To celebrate the Indian film industry's centenary year, here are 10 essential movies – from a silent film about the life of the Buddha to a violent gangster epic
Prem Sanyas/The Light of Asia (Franz Osten, 1925)
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Among the few silent films that remain are three Indo-German co-productions that predate the arrival of the German technicians and directors who worked in the Bombay Talkies studio in the 1930s. The Light of Asia was shot in India but edited and processed in Germany and intertitled in English. The script was adapted from Sir Edwin Arnold's epic poem The Light of Asia (1861) while the opening credits proclaim it was "Shown by Royal Command at Windsor Castle, April 27 1926" and that it benefited greatly from help offered by the Maharaja of Jaipur. The film shows westerners touring India (Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi) who come to Bodh Gaya, the site of Gautam Buddha's Enlightenment.
Prem Sanyas/The Light of Asia (Franz Osten, 1925)
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Among the few silent films that remain are three Indo-German co-productions that predate the arrival of the German technicians and directors who worked in the Bombay Talkies studio in the 1930s. The Light of Asia was shot in India but edited and processed in Germany and intertitled in English. The script was adapted from Sir Edwin Arnold's epic poem The Light of Asia (1861) while the opening credits proclaim it was "Shown by Royal Command at Windsor Castle, April 27 1926" and that it benefited greatly from help offered by the Maharaja of Jaipur. The film shows westerners touring India (Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi) who come to Bodh Gaya, the site of Gautam Buddha's Enlightenment.
- 7/25/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Hello! magazine hosted the 2nd Hello! Hall of Fame Awards 2011 on November 9, 2011 at the Regal Room, Oberoi. Guests and awardees were treated to a sensory feast with the Parisian Moulin Rouge recreated at the venue, with glitz and glamour in the form of chic tuxedoes and designer gowns swishing and swaying through the night. The scintillating Glamour Girls performed their hugely popular Moulin Rouge and Latino acts with great charm and gusto. It was as though the audience was transported to the early 1900s. inside the real Moulin Rouge in beautiful Paris, in a world filled with exotic courtesans!A host of VIPs were in attendance, including Asha Bhosle, Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Karishma Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Pritik Babbar, Mukesh & Neeta Ambani, Jacqlin Fernandes, Rahul Khanna, Sameera Reddy, Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, Simi Garewal, Shaina Nc, Sophie Chaudhary, Madhu, Tanisha, among a multitude of other high profile names.
- 11/10/2011
- Filmicafe
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