in Indian classical dance forms of Kathak as well as Kathakali to create a dance form that is unique to him, and become a pioneer of modern dance in India.

Karnataka·dance · school

Protima Gauri Bedi, once a wild girl, her only preoccupation now is her dance village. She established a dance school on the outskirts of Bangalore in a village. There were not many who believed in this project of hers.

music · festival

Subhash Ghai, Indian filmmaker speaks about importance of music in Hindi cinema. He says, "Music plays an important role in Indian cinema. Have you ever seen a wedding ceremony without music? every festival is incomplete without music.

dance · fort

Uma Sharma, Indian Kathak Dancer speaks about a program on Mirza Ghalib's poetry.She says, "In the celebration of Ghalib's bicentenary, I have designed this program a kind of multi-dimensional going into the places where Ghalib went like Re…

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Shiamak Davar, Indian choreographer wins an award for best choreography at Siemens Movie Verdict at Taj Palace in the year 1998. Zimbabwean cricketer Heath Streak presents the award to Shiamak Davar.

West Bengal·dance

Shovana Narayan speaks about her childhood and interest in dancing. She says, "I was born in Kolkata because my father was posted there at the time of my birth.

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Uma Sharma speaks about dance in films. She says, "Many time I thought to choreograph film dances so that the film dances get a new way of dancing other than what we are seeing these days.

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It was a book release spiced with intimate encounters and the brilliant performance by an acclaimed actress Zohra Sehgal. She talked about her autobiography-her days in Britain and in India.

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She shocked the nation in her prime, she caught in controversy and controversy, in turn, did not let her down. At 26, she fell at the feet of Kelucharan Mohapatra and devoted herself to Odissi.

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On the 100th Birthday of Shri B.C. Sanyal, the Indra Gandhi National Centre for Arts held a function on 22 April 2001, where an exhibition of tributes by over 170 artistes in various media was opened and a DVD on him along with Elizabeth Br…

dance · festival

Two danseuses and doyens of yesteryear cinema come together to dance at a local festival in Maharashtra. Watch Hema Malini and Meenakshi Seshadri in a scintillating dance performance.

dance · river

Dance Director Farah Khan directing Shah Rukh Khan's dance on the set of Bollywood film Army. Sridevi touches up and comb her hair before dance sequence. The sequence is being filmed at Dhobhi ghat.

dance · music

A viewer tells us: This is for the movie Wajood directed by N Chandra (who directed Madhuri in Tezaab in 1988). In this movie, Madhuri and N Chandra come together after 10 years as this movie was made and released in 1998.

Maharashtra·dance

Shilpa Shetty, Sophie Choudry, and other celebrities share floor spare at a store launch in Mumbai. They examine the golden, shiny and sequined pillows or cushions and pass comments on them.

Maharashtra·ceremony · dance

Kajol and Atul Agnihotri shoot a dance sequence of a movie Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya in Mumbai. Bollywood choreographer Ganesh Acharya choregraphs the sequence. The film was released in 1999 and written and directed by Firoz Irani.

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Hanif Hilal and Pooja Bedi banter. She says of him: "A passion for dance. He's very good at it. I'm not. So he's teaching me.

school · dance

Mamata Shankar speaks about director Mrinal Sen. She says " I used to call him Mrinal Da. That was the first time I saw him and he also saw me for the first time and he asked me that are you interested in films? At that time I never really…

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Bengali film actress Debashree Roy speaks about her feeling on getting National award for her film Unishe April. She says " I am thrilled to getting this award . I have worked sincerely and I got the result.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

An amazing horse dancing competition was held at Kila Raipur Sports Festival, Ludhiana Punjab. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

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Bhangra, one of the most colourful and energetic dances of India. Sikhs doing the bhangra in their colourful lungis and turbans play to the beat of the dhol.

Himachal Pradesh·festival · dance

Himachali men dance wearing grass skirt as the procession of Faguli Mela reaches Tandi. Other men blow a Himachali trumpet called Karnal. Faguli derives its name from the local word for Spring season (Falgun).