The year 1957, brought many lucky stars for India. It was for the first time that India submitted its first film for the Academy Awards and stunningly the evergreen classic ‘The Mother India’ even managed to score a nomination at the 30th Academy Awards. Fascinatingly, the film was lauded by the Academy but lost to the Italian drama ‘Nights of Cabiria’ by just one single vote.

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Recently, Hollywood horror-thriller ‘IT’ smashed the box office breaking several records taking in a jaw-dropping $500 million dollars and counting. The film was well received among Indian critics and thrilled the audience in the country as well.  Indians seem to have an unquenchable thirst for supernatural and horror flicks with every major Holly horror doing fairly well in the country. Last year’s ‘The Conjuring 2’  completely dominated itself over Indian box-office grossing over 5.25 crores on its opening day, even surpassing major Bollywood releases ‘Houseful 3’ and Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘TE3N’ on its debut day. 

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There was a time when the portrayal of homosexuality on screen would cause massive outrage among people and owing to this suppression, the filmmakers could not freely express the gay culture on screen. However, gone are those days. The LGBT culture now thoroughly enjoys critical and commercial success provided the portrayal is transparent and true, with last year’s ‘Moonlight’ being a perfect example of it. The Barry Jenkins’s drama went on to win three Academy Awards including Best Picture.

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Just two months left for the year to finally close and 2017 really baffled us with its varying Bollywood films and the unexpected response they got both critically and commercially. From war-dramas to appealing romances, the year did saw many highly experimental features from capable directors, out to give the audiences a piece of cake they had never tasted before. While we are still left with a few major releases this year including the highly anticipated Aamir Khan starrer “Secret Superstar”, the historical drama “Padmavati” to name a few expected to make an impression this year;we examine the major releases of the year and its significance as a whole.

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While there are still five months for the glamorous Academy night to finally reveal the best of 2017, the films which will be battling for the golden statuette remain no stranger. Film screenings at the festivals or their screenings in advance for critics have already thrown major hints as to which gems are likely to find a place in the Academy’s list this year. And it seems, it will be a tough time for the Award Committee this time, sensing the enormous number of cinematic brilliance this year.

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Twitter and other social media platforms exploded last fall, discussing the cultural phenomenon of the year – “Stranger Things “. With endless debates, theories and appreciation floating in the web, this Duffer Brothers creation became one of the most talked about show of 2016.

And thankfully the show lived up to its hype. With a riveting plot that paid great homage to the 80’s culture especially the works of John Carpenter, Stephen King and Steven Spielberg – the show has you hooked from the pilot.

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‘Big Little Lies’ has for its opening scene, five of its leading ladies taking their children to school, while the shots are interwoven with dazzling ocean shots, sex imagery, as a soothing track ‘Cold Little Heart’ by Michael Kiwanuka plays in the background. The surrealism of the opening scene has you hooked, and so does the entire series.

Moms with their first graders, dropping them off to school. How can this become a series which has already swooped away 8 Primetime Emmys, taking in award in every major category it was nominated!

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‘Fearless’, ‘bold’ and ‘righteous‘ are just few of the infinite adjectives that were used to describe the editor of  ‘Lankesh Patrike‘, Gauri Lankesh. Her murder on 5th September enraged the entire nation with many journalists and critics taking it to the social media and newspapers, questioning the right to freedom of speech in a democratic nation. Her courage in speaking for the oppressed, fighting for the rights of the LGBT community and strongly criticizing  the tyranny really makes her a role model in the field of courage journalism.

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Winner of two National awards, seven FilmFare awards, a Grammy nominated genius and rightly hailed as the ‘The Nightingale Of Asia’ by the Indo-Pak Association- Asha Bhosle is a force to be reckoned with. Celebrating her 84th birthday- while still giving enchanting and mesmerizing performances Ashaji continues to be an inspiration across the globe.

Starting her career in 1943 to mediocre success, Asha Bhosle found enormous success after a duet with Mohammad Rafi- ‘Nanhe Munne Bache’ – a sweet song about one’s control over one’s destiny and sung with a brilliant charm capturing the innocence of childhood.

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