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The media‑business summit lands in Mumbai on September 29‑30, featuring Bollywood heavyweights alongside acclaimed directors for talks on content value.

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Ashutosh Gowariker (born 15 February 1964) is an Indian film director, actor, writer and producer. He is known for directing large scale, opulent epic films as well as grounded, realistic dramas. His work includes the acclaimed films Lagaan (2001), Swades (2004) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008).
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The media‑business summit lands in Mumbai on September 29‑30, featuring Bollywood heavyweights alongside acclaimed directors for talks on content value.

Aamir Khan will receive the Screen Icon Award at the 37th Singapore International Film Festival, which also marks 25 years of Lagaan with a special screening and Ashutosh Gowariker in attendance.

Fresh off playing gangster Uzair Baloch in Dhurandhar, Danish Pandor has signed on for Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker's Lalkaara, a period drama built around the 1952 India-Pakistan Test series.

On Asha Bhosle's 93rd birth anniversary, niece Padmini Kolhapure recalls their only film together, Mai, and the singer's perfectionism as an actor, in an interview first given to Bollywood Hungama in May.

Danish Pandor, who played Uzair Baloch in Dhurandhar, has signed on for Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker's Lalkaara. Sources close to the project say Vikrant Massey, despite reports of talks, is not part of the film.

Lagaan completes 25 years this week. Beyond the cricket match everyone remembers, the film's camerawork, its restrained love triangle and its near-Oscar win still shape how Indian cinema thinks about scale.