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India mourns the death of ‘Melody Queen’ Lata Mangeshkar

Sadness and a deluge of tributes to iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died at the age of 92.

Al Jazeera

‘Nightingale of India’ Lata Mangeshkar has died

Lata Mangeshkar, whose voice defined generations across South Asia, died in hospital in Mumbai at the age of 92.

Al Jazeera

Lata Mangeshkar dead: Bollywood legend dies at 92 after testing positive for Covid

Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most popular singers, has died at the age of 92 after being admitted to hospital in Mumbai following a positive Covid test

Daily Mirror

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Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar, 'the Nightingale', given state funeral

Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died on Sunday and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning.

Reuters

Basant Panchami 2022: Paint the town yellow with these Bollywood-inspired fashion ideas

While Holi is popular as the festival of colours, it is preceded by Basant Panchami, a vibrant festival that welcomes and celebrates the spring season with the colour yellow.

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Amitabh Bachchan's 'Jhund' to hit theatres on March 4

After many delays, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's upcoming sports film 'Jhund' is now going to release on March 4, 2022.

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Bollywood: Kartik Aaryan's 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' averts clash with 'RRR', film to now release on May 20

Bollywood actors Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani and Tabu's upcoming film 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', which was earlier slated to hit theatres on March 25, has been pushed to May.

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Bollywood: Wishes pour in from Bollywood for birthday girl Preity Zinta!

Bollywood's forever dimple queen, Preity Zinta, celebrated her 47th birthday on Monday.

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Netflix reveals new title, release date for Madhuri Dixit's 'Finding Anamika'

Netflix has finally unveiled a new title and release date of Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit's debut OTT project that was earlier titled 'Finding Anamika.'

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Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty not guilty of 'obscenity' after infamous Richard Gere kiss

Celebrity Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty has finally been cleared of an 'obscenity' charge made against her after actor Richard Gere kissed her in 2007 causing outrage in her native India

Daily Mirror

26 tunes in Beating Retreat this year, no Bollywood numbers

In the BTR this year, there are 44 Buglers, 16 Trumpeters and 75 Drummers

The Hindu

Hema Malini, Esha Deol celebrate National Girl Child Day

On the occasion of National Girl Child Day on Monday, Bollywood mother-daughter duo Hema Malini and Esha Deol shared their pride for their daughters.

Dynamite News

Honour and masculine pride for the country: how the Bollywood sports biopic 83 furthers India's nationalist cause

Contemporary Bollywood films tend to focus on stories of the Indian underdog emerging triumphant after facing adversity or a threat from an “outsider”: the triumph of the charismatic masculine Hinduised hero who fulfils his duty, saves the nation and reclaims India’s lost pride.

The Conversation

How Republic passed off a muddle of contradictions as ‘news’ about Disha Salian’s death

The front page of the Indian Express had a short piece yesterday on how after questioning actor Rhea Chakraborty for almost 18 hours, the Enforcement Directorate did not find “any substantial transfers” to her from the bank account of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

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The Face of the Patriot: Bollywood on Independence Day 2019

Canadian citizen and the face of Indian nationalism in Bollywood Akshay Kumar has released his fifth film on India’s Independence Day this year. Previous releases include Brothers (2015), Rustom (2016), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Gold (2018).

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Why brands like Amazon unfriend actors like Swara Bhaskar

Like Hollywood, the Mumbai film industry too can offer a lesson or two to the world every once in a while. For the past two weeks or so, Swara Bhaskar, an up-and-coming Indian actress, has been at the centre of a most curious unravelling.

Newslaundry

Operation Sting

Let’s face it – sting operations are to news what nudity is to cinema. So it is hardly a surprise that in these times when television news is a fiercely frantic TRP battle, news channels sting with alarming frequency and unbridled zest. Many sting ops, expectedly, are plain ridiculous and…

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