Tag: Bollywood
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 to his statement, a...
Bollywood and its divisions
Recently in an interview for a television channel, actor and director Parambrata Chatterjee lamented, “We now have a mutual admiration society which meets at...
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 opined about our Hindi...
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, gender and national boundaries...
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। 20 जुलाई 1950 को...
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 with a piece of...