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Bollywood still a 'freak show'

Bollywood still a 'freak show'
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Independent films like “Masaan”, “Court”, “Chauthi Koot” and “Titli” have of late made India proud at film festivals globally, but actor Ranvir Shorey says Indian cinema still has a long way to go to make its presence felt. “With the production of such (indie) films, it’s a small step to a great journey that lies ahead of us, because as self-sufficient as Bollywood is on the international platform, it is still seen as some kind of a novelty or a freak show,” Ranvir . “When we have films which speak the international language and hold the international grammar of cinema, it affects people and communicates with them worldwide. It’s something which we desperately need as a film industry.”

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The American word for Muggle

The Goan Network
Published Nov 7, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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The American word for Muggle

A host of new terms will be introduced in the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is set in 1926 New York and follows the adventures of Eddie Redmayne's English magizoologist Newt Scamander. And the US wizards will have their very own word for people without magic powers. JK Rowling, who's writing and producing the blockbuster, revealed that American wizards call a Muggle a No-Maj - as in "no magic". Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find…

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