Ramesh Sippy
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IFFI 2019: Narcos actor Wagner Moura to present his directorial debut Marighella at film festival in Goa
Fp Staff •IFFI 2019 will screen close to 250 films from various countries and will run through 20-28 November.
Naach-gaana and inclusivity: Jonathan Gil Harris on how masala films reflect the idea of a pluralistic India
Suhit Kelkar •Author Jonathan Gil Harris on how masala films are a syncretic mix of traditions, what the significance of item songs is, and why the disappearance of single screen theatres has sounded a death knell for the genre
Kunaal Roy Kapur, Gauahar Khan, Ramesh Sippy attend special screening for Eros Now's Side Hero
Fp Staff •Side Hero narrates the story of Kunaal Rooy Kapoor trying to make it big in Bollywood
Vishal Bhardwaj on censorship in cinema, digital platforms: 'Films are such a soft target for every evil that exists in society'
•Vishal Bhardwaj said films are a “soft target” for anything and everything that goes wrong with the society.
Amitabh Bachchan to star in Sairat director Nagraj Manjule's Bollywood debut
Fp Staff •Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in Sairat director Nagraj Manjule's Bollywood debut — an untitled social drama in which Bachchan will reportedly be a patriarch
Amitabh Bachchan recalls how Ramesh Sippy waited three years to get a shot in Sholay
Ians •Amitabh Bachchan's scene with Jaya Bachchan, in which she lights a lamp, in Sholay took three years to shoot as Ramesh Sippy couldn't get the "perfect light".
FICCI Frames 2016: A brainstorming session with the who's who of the media and entertainment industry
Fp Staff •Ficci Frames is India's largest media and entertainment industry's gathering where the who's who of the industry and top government officials brainstorm on various issues.
Delhi HC says Ram Gopal Varma deliberately violated Sholay copyright, slaps Rs 10 lakh fine
Fp Archives •Delhi HC slapped Rs 10 lakh fine on Ram Gopal Varma and his production house for "intentionally and deliberately" coming out with the remake of <em>Sholay</em>.
Yeh fine unko dede, Ramu: HC fines Ram Gopal Verma Rs 10 lakh for remaking Sholay
Fp Archives •The Delhi High Court imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on film maker Ram Gopal Varma and his production house for making the remake of 1975 blockbuster Sholay, which violated the exclusive copyright vested with its director Ramesh Sippy.
40 years of Sholay: An Ode to Gabbar Singh, the villain we love to hate
Swetha •When you speak of Hindi cinema and negative characters, can Gabbar Singh be far behind