Bollywood
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Dilip Kumar’s Excellent Offbeat Movies
Dilip Kumar always said, “A memorable film may not always be popular. A popular film is not always memorable.” According…
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Bollywood and its divisions
Recently in an interview for a television channel, actor and director Parambrata Chatterjee lamented, “We now have a mutual admiration…
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Songs for Mahatma’s Ears
As a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of truth and non-violence, I often wonder what the Mahatma would have…
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Remembering Rafi: Greatest Ever Playback Singer
What is it that makes the Mohammed Rafi magic endure amongst listeners cutting across barriers of age, caste, creed, colour,…
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ये सितारा जब भी स्क्रीन पर आया देखने वाले के दिल पर उस किरदार की यादगार छाप छोड़ गया
बाराबंकी के राजा जहांगीराबाद की आलीशान कोठी में उस वक़्त के स्थानीय एसडीएम इमामुद्दीन शाह का परिवार रहा करता था।…
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Know what Sunil Dutt had replied to Nargis when she had said that Satyajit Ray sells poverty
“Trends of acting in Indian cinema have improved from theatricals to mature, real life performances. If the audience cannot identify…
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Ali Akbar Khan: A Musical Centenary
Ali Akbar Khan was recording the bhajan, Ghanshyam Ki Aakhen for Aandhiyan (1952) rendered by Laxmi Shankar. Writer, and director, Chetan Anand asked his…
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On Raj Kapoor’s 97th Birth Anniversary: Untold Memories Of A ‘Joker’
Raj Kapoor practiced the antics and body language of circus jokers by observing the Great Russian circus clowns. He always…
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Come January 2022 and film festivals will again charm you after the corona pandemic dreaded days
Kolkata: In January 1994, as IFFI being held in Kolkata, festival Director, Malati Sahay personally called and invited Chetan Anand…
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Opinion
Dev Anand had predicted that Sadhana would become a top actress
“If I modeled myself in the lines of anyone, it was Nutan,” said actress Sadhana, 1991 after Nutan’s death. Bimal…
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