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B-Town filmmakers pay ode to legendary Guru Dutt

Mumbai, Feb 24 (ANI): Filmmakers Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Anurag Kashyap, Farhan Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee paid ode to one of India's most profound filmmaker, the legendary Guru Dutt by releasing a book in Mumbai. The book contains complete screenplays of Guru Dutt's ageless classics Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Kaagaz Ke Phool. The book has been authored by Dinesh Raheja and Jitendra Kothari. Feb 24, 2015
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Amitabh Bachchan Inaugurates Film Heritage Workshop

Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated a workshop organized by the Film Heritage Foundation entitled 'Film Preservation and Restoration School India 2015'. At the event were present other Bollywood personalities such as Jaya Bachchan, Anurag Kashyap, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and many others. For more info watch this video. Feb 23, 2015
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Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan attends the opening ceremony of Film Restoration workshop

Mumbai, Feb 23 (ANI): Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan along with wife Jaya Bachchan was spotted at the Film Preservation and Restoration workshop at Liberty Cinema in Mumbai. The event was also attended by director Anurag Kashyap, Vidhu Vinod Chopra with wife Anupama Chopra among others. The event also witnessed the launch of the first ever book dedicated to the topic of film preservation and restoration to be published in India - From Darkness into Light: Perspectives on Film Preservation and Restoration. Feb 23, 2015
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Couples from impoverished families tie nuptial knot at mass wedding in Allahabad

Allahabad, Feb 22 (ANI): Twenty-five couples from impoverished families tied nuptial knot at a mass wedding organized by Prerna Parmarth Ashram in Allahabad. Overjoyed couples, who were coming from economically and socially weak families, were happy at the series of events. The couples were married without any restrictions of caste and with the consent of their parents. Social activist Anurag Verma said that the aim of this mass wedding is to marry the children from poor families according to the customs and traditions of the society. Verma added that such mass weddings are funded by the small donations made by the people associated with the ashram. One of the bride said that she was happy to be wedded with all the rituals. The ashram also provided the newly-married couples with appliances required to run the household. Feb 22, 2015