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HeroineHeroine new song: Kareena Kapoor romances Randeep Hooda in Khwahishein

Not just for the sequels and the remakes Hindi films are known to have a plethora of titles shared by more than one film over the decades. And the current trend of using a lot of English titles is as much an option to bypass this shortfall in inspiration as it is to be €˜"contemporary"€™ and global.  After all,  Heroine  sounds so much trendier and universally-accepted than  Abhinetri!  Nevertheless, Bollywood will always continue to repeat titles for films in the years to come. The purpose of this piece is not to enumerate all the cases, which would take space enough for a booklet, but to delve into some of the interesting and lighter side of this  business of repeating titles, which in many ways is unique to Hindi cinema, mainly because of the quantum of films dished out and the limitations of commonly understood Hindi and Urdu, for Hindi films have to appeal from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and likewise the breadth of the country. Hollywood ...

Apple's iPhone 5

Apple's iPhone 5: The reviews Apple ( AAPL ), as usual, chose carefully whom to seed with pre-release review copies of the new iPhone: The biggest newspapers and magazines, the friendliest bloggers and, with pointed exceptions, the most influential tech sites. Walt Mossberg,  The Wall Street Journal :  The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen . "The world's most popular smartphone becomes significantly faster, thinner and lighter this week, while gaining a larger, 4-inch screen—all without giving up battery life, comfort in the hand and high-quality construction." David Pogue,  The New York Times :  IPhone 5 Scores Well, with a Quibble . "Apple calls its [charging connector] replacement the Lightning connector. It's much sturdier than the old jack, and much smaller — 0.31 inch wide instead of 0.83. And there's no right side up — you can insert it either way. It clicks satisfyingly into place, yet you can remove it easily. It's the very model of a ...