5 years ago (Jan. 25 – 31, 2004)
January 27, 2009 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
Three films – Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool, Mahesh Bhatt’s Paap and Vijaypat Singhania’s Woh Tera Naam Tha – were released on 30th January.
10 years ago (Jan. 24 – 30, 1999)
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Lata Mangeshkar was among the 14 distinguished people of the country chosen for the Padma Vibhushan award on the occasion of Republic Day.
15 years ago (Jan. 23 – 29, 1994)
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The Film Makers Combine declared Dimple Kapadia a defaulter with immediate effect. All producers were informed “not to engage Dimple in any film till further decision”.
5 years ago (Jan. 18 – 24, 2004)
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Rajkumar Santoshi’s Khakee opened on 23rd January to a very good response. Although the initial of the multi-starcast film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai and Tusshar Kapoor was very good, the film ultimately did not work at the box-office.
10 years ago (Jan. 17 – 23, 1999)
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Rishi Kapoor’s Aa Ab Laut Chalen opened on 22nd January. The film ultimately did not sustain at the box-office.
15 years ago (Jan. 16 – 22, 1994)
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The censors objected to the word ‘sexy’ in the ‘Mera pant bhi sexy’ song of Vimal Kumar’s Dulaara. It was suggested that Kumar replace the word with another word, ‘fancy’.
Bollywood True or False (Jan 11 – 17, 2009)
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5 years ago (Jan. 11 – 17, 2004)
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Ek Hasina Thi, the thriller in which Saif Ali Khan played a negative role, opened to average houses on 16th January.
10 years ago (Jan. 10 – 16, 1999)
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Rishi Kapoor’s debut directorial film, Aa Ab Laut Chalen, was seen by the Central Board of Film Certification on 12th January and issued a ‘U’ certificate on 15th. The film was 4,848.07 metres in length (19 reels).
15 years ago (Jan. 9 – 15, 1994)
January 12, 2009 by FSJ · Leave a Comment
Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! was completed on 12th January on a huge set at Filmistan Studios. It was the last shooting schedule of the film which went on for 40 days.


