CinemaScope
News, stories, reviews, feature articles on movies and films from Bollywood (Hindi film industry), Tollywood (Bengali cinema) and Hollywood.
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Jagdeep aka Soorma Bhopali: An actor who stood out among giants passes away
The garrulous, greedy, timber merchant was present on screen for barely five minutes, yet the character gave an immortality that…
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Coming soon: Ek Aur Spartacus—From real to reel
Ranchi: In the early Eighties a social activist became such a threat to the influentials of his area, simply because…
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Saroj Khan: A trailblazer who helped the stars to dance their way into the hearts of millions passes away
The image of Sridevi drenched in an almost-blue saree crooning to the voice of Alisha Chinai as a now-here and…
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मिथुन चक्रवर्ती का सफर: बॉलीवुड में रंगभेद के भी शिकार हुए
16 जून 1950 को वसंत चक्रवर्ती (टेलिफोन एक्सचेंज में कार्यरत) की पत्नी शांतिमयी चक्रवर्ती को एक बेटा हुआ। नाम रखा…
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Basu Chatterjee: A Master Story-teller
About 22-odd minutes into Pankaj Parashar’s Jalwa, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor get off a taxi driven by Javed Khan…
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Rishi Kapoor will always remain a romantic hero
Barely had the nation come to terms with the news of Irrfan’s untimely death when the devastating news of Rishi…
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Irrfan Khan believed in talent than mere looks
In the Eighties, when Irrfan was a teenager, people used to say he looked like the spitting image of the…
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Irrfan Khan- The unforgettable star of Indian cinema
“Teeno Khan Ko Takkar Dene Ke Liye, someone has arrived dude,” a legendary filmmaker had once paid ode to a…
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Retelecast of epics during lockdown: Orchestrated nostalgia or soft radicalisation?
Kolkata: Last weekend, shows depicting Hindu mythological epics ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ started airing on Doordarshan and DD Bharati. And in…
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Chase for 6th terrorist in Parliament Attack is essence of Special Ops, says director Shivam Nair
Special Ops, the six-and-a-half hour, eight part web series, co-directed by Shivam Nair and Neeraj Pandey of A Wednesday, Baby,…
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