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All Stories for Charles Dickens
With the introduction of balloon trips, the first aeronauts transformed our view of the world
• 5 years agoEarly balloon flights were difficult to pull off and dangerous. Aeronauts and passengers fell to their deaths when balloons unexpectedly deflated, caught fire or drifted out to sea.
Dev Patel to star in Armando Iannuci's adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Personal History of David Copperfield
Fp Staff • 7 years agoDev Patel, known for the Academy Award nominated Lion, and Armando Iannucci, who directed The Death of Stalin, have large expectations to fulfill.
Adele might make Hollywood debut in new adaptation of 1968 musical Oliver!
Ians • 8 years agoAdele is reportedly seriously considering making her Hollywood debut in a remake of the musical Oliver! based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
Harry Potter, Tintin, Asterix and The Hobbit: ICSE syllabus just became a lot more fun
Eishan • 8 years agoCISCE has decided to include popular books like the Harry Potter series for junior and middle school students with ICSE board as part of their English Literature syllabus.
True crime and punishment: How pop culture taps into our fascination for real-life cases
Sneha Khale • 9 years agoOur obsession with stories of true crime has been around for centuries. What’s changed over the last few years, is our perception of it as a 'popular genre'
A humourless love story: Observations on watching 'Fitoor' after reading 'Great Expectations'
Menon • 9 years agoFitoor’s narrative is so slow that at one stage it seems to be moving backwards.
'Mere paas Ma hai': What's next for Tabu after playing mother to Katrina in 'Fitoor'?
Subhash • 9 years agoWhen playing the cold-hearted Beghun in Fitoor, we realize what a heavy price Tabu has paid for being a formidable actress.
Fitoor is a tragedy depicting the death of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
Gayatri Gauri • 9 years agoThere is little else to admire in Dickens’s tomb called Fitoor.
Fitoor review: Katrina, Aditya are inadequate; No great expectations from this Valentine's Day film
Anna Mm Vetticad • 9 years agoThe primary problem with Fitoor is that it fails to conjure up the sort of passion that it should have with less literalness and better central casting
Fitoor Review: What the Dickens? Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina star in a beautiful but disappointing adaptation
Subhash • 9 years agoFitoor is one of the most disappointing literary adaptations ever attempted in Indian cinema.