5 years ago (Jan. 25 – 31, 2004)
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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’.
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)
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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.
5 years ago (Jan. 4 – 10, 2004)
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Sanjay Dutt starrer Plan and Kareena Kapoor’s Chameli released on 9th January, both to average response, partly due to a cricket match between India and Australia and partly because of the films themselves.
