Exploring the Legacy of Damodar Kamat: Hindi Cinema’s Silent Photographer | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: “Should I switch on the lights?” asks Neha Kamat. Seated in her softly tungsten-lit Goregaon home this rainy afternoon, she was sifting through butter-paper-shrouded negatives of the 1948 film ‘Gajre’ when the doorbell rang.Starring Motilal, ‘Gajre’ was the first of 800 Hindi films whose four lakh stills were shot by her grandfather, Damodar Kamat,…

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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: India’s first high-speed rail project achieves key milestone; E10 Shinkansen set for 2027 launch

NEW DELHI: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday announced a major milestone in India’s first bullet train project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor. He said that out of the 508 km stretch, 320 km of viaduct has already been completed.According to Vaishnaw, the first section of the bullet train, the 50 km Surat-Billimora stretch…

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Travellers rush to Pune airport hours earlier for scheduled flights, fearing repeat of post-rain traffic snarls | Pune News

Pune: Pimpri resident Manohar Parikh was seen walking around the city airport’s AeroMall around 11.50am on Friday with his trolley bag. The flyer was looking for a comfortable place to sit and didn’t even bother looking at the flight information display screens. It was just too early. “My flight to Ahmedabad is at 4pm,” he…

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No casting announced for ‘Shakti Shalini’ and ‘Maha Munjya’: clarifies Maddock Films

Kiara Advani (left) and Aneet Padda were rumoured to be cast in the upcoming Hindi movie ‘Shakti Shalini’. Production company Maddock Films on Friday dismissed rumours that it has finalised the cast of its upcoming movies Shakti Shalini and Maha Munjya, part of the banner’s ambitious horror comedy universe. There was speculation online that Aneet…

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