Tag: Bollywood
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 to be a delegate....
The eerie silence of Mamata Banerjee on the arrest of Shahrukh Khan’s son
Kolkata: Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan is the brand ambassador of West Bengal for almost a decade now. Shahrukh Khan is also one of the...
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 Ray was fascinated by Sadhana’s...
Remembering Sahir Ludhianvi: A Lyrical Centenary
Sahir Ludhianvi was having a session with S.D.Burman and Chetan Anand for Funtoosh. Chetan Anand wanted a satirical song for a party sequence to be...
Rafi Saab’s singing was divine – Suman Kalyanpur
I was humming, Tere Hum O Sanam to myself. Memories of this lilting hit of mine with Mohammad Rafi Saab tuned by Sardar Malik...
I’m born out of the “Inquilab” of Dilip Kumar Saab
The year was 1997. Few of us might remember that dramatic day of our 21st convocation at #FTII (Film and Television Institute of India), Pune....