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TOIFA Vancouver: Best and Worst Dressed Red Carpet Stars

Jugni Style | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Red Carpet, Times of India Film Awards, Red Carpet Style, Toifa, Bollywood, Bollywood Stars, Toifa Fashion, Bollywood Fashion, Toifa Best Dressed, Canada British Columbia News
Jugni Style

Honestly, we weren't really that excited about the performances or celebrity sightings during Saturday's Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA). We're all about the red carpet and it did not disappoint us.

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TOIFA Vancouver: Top 5 Bollywood Scandals of All-Time

Shachi Kurl | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Bollywood Scandal, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Abishek Bachchan, Bollywood, Vancouver, Toifa Awards, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Toifa, Jaya Bhaduri, Toifa Vancouver, Divya Bharti, Canada British Columbia News
Shachi Kurl

Think Lindsay Lohan is messed up? Unimpressed with Mel Gibson's meltdowns? Those Hollywood distractions have nothing on these five legendary Bollywood scandals that include a taboo love triangle, murder and family shame.

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Bollywood Fever Hot In Vancouver

CBC | Posted 04.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Times of India Film Awards, Bc Business, Video, Toifa in Vancouver, Cbc, Toifa Stars, Bollywood, Vancouver, Toifa Awards, Toifa News, Bollywood Awards, Toifa, Vancouver Toifa, Toifa Vancouver, Vancouver Bollywood, Toifa Awards Vancouver, Canada British Columbia News

Hundreds of fans were once again camped out at Vancouver International Airport on Friday for a chance to see some of the biggest stars in the Bollywoo...

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TOIFA Vancouver: Opa Shiamak Style!

Shachi Kurl | Posted 04.04.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Debbie Allen, Aishwarya Rai, Times of India Film Awards, Abishek Bachchan, Bollywood Dance, Bollywood, Vancouver, Toifa Awards, Shiamak Davar, Toifa, Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood Vancouver, Vancouver Bollywood, Toifa Vancouver, Canada British Columbia News
Shachi Kurl

When dancers take the stage at the Pacific Coliseum and BC Place at the Times of India Film Awards in Vancouver this week, it won't be the Harlem Shake we'll see. Not Gangnam style, not even Indian Classical style. It will be Shiamak style.

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B.C.'s Political Bollywood Brawl

Shachi Kurl | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: BC Politics, Bc Film, Times of India Film Awards, Bc Business, Iifa, BC Liberals, Vancouver, Bollywood, Bollywood Awards, Christy Clark, Toifa, Bc Election 2013, Toifa Vancouver, Bc Film Tax, BC Election, Canada British Columbia News
Shachi Kurl

Timing is everything in B.C. politics. And wouldn't you know, it's also the essence of thousands of Bollywood films. A chance meeting that develops into forbidden love? Bollywood. The moment the evil uncle clunks granny on the head and makes off with the family fortune, leaving the heroine a pauper? Bollywood. But who thought India's prolific Hindi film industry would be at the centre of a dramatic saga of its own, playing out on location over the next five months across British Columbia's political soundstage?

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Times Of India Film Awards: Will B.C. Benefit From Bollywood Event?

Adeel Suhrwardy | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Bc Film, Bc Business, BC Politics, Times of India Film Awards, Bollywood, Vancouver, India Film, Toifa, Times of India Film Awards 2013, Christy Clark, South Asian Vancouver, Vancouver Bollywood, Toifa Vancouver, Toifa 2013, Canada British Columbia News
Adeel Suhrwardy

The B.C. premier announced this week Metro Vancouver will host the Times of India Film Awards. Reactions within the South Asian community are mixed; some are touting it as a political ploy to gain South Asian votes. What remains to be seen is if the community and businesses at large will be able to tap into the longer term business opportunities an event of this nature can provide.

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Pakistan and India: A Tale of Two Children

Hina P. Ansari | Posted 12.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: India, Education, Literacy, Benazir Bhutto, Bollywood, Hina Rabbani Khar, Economy, Pakistan, 9/11, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Foreign Minister, Fareed Zakaria, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Canada News
Hina P. Ansari

It's classic Bollywood: mother gives up two sons, one becomes a cop/top industrialist, the other ends up embracing the life of crime as a gangster/con man. So here we have two nations, India and Pakistan born in 1947: one finds their way into enviable success, while the other struggles in the deep waters of corruption.

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Dance King Shiamak Davar's Inspired Journey

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.29.2011 | Canada
Read More: Bollywood Stars, 2011 IIFA Awards, Bollywood, IIFA 2011, Dil to Pagal Hai, Bollywood Music, IIFA Shiamak Davar, IIFA Awards, Bollywood Films, Shiamak Davar Dance, Shiamak Davar, Bollywood Dance, Iifa Torono, Canada News
Marissa Bronfman

Anyone who knows anything about Bollywood knows that dance is an absolutely integral part of film. The IIFA Awards are no exception and Davar has choreographed the stage show for 11 consecutive years simply because he's the best.

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Five Questions for Hina P. Ansari

Netta Kornberg | Posted 10.11.2011 | Canada
Read More: Social Media, n.A. Ansari, Bollywood Cinema Showcards, Bollywood, India Art, Rom, Celebrity Culture, Canada Entertainment, Hina P Ansari, Canada News
Netta Kornberg

Hina P. Ansari's relationship with Bollywood goes way back to the burgeoning of the industry. Her grandfather was a multi-faceted filmmaker known as o...

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Bollywood From the Intern's Desk

Netta Kornberg | Posted 10.05.2011 | Canada
Read More: Bollywood Movies, Bollywood Cinema Showcards, Bollywood Rom, Royal Ontario Museum, Bollywood, Tejaswini Ganti, Canada News
Netta Kornberg

I have to admit it -- I have yet to watch a Bollywood film. Working as an intern at the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario ...

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IIFA Toronto: Much Ado About Nothing or....

Aditya Jha | Posted 09.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: Vic Sarin, Rogers Centre, Dalton Mcguinty, Deepa Mehta, Iifa, Bollywood, IIFA Awards, Year of India, Srk, Iifa Toronto, Canada News
Aditya Jha

Aditya Jha: IIFA Toronto, a $12 million largesse of Government of Ontario helped build the "Year of India in Canada" excitement to great heights tran...

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Three Questions With Painted Nation Filmmaker Cyrus Sundar Singh

Netta Kornberg | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada
Read More: India Art, Painted Nation, Painted Nation Cyrus Sundar Singh, Rom, Cyrus Sundar Singh, Bollywood, Vanessa Laufer, Canada News
Netta Kornberg

Popular imagery of India is often full of bright colours that create vibrant landscapes. Taking a closer look it becomes clear that not only are India...

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IIFA Awards 2011: A Memorable Affair

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.01.2011 | Canada
Read More: Bipasha Basu, Anuksha Sharma, Boman Irani, 2011 IIFA Awards, IIFA 2011 Dabaang, Sonakshi Sinha, IIFA North America, Ranveer Singh, Ritesh Deshmukh, Dia Mirza, Mallaika Arora Khan, IIFA Awards, Shilpa Shetty, Mallika Sherawat, Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood, Karan Johar, Neha Dhupia, Pernia Qureshi, Asha Bhosle, IIFA Canada, Sabyasachi, Canada News
Marissa Bronfman

The fans were screaming, the media running and the celebrities dancing -- yes, it was the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards that brought B...

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Bollywood Flies to Canada, With No Return Ticket Home

Alex Budman | Posted 08.26.2011 | Canada
Read More: Camilla Belle, 2011 IIFA Awards, Bollywood, Indo-Canadian, Rob Lowe, Iifa Toronto, Iifa, IIFA Awards, Canada News
Alex Budman

Blurring the boundaries between Hollywood and Bollywood, Breakaway brings Bollywood flair to Hollywood actors, all while showcasing Toronto and its unique Indo-Canadian population.

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PHOTOS: Bollywood Bombards Toronto

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.26.2011 | Canada
Read More: IIFA Awards, 2011 IIFA Awards, Bollywood, International Indian Film Academy Awards, Canada News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- TORONTO - Bollywood bombarded its Canadian fans with a glittering, multi-coloured carnival of song, dance and glamour as India's...

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IIFA Awards Brings Back Memories of My Grandfather's Role in Bollywood History

Hina P. Ansari | Posted 08.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: IIFA Awards, Bollywood, Prithviraj Kapoor, IIFA 2011, 2011 IIFA Awards, Nisar Ahmad Ansari, Raj Kapoor, Indian Film Awards, Indian Film Awards Toronto, Aurat, Canada News
Hina P. Ansari

Nisar Ahmed Ansari, N.A. Ansari or "Dada" as we would call him came from Bollywood. I remember as a youngster, I would listen to cinematic scriptures; a quick lesson on the art of all sorts of intricate director vernacular which seems so foreign yet fascinating.

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Rise of Non-Resident Indians in Canada

Sam Singh | Posted 08.15.2011 | Canada
Read More: Nikey Haley, Indian-Americans, Bobby Jindal, Bollywood, Pbd, Diaspora, IIFA Awards, Singh, Nri, Indo-Canadian, Pravasi, Bharatiya, Indian Diaspora, Indian Immigration, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Canada News
Sam Singh

Locally, the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas means the emergence of Toronto on the "Indian global circuit." And while the event made some waves in the Indo-Canadian media, everyone knew it was just a warm up for next weekend's IIFAs, the biggest event in the Bollyverse.

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