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Has Bollywood lost its charm with just few hits?

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Any cinema lover like me has seen Bollywood evolve from the golden era to the contemporary one. Now, being a 90s kid, I have always been familiar with films of actors of that genre. I have been a great fan of some of the actors who have either risen to more popularity or have adjusted to character roles with multicast. Talking about action films, the actors who have been favorites were Sunil Shetty, Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, and Ajay Devgun.  Whereas, the actresses of the 90s that really made their fans go crazy included Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Raveena Tandon, Mamta Kulkarni, Karishma Kapoor, and Shilpa Shetty. The movies of that time, where all these actors were cast, were worth watching. One could watch more than 1 time. But today, the case is not the same. Today the content has really dropped, with poor storylines making the movies one-time watches. Excluding some of the good films like Fighter and Chhava, Bollywood has nothing new to offer to its audiences. Today, with the ...

Reviving Childhood

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There are many memories in our life that have made our childhood very special. Comics were one of them. Who can forget those superb animated shows, comics, and the characters that filled our hearts with joy. Among the popular ones to mention were Chacha Chaudhry, Jungle Book, Heman, Spiderman, and so on. Comic books and animated shows were not confined to kids but also appealed to adults. Today, more than comic books, people get a dose of entertainment with movies based on their favorite comic characters like Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine, Deadpool, Superman, and many more from the DC and Marvel franchises. Apart from comics, there were special magazines that targeted children. These include Champak and Chandamama. Apart from entertaining, the stories in these magazines left the readers with a social message. With a change in time, the readership got dropped as children were drawn more toward animated stories.  No matter the change, these books did leave a mark on our childhood. If ...