The Making Of A Superstar: On Rajesh Khanna’s birth anniversary, a flashback to one of his first films. Jatin Khanna, an ordinary young man from Mumbai, made it to the…
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Raaj Kumar came to be known for playing urbane parts, but in one of his early films he played a starving farmer to perfection. On the actor’s 95th birth anniversary,…
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Fifteen years ago, a mainstream film coined the word Gandhigiri. Revisiting Rajkumar Hirani’s masterpiece on Gandhi Jayanti: Lage Raho Munnabhai is that rare comedy that engages your mind, heart, emotions…
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On Dev Anand’s birth anniversary, a look at one of his lesser known films, Tamasha. Audiences have such a strong image in their minds of Dev Anand as a suave,…
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Fifteen years ago, Dor, of the finest Hindi films about female bonding was released. A flashback the Nagesh Kukunoor film: Indian films, like Indian society, do not care much about…
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When two war movies release together on OTT to mark Independence day, looking back at Chetan Anand’s Haqeeqat (1964), one of the finest war films made in India: Very few…
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As a tribute to Dilip Kumar, revisiting one of his ‘Tragedy King’ hits, Jogan (1950), in which, like in many other films, he fell in love with an unattainable woman.…
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A tribute to actor-filmmaker Chandrashekhar, who passed away on June 16, 2021: Chandrashekhar was the original dancing star, and one just has to watch Cha Cha Cha (1964) to see…
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At a time when China, epidemics and the selflessness of doctors is under constant discussion due to the Corona Virus, a look at a film that combined all these elements…
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December 8 is the birthday of Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore– here’s looking at a gem of a film starring the two. The Mumbai film industry does Hrishikesh Mukherjee a great…