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EXCLUSIVE: Meet Ashim Samanta, who dubbed Jurassic Park, the first Hollywood film to be dubbed in India; reveals, “I was paid Rs. 3.50 lakhs but spent Rs. 3.60 lakhs on the process; I was the ONLY one in the world who lost money on the film!”; adds how Urdu version helped him make a profit
100 Years of Shakti Samanta EXCLUSIVE: How legendary filmmaker dared to release Bengali version of Devdas weeks before Shah Rukh Khan-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-Madhuri Dixit starrer; Ashim Samanta reveals, “Last 3 reels of Debdas were BETTER than Devdas”
100 Years of Shakti Samanta EXCLUSIVE: “Bigger hit than Dhurandhar” – Ashim Samanta reveals Amanush was a ROI MONSTER: “Made in just Rs. 30 lakhs; collected Rs. 1.20 cr ONLY in Bengal. In today’s times, that’s Rs. 70 cr; to date, no film in Bengal has collected more than Rs. 45 cr!”
100 Years of Shakti Samanta EXCLUSIVE: 3 Generators, deep freezers, ‘American-style commodes’: Ashim Samanta reveals how premium mini town was built in Sunderbans for Amanush shoot; also said, “Naxalites wanted to kill my dad, Uttam Kumar, Hemant Kumar; they had 24-hr police protection”
100 Years of Shakti Samanta: How China Town was remade in Tamil, inspired Amitabh Bachchan’s Don and was ‘COPIED’ by Hollywood; Ashim Samanta reveals, “Salim-Javed told my father, ‘Humne China Town ko tod ke kya banaya hai aap dekhiye’!”
“Sharmila Tagore actually wanted to wear a bikini in ‘Aasman Se Aaya Farishta’; it was my father who suggested a one-piece” – Ashim Samanta
“Bahut sexy lag raha hai!” – Shakti Samanta’s son reveals a kiss-on-the-cheek shot of Madhubala, Ashok Kumar in Howrah Bridge was cut by the Censors
Dharmendra remembers Pramod Chakravorty, “One of the most underrated directors I worked with”
Zeenat Aman turns 67, speaks of the lessons learnt in life
WOW! Amitabh Bachchan does voiceover for Kapil Sharma’s film
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