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. 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 ...
From the overrated Chandni and Veer-Zara to the hugely underrated Mashaal and Lamhe, Yash Chopra created a treasury of movies, not necessarily all romantic, though each one of his works embraced a refined...
1. Amar Prem(1971): Playing the kothewali with a heart as pure as the GangotriSharmila Tagore brings to her character Pushpa a sense of sublime selfnegation and craving for unconditional love that makes her shower her motherly...
1. Amar Prem(1971): The underrated director Shakti Samanta created two timeless odes to love Aradhana and Amar Prem both featuring the charismatic couple Rajesh Khannaand Sharmila tagore. My Valentinian pick is Amar Prem . There is not even an embrace between the lead pair. He, a married man seeking...
She came out of the blue to bathe the screen in purple desires. The minute Urmila Matondkar got on a slippery rock in Rangeela in a fabulously cut...
Subhash Ghai is considered a significant filmmaker of the post-Raj Kapoor era. But apart from Hero and maybe Pardes I can’t recall anything exceptional in his films. In an interview ...
After Amitabh & Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek & Aishwarya , a third generation of actors from the Bachchan clan are beginning their ascent into stardom . Having...
Hrithik Roshan who celebrates his 48th birthday on January 10 has come a long from his Bhagwan Dada days when he stood his ground with Rajnikanth and...
The female hero took over the digital domain in 2021. She was seen bolstering show after show during the year. Here’s saluting the women who made...
Amitabh Bachchan as Anthony Gonzalves: When Manmohan Desai made a film on secular values he naturally called it Amar Akbar Anthony and chose his favourite actor to...
Madhvani-Sushmita Deliver A Knockout Encore Aarya 2(Disney+Hotstar, 8 episodes) Directed by Ram Madhvani, Kapil Sharma, Vinod Rawat Rating: *** ½ Normally the thought of a sequel...
Agastya Nanda, the handsome 20-year old grandson of Amitabh Bachchan, son of Mr Bachchan’s daughter Shweta , is being launched a leading man in Zoya Akhtar’s...
Neckdeep in unfinished projects, the one-time successful filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi is all set to launch his daughter in a project titled Gandhi Versus Godse . The film...
Being a close friend of Sanjay Bhansali I was never closer to any of his films than Saawariya. I spent many evenings with his two protégés Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor and also watched them shoot...
Post her separation from her husband Naga Chaitanya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is on a comeback trail. Not that she was ever missing from the screen. Even...