Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak(1988): The (lover)Boy Next Door image which was created specifically for this film became the reference point for Aamir’s image in future. He is the dependable...
The days of cine-superstars lording over audiences’ attention is over. The OTT platform ,a compulsion rather than a preference in 2020 to begin with, has now come to...
Rangbaaz Phirse(Zee5):Bullet-ridden biographic sketches of hardcore criminals in North Indian exploring the genesis of their outlawry…that seems to be the brief for the Rangbaaz series which is...
Slow and steady always wins the race. Nowhere is this truer than in showbiz where the ones who have endured are the ones who have made...
1. Sridevi started her career in Hindi cinema as a child actor in two films. She played the child version of actress actress Vijaylalitha in the stunt action film Rani Mera Naam ...
When we think of teachers and pupils we always think of idealized mentor-pupil relationships as seen in films like To Sir With Love and Taare Zameen Par. But relationships between the...
1. Barse ghan saari raat…sangg sow jao(Tarang): The immensely gifed composer Vanraj Bhatia created only one song for Lataji for Kumar Shahani’s experimental film Tarang…and what a song….a long narrative...
1. Every year Salman Khan’s birthday is brought in at his family farm in Panvel .Salman hates cutting cakes on his birthday. Since the family insists on the cake-cutting ceremony he...
2 OTT Webseries You May Have Missed OTT Webseries: 22 Yards(Amazon Prime) ”Normally I wouldn’t trust a hero named Ron Roy. It sounds like an alias for a scamster ...
1. Mann dole mera tann dole in Nagin: The original naag-anthem composed by Hemant Kumar and filmed on the beautiful Vyjanthimala had the been music performed by Kalyani , one-half of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo, on the clavioline. The song was such a hit ...
Pareeksha(Zee5): The heart is completely in the right place. Pareeksha,director Prakash Jha’s best in years, is a heartwarming unabashed tearjerker.It reminded me of one my favourite Shabana Azmi starrers Bhavna (1984) where the mother...
1. She is the undisputed God of all melodious of things. The Sing Sena Supremo. But whom does Lata Mangeshkar idolize as a singer? It’s Kundal Lal Saigal. She adored his voice...
Oh ma teri soorat se alag bhagwan ki soorat kya hogi: Dadi Maa(1966)—It’s not easy to sing in praise of the Mother Figure without tripping into...
1. The story of a man who won’t consummate his marriage with his bride and would rather finds his wife’s lover whom she can’t stop loving even...
On Sanjay Dutt’s Birthday(July 29) , Dutt’s Top 10 Hathyaar(1992): Hugely underrated gangster saga directed by J P Dutta where Sanjay Dutt played a boy obsessed...
Nepotism is again a much-discussed subject in Bollywood, what with 3 prominent star kids Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor and Suhana Khan making their debut in Zoya...