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EXCLUSIVE: Rajiv Rai opens on use of ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’ in Dacoit – “I have given them permission; they have paid me…People may assume there’s an issue as I always take objection!”

The teaser of the Hindi version of Dacoit: Ek Prem Katha, was launched with a lot of fanfare on…
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EXCLUSIVE: After the success of The Ba***ds Of Bollywood, can Gupt re-release in cinemas? Rajiv Rai explains, “No point re-releasing a film people have seen a trillion times; if somebody wants to pay me and do it, I’ll be okay”

It’s been a month since the release of The Ba***ds Of Bollywood and still it's been discussed on…
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EXCLUSIVE: Rajiv Rai opens up on Zora’s digital premiere and whether Sitaare Zameen Par’s YouTube release motivated him: “Not releasing Zora on YouTube because of Aamir Khan but it gave me confidence. I had NO choice”; CONFIRMS Zora Zorawar to skip theatrical release

Rajiv Rai made a grand comeback this year with the murder mystery Zora. It was released in cinemas…
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Rajiv Rai on the ‘Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela’ girl: “She is Bhanu Khan, she was an assistant to Rekha Chinni Prakash”

In Aaryan Khan’s series The Ba***ds Of Bollywood, the climax shows Bobby Deol dancing with Mona…
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EXCLUSIVE: Gupt director Rajiv Rai opens up on ‘Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela’ in The Ba***ds Of Bollywood: “VERY happy for Shah Rukh Khan; glad the song worked out very well for them”; reveals interesting trivia on the dancer-in-white: “She was Rekha Prakash-Chinni Prakash’s assistant…”

The song ‘Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela’ from Gupt (1997) was always iconic but since last Thursday, it…
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Photos: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Aryan Khan, Ajay Devgn, Sahher Bambba, Shashank Khaitan and others grace the premiere of The Ba***ds Of Bollywood

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Producers put a ‘no-can-do’ clause in contracts regarding extra demands of stars: “If a star halts shoot to get a favourite ice-cream from the other end of town, he or she better pay for the ice-cream and the delay,” says Rajkumar Santoshi

Astronomical star fees apart, Hindi film producers are reeling under the impact of star-demands…
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EXCLUSIVE: Rajiv Rai gets candid on Saiyaara’s surprising success; says, “It blew me away”

Filmmaker Rajiv Rai, known for his larger-than-life action thrillers, surprised many when he…
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EXCLUSIVE: Rajiv Rai reveals why his ambitious Udham Singh film never took off: “The characters are all British—how do I make British characters speak Hindi?”

Veteran filmmaker Rajiv Rai, known for action-packed blockbusters like Tridev and Gupt, recently…
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Rajiv Rai on Zora and its sequel Zoravar, “The second one will release three months later”; also speaks about doing the story, screenplay, direction, production, editing and distribution all by himself

Filmmaker Rajiv Rai, best known for successes like Gupt, Mohra, Tridev and Vishwatma, is making a…
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