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One From The Archives: 04/30/04 King Diamond/Nile/Black Dahlia Murder/Behemoth @ The Quest, Minneapolis, MN
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One From The Archives: 04/28 - 29 - 30/06 New England Metal & Hardcore Festival @ The Palladium, Worcester, MA
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One From The Archives: 04/28/05 Velvet Revolver/Hoobastank @ Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
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04/27/11 R.I.P. Dag Stokke - Keyboards, TNT
(Image via VGNett)Dag Stokke, keyboardist with long running Norwegian hard rockers TNT, lost his battle with cancer early yesterday (Wednesday, April 27). He was 44 years old.
Happy Belated Birthday Wishes To Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley circa 1998.
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Somehow, most of yesterday managed to slip by me before I remembered it was Ace Frehley's Birthday (he turned 60 years old). So we'd like to be the only site to wish the Spaceman a, uh..."Happy Day After Your Birthday!"
New York City Images As Album/CD Cover Art #14: Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue/Kuhn's Symphony For Blues (1958)
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(A) George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue
*The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducetd by Hans Jurgen Walther
(B) Joseph Kuhn's Symphony For Blues
*The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducetd by Heinrich Alster
Released: 1958
Cover Art: Joe Krush
One From The Archives: 04/27/06 Blue Oyster Cult @ Ameristar Casino, St. Charles, MO
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04/25/11 - R.I.P. Poly Styrene
(Image Via)BBC News (and several of our Facebook friends) are reporting this morning that former X-Ray Spex founder and vocalist and multi-talented solo artist Poly Styrene passed away yesterday at the age of 53 due to complications from Cancer.
A Tune For Tuesday: Queen "Flash/The Hero" (06/05/82 - Milton Keynes Bowl, England)
From the "Queen On Fire - Live At The Bowl" DVD (released in 2004), this was filmed during the band's 1982 "Hot Space" tour. When the band hits the stage, it only takes a second to realize this is gonna be a seriously kick-ass show...
One From The Archives: 04/26/03 Soulfly/Sworn Enemy/E-Town Concrete @ The Quest, Minneapolis, MN
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Before It Was First Avenue...
We'd like to thank to photographer Stephen Cysewski for allowing us to reprint these great, pre-First Avenue "Uncle Sams" photos. The images date to around 1979/1980.
I asked Stephen for a quote concerning his memories of taking the photos, he had this to say in response to my question:
"I was visiting my father and went to Minneapolis and walked around while he was working. Just spent a couple days. In a way the photographs are really a continuation of the photographs that I took in the Seattle and Tacoma area, I was looking for real places with personality. What I took resonated with me visually. I was not really aware of the musical significance until later when I saw Purple Rain."
Some info on the buildings history from Wikipedia:
Built in 1937 as a Greyhound bus station (click HERE to see a photo of the building's original incarnation as the Greyhound Station circa 1960), The Depot, as it was called, was noted for its art deco style and amenities of air conditioning, shower rooms, and public telephones. The floor inside was a checkered terrazzo, while the sidewalk was made of shiny blue bricks with white trim.
The club got its start when the twenty-seven year old owners, Danny Stevens and Allan Fingerhut opened the doors for the very first time on April 3, 1970 to showcase a two set evening with Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen. In July of 1972, the venue was renamed Uncle Sam's and was part of a national franchise of the American Events Company. Along with Allan Fingerhut, Danny Stevens, Steve McClellan, Dan Lessard and Jack Meyers, the club's financial manager, took control in 1979, shortening the club's name to Sam's. With progressive rock making way for disco, the club name was changed to First Avenue on New Years Eve in 1981.
I asked Stephen for a quote concerning his memories of taking the photos, he had this to say in response to my question:
"I was visiting my father and went to Minneapolis and walked around while he was working. Just spent a couple days. In a way the photographs are really a continuation of the photographs that I took in the Seattle and Tacoma area, I was looking for real places with personality. What I took resonated with me visually. I was not really aware of the musical significance until later when I saw Purple Rain."
Bina Rai
Bina Rai born on 4 June 1936 was a renowned Bollywood actress of the black and white time of Hindi cinema. Bina was mostly known for her characters she played in classic films like Anarkali, Taj Mahal, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in the movie, Ghunghat. Before coming to Mumbai, the actress stayed in Kanpur.
She had to persuade her mother and father to allow her to opt acting as her career. Bina Raiwas a first year student of Arts in the Isabella Theodore College' of Lucknow in the year 1950, when she came to know about an advertisement that organised a talent contest. When she applied for the contest the sponsors of the show approached her. On the other hand Bina went Mumbai to take part in the contest where she bagged whooping amount, that time, of Rs. 25 thousand. Soon after that she made her first Bollywood debut with Kishore Sahu's project titled 'Kali Ghata' in the year 1951 opposite Kishore Sahu.
Somewhere in the 1950’s the actress married Bollywood star Prem Nath, whose sister Krishna tied the knot with Bollywood superstar and filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Bina Rai was paired up with Prem Nath before marriage in films like Aurat and Delilah. The couple within no time made their first film production house known by the name of P.N. Films. The first film made under the banner was Shagufa which got released in 1954 but the movie couldn’t run at the box office.
Neither Bina Rai’s charm nor Prem Nath’s thin-skinned depiction of the character of a doctor could set aside "Shagufa" from being a dud. And the movies that followed Shagufa were Prisoner of Golconda, Samunder and Watan vanished within couple of days. It is assumed that for these reasons the off-screen couple couldn’t impress the audiences with their on-screen thanda performance.
Bina Rai was later paired opposite actor Pradeep Kumar in films like Ghunghat, Anarkali, Taj Mahal respectively. In the 1970s, Bina’s son Prem Krishen became a star and gave a superhit film Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye which got released in 1977. But he later on became a producer and launched his banner with the name Cinevista, and went on to produce small screen daily soaps like Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfam and Junoon. Bina Rai left the Hindi cinema many years ago. Her husband Prem Nath died on 3 November 1992. The actress as said died on 6th December, 2009.
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She had to persuade her mother and father to allow her to opt acting as her career. Bina Raiwas a first year student of Arts in the Isabella Theodore College' of Lucknow in the year 1950, when she came to know about an advertisement that organised a talent contest. When she applied for the contest the sponsors of the show approached her. On the other hand Bina went Mumbai to take part in the contest where she bagged whooping amount, that time, of Rs. 25 thousand. Soon after that she made her first Bollywood debut with Kishore Sahu's project titled 'Kali Ghata' in the year 1951 opposite Kishore Sahu.
Somewhere in the 1950’s the actress married Bollywood star Prem Nath, whose sister Krishna tied the knot with Bollywood superstar and filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Bina Rai was paired up with Prem Nath before marriage in films like Aurat and Delilah. The couple within no time made their first film production house known by the name of P.N. Films. The first film made under the banner was Shagufa which got released in 1954 but the movie couldn’t run at the box office.
Neither Bina Rai’s charm nor Prem Nath’s thin-skinned depiction of the character of a doctor could set aside "Shagufa" from being a dud. And the movies that followed Shagufa were Prisoner of Golconda, Samunder and Watan vanished within couple of days. It is assumed that for these reasons the off-screen couple couldn’t impress the audiences with their on-screen thanda performance.
Bina Rai was later paired opposite actor Pradeep Kumar in films like Ghunghat, Anarkali, Taj Mahal respectively. In the 1970s, Bina’s son Prem Krishen became a star and gave a superhit film Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye which got released in 1977. But he later on became a producer and launched his banner with the name Cinevista, and went on to produce small screen daily soaps like Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfam and Junoon. Bina Rai left the Hindi cinema many years ago. Her husband Prem Nath died on 3 November 1992. The actress as said died on 6th December, 2009.
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Flavor Flav Flies The Fried Chicken Coop
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Back in January, we reported that Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav was partnering with investors to open a Flav's Fried Chicken Shack in Clinton, IA. Big things were expected for the franchise, maybe even a chain of FFC's (Flav's Fried Chickens) around the country. Now it seems the wheels have fallen off the cart, with the NY Daily News reporting yesterday that Flav is pulling his name from the venture after just several months in business.
According to the Daily News story, Flav had this 411 on why he is getting out of the fried chicken business:
"Let me be straight up with you, I went inside there on April 2 and found potato salad that expired on February 28. And it's then when I realized I cant do business with this man and I really hope no one ate those potatoes."
Click the NY Daily News link above to get the full story on this earth-shattering development...
The Easter Bunny Ain't Got Nothing On Debbie
(Image Via)No, your eyes do not deceive you...this charming young lady would indeed be a young, pre-Blondie Debbie Harry, circa late 1960's/early 70's, attired in her Playboy Bunny outfit.
Happy Easter...
One From The Archives: 04/24 & 25/07 Minneapolis Mayhem Metal Fest
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Suggested Reading: "Summer at Tiffany" by Marjorie Hart (2007)
Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie HartMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
A fun and enjoyable little book. In "Summer at Tiffany" by Marjorie Hart, the author recalls her memories of the summer of 1945 - the year she along with her freind and fellow Iowan, Marty Garrett, travelled to New York City to spend the summer in Manhattan. With a lucky connection and some persaverance in the face of slight adversity, the girls soon found themselves working as the first female employees on the sales floor at the world famous Tiffany and Co. on East 57th Street.
This is the tale of two midwest born and raised young women on the loose n New York City and the things they experienced. Of course they were interested in obtaining some male companionship in the form of some respectful Military men, and of course, being the good looking gals they were, they easily scored themselves a pair of dashing sailors who escorted them around the big city to some of the more fancy night clubs of the city.
The ladies were in town and were witness to the events of the day of July 28th, 1945, the day a small aircraft crashed into the Empire State Building in the mid-morning fog and Marjorie recounts how they and the rest of the city felt about the tragedy.
Of course the War was on when they arrived in the city, but by August the girls were able to experience the celebrations when millions gathered in Times Square when the long battle finally drew to a close with the surrender of Japan.
These and the other summer adventures enjoyed by the ladies, along with stories about working at Tiffany and seeing celebrities and mobsters purchasing expensive jewelry, make up the bulk of the story. Included are the texts of several letters Marjorie wrote to her parrents back in Iowa that summer.
After the summer ended, Marjorie went back to Iowa. She made a Christmas-time return visit to the city in December 1945 to visit her sailor. She then continued on with her life, and did not return to New York City until 2004, nearly 60 years later. In 2007 her memories of an amazing and exciting summer of youthful adventure spent in the most amazing city in the world were published as she herself turned 83 years old.
04/23/91 Johnny Thunders Checks Out In New Orleans, LA
20 years ago today, 38-year-old John Anthony Genzale, known to the world as Johnny Thunders, passed away under mysterious circumstances in New Orleans, LA.
Johnny's friend and fellow NYC rocker Willy DeVille was staying just down the street at the time of JT's death and, years later, had this to say about the passing of the legendary rock guitarist...
Two years after Thunders passed away, in 1993, Guns and Roses paid tribute to the fallen Doll/Heartbreaker by including the Thunders-penned classic "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" on their controversial "The Spaghetti Incident?" CD. The track begins with the words "This one's for you Johnny..."
Johnny's friend and fellow NYC rocker Willy DeVille was staying just down the street at the time of JT's death and, years later, had this to say about the passing of the legendary rock guitarist...
Two years after Thunders passed away, in 1993, Guns and Roses paid tribute to the fallen Doll/Heartbreaker by including the Thunders-penned classic "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" on their controversial "The Spaghetti Incident?" CD. The track begins with the words "This one's for you Johnny..."
Tonight's Division Nine Gig In Benson, MN - Cancelled
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*Due to a scheduling conflict caused by the talent booker at McKinneys, Division Nine will NOT be performing there tonight as previously announced.
Your next chance to catch the band in action will be on 05/21/11 at IDK Sports Bar & Lanes in Atwater, MN.
One From The Archives: 04/23/83 Fastway/Guests @ Hammersmith Odeon Theatre, London, England
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Garland Jeffreys "Coney Island Winter"
Our friend Doug Webb, who does the website Wild In The Streets.info for Garland Jeffreys, has assembled some decades-old video footage and still photos of Coney Island into a video for Garland's new single, "Coney Island Winter."
Per Garland's website:
“Coney Island Winter” was directed and assembled by Doug Webb who created Garland's Wild in the Streets fan site and opens with footage from the 1952 short film documentary "Coney Island, U.S.A." It also includes samples from a 1991 episode of PBS’s American Experience ("Coney Island") and the evocative 2010 short film "Coney Island Dream", filmed and edited by Joshua Brown.
“The video captures the desolation, but also the allure, the fantasy and the humor of Coney Island that still fills my memories,” says Garland.
Per Garland's website:
“Coney Island Winter” was directed and assembled by Doug Webb who created Garland's Wild in the Streets fan site and opens with footage from the 1952 short film documentary "Coney Island, U.S.A." It also includes samples from a 1991 episode of PBS’s American Experience ("Coney Island") and the evocative 2010 short film "Coney Island Dream", filmed and edited by Joshua Brown.
“The video captures the desolation, but also the allure, the fantasy and the humor of Coney Island that still fills my memories,” says Garland.
One From The Archives: 04/22/04 Kevin DuBrow/Attica @ Dibbo's, Hudson, WI
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K.K. Downing Quits Judas Priest On Eve Bands Final World Tour
K.K. Downing (left) & Glenn Tipton (right) grace the July 1983 cover of Guitar World.
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Judas Priest issued the following press release earlier today announcing the surprising and immediate departure of founding guitarist K.K. Downing.
It is with regret that Judas Priest announce that K.K. Downing has formally retired from the band and will therefore not be joining them on their forthcoming "Epitaph" tour.
The band respect his decision and naturally all wish him well.
Having thought long and hard about how to proceed, Rob, Glenn, Ian and Scott unanimously agreed that they should go ahead with the tour and not let the fans down all around the world.
Fate also stepped in and delivered the perfect replacement - 31 year old British guitar player Richie Faulkner - he has blended into the band perfectly and is a great talent who is going to help set the stage on fire!
The Epitaph tour will includes songs from every Priest studio album and also tracks they have never before performed on stage plus all the old favorites!
With a new album due to be released next year, the Metal Gods are preparing to tour the planet once more - Heavy Metal at it's best complete with lazers, lights, bikes and Hellfire! It's a show not to be missed!!
UPDATE: 04/21/11
K.K. has issued a statement regarding his departure from the band...
"Dear friends,
It is with much regret that I will not be with you this summer.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your concerns about my health. Please rest assured that I am OK.
There has been an ongoing breakdown in working relationship between myself, elements of the band, and the band's management for some time. Therefore I have decided to step down rather than to tour with negative sentiments as I feel that this would be a deception to you, our cherished fans. However, I would urge you to please support the PRIEST as I have no doubt that it will be a show not to be missed.
All my love and respect."
New York City Images As Album/CD Cover Art #13: Lorin Hollander Live at the Fillmore East
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Artist: Lorin Hollander
Title: Lorin Hollander Live at the Fillmore East
Recorded: 02/23/69 at the Fillmore East, NYC, NY
From the LP back cover...
"When it was over Hollander got an ovation of mammoth, volcanic dimensions. They would have torn him to shreds if he hadn't played just a little bit more!" - Joel Meltz (East Village Other)
Sarika
Bollywood actress Sarika was born on 3 June 1962 into a Maharashtrian family in New Delhi, India, and became an acclaimed National Award winning actress soon. Sarika started her career in acting as a child artist, Master Sooraj, enacting the character of a boy during the 1960’s in Bollywood industry. The actress appeared in many children's films as well as B grade movies. She moved to good scripts with Rajshri Productions Geet Gaata Chal with actor Sachin, with whom she starred in many Hindi as well as Marathi flicks and is known to have had a short time love affair with Sachin too.
In her acting career, she was often cast as the glamorous girl in films from 1980's. She gave up her career after getting married to actor Kamal Hassan and moved to Chennai with him during the top height of her career. Sarika’s daughter Shruti Hassan is also an Bollywood actress and has appeared in films Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji and Luck. Sarika has now made a comeback in Hindi movies after a long gap. She played Ipsita Ray Chakraverti in the film Sacred Evil – A True Story which badly failed at the box office. In year 2000, she won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Hey Ram, her outstanding performance in Parzania in which she played the character of a Zoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, bagged her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
In her acting career, she was often cast as the glamorous girl in films from 1980's. She gave up her career after getting married to actor Kamal Hassan and moved to Chennai with him during the top height of her career. Sarika’s daughter Shruti Hassan is also an Bollywood actress and has appeared in films Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji and Luck. Sarika has now made a comeback in Hindi movies after a long gap. She played Ipsita Ray Chakraverti in the film Sacred Evil – A True Story which badly failed at the box office. In year 2000, she won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Hey Ram, her outstanding performance in Parzania in which she played the character of a Zoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, bagged her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
The Bollywood most talented actress also starred as Sheetal Thadani in the Bollywood film Bheja Fry which was released in 2006. Sarika on the other hand also had a small but important role to play in Manorama Six Feet Under. See was last seen in “Shoebite” which got released last year where she was paired up opposite the most honourable Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
Kalpana Iyer
Kalpana Iyer is a former Miss India, and Bollywood actress. The actress was well known as a famous vamp of the 1980's and 1990's. Having appeared in a number of Bollywood movies featuring dance sequences espcially item numbers, somewhat reduced her in appearance with a short interruption in Indian Television. The actress is currently a restaurateur based in Dubai, UAE.
After being first runner-up at Miss India in 1978, Kalpana Iyer started making full-blown appearances playing negative character in a number of Bollywod projects, continuing in the tradition of Bollywood actresses like the most gorgeous Bindu, the most sizzling actress Helen who have performed several item numbers and the fascinating Aruna Irani. Some of Kalpana Iyer’s famous dance sequences were to the songs "Hari om Hari" in Pyaara Dushman in 1980 and "Rambha Ho" in Armaan 1982 .
After being first runner-up at Miss India in 1978, Kalpana Iyer started making full-blown appearances playing negative character in a number of Bollywod projects, continuing in the tradition of Bollywood actresses like the most gorgeous Bindu, the most sizzling actress Helen who have performed several item numbers and the fascinating Aruna Irani. Some of Kalpana Iyer’s famous dance sequences were to the songs "Hari om Hari" in Pyaara Dushman in 1980 and "Rambha Ho" in Armaan 1982 .
Some of the renowned Bollywood projects of the sizzling actress include 1982 released film Satte Pe Satta starring Shakti Kapoor, Amjad Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranjeeta and Hema Malini, Anjaam (1994), Raja Hindustani alongwith Aamir Khan and Karishma Kapoor (1996) and Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999). Kalpana Iyer was critically acclaimed for her performance as prison warden in Madhuri Dixit, Shahrukh Khan starrer Anjaam. Kalpana Iyer has also acted on television. She became a pop singer and performs in shows as well. Kalpana Iyer also featured in Salman Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam, Saif Ali Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Tabu starrer, Hum Saath Saath Hain.
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Namrata Shirodkar
Namrata Shirodkar was born on 22 January 1972 in Mumbai, India. She is an Indian actress and former model The actress used to live in Khar, in Mumbai initially. Her sister Shilpa Shirodkar also works in Bollywood as an actress.
Namrata is the granddaughter of famous Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who featured in film Brahmachari, and was the first actress to wear a swimsuit.
Namrata Shirodkar began dating Tollywood star Mahesh Babu after the shooting of Vamsee in the year 2000. They got married on 10 February 2005. Now the actress stays in Hyderabad with her husband. Namrata Shirodkar worked as a model, and was crowned Miss India back in 1993. She also represented India in the Miss Universe pageant and earned the sixth position . She made her debut with a small character in superhit flick Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai which was released in 1998, opposite Salman Khan alongwith Twinkle Khanna who played the lead role. Namrata then went on to star in the hit flick Vaastav opposite superstar Sanjay Dutt. Her performance well acknowledged and she became a known name in Bollywood fraternity.
She has played mainly supporting roles in movies like Pukar, Hera Pheri and Astitva. She was also nominated for the IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in Pukar and the film also featured Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. In 1999, Namrata featured opposite Megastar Mammootty in the Malayalam project titled “Ezhupunna Tharakan”. In 2004, she starred opposite another South superstar Chiranjeevi in a Telugu Movie "ANJI " In 2004 she went back into the limelight when she played the character of Jaya Bakshi in Bride and Prejudice. In the film she played elder sister to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film was a hit overseas particularly in the UK but failed to do well in India.
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Namrata is the granddaughter of famous Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who featured in film Brahmachari, and was the first actress to wear a swimsuit.
Namrata Shirodkar began dating Tollywood star Mahesh Babu after the shooting of Vamsee in the year 2000. They got married on 10 February 2005. Now the actress stays in Hyderabad with her husband. Namrata Shirodkar worked as a model, and was crowned Miss India back in 1993. She also represented India in the Miss Universe pageant and earned the sixth position . She made her debut with a small character in superhit flick Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai which was released in 1998, opposite Salman Khan alongwith Twinkle Khanna who played the lead role. Namrata then went on to star in the hit flick Vaastav opposite superstar Sanjay Dutt. Her performance well acknowledged and she became a known name in Bollywood fraternity.
She has played mainly supporting roles in movies like Pukar, Hera Pheri and Astitva. She was also nominated for the IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in Pukar and the film also featured Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. In 1999, Namrata featured opposite Megastar Mammootty in the Malayalam project titled “Ezhupunna Tharakan”. In 2004, she starred opposite another South superstar Chiranjeevi in a Telugu Movie "ANJI " In 2004 she went back into the limelight when she played the character of Jaya Bakshi in Bride and Prejudice. In the film she played elder sister to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film was a hit overseas particularly in the UK but failed to do well in India.
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