These were often an excuse for some heavyduty skin exposure accompanied plenty of heaving and thrusting of the bosom in the camera. Actor-activist-filmmaker Amole Gupte agrees...
Darbaan: There is something about Rabindranath Tagore’s stories that lends itself to great cinema. Darbaan is a very good piece of cinema.Artistically imagined and gently executed, it has the very...
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...
Javed Akhtar is among the millions who believe Lataji’s voice to the therapeutic. “When your morale is down or when your not feeling well, her songs...
Petta (Netflix, Tamil): In what seems like an unwanted political intrusion in an out-and-out formulistic entertainer, Vijay Sethupathi-who has a pivotal role to play in propelling...
Some little known Facts about Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Dutt was an unabashed Mama’s Boy. Mother Nargis was so blinded by her love for her son that she regularly protected him...
Kriti Sanon, the star in making Kriti Sanon in Bareilly Ki Barfi Bitti Mishra, played with endearing vivacity by Kriti Sanon, is no Sati Savitri. Thank God for small-town mercies! In fact she adheres...
Rajesh Khanna was the undisputed king of the world Rajesh Khanna‘s golden period lasted exactly three years. Between 1969 and 1971, Rajesh Khanna was the undisputed...
Kumar Gaurav who turns 61 on July 11, goes the dubious distinction of being the shortest-lived superstar of Hindi cinema. When his debut film Love Story released in 1981...
“I was R D Burman’s blue-eyed boy. My professional association with Pancham started in 1975 with the song Badeachche lagte hain in Balika Badhu. At that time I was a novice. I had sung...
Underrated, understated, gentle and affable, in spite of being a part of the entertainment industry for 19 years, Amit Sadh has not been a part of any camp in...
Kindred Starring Tamara Lawrance as Charlotte,Fiona Shaw as Margaret,Jack Lowden as Thomas,Edward Holcroft as Ben Directed by Joe Marcantonio Rating: *** While I sat riveted to young pregnant Charlotte’s imprisonment by her mother-in-law...
You probably didn’t notice them, either because the films containing these admirable performances came and went before you could say , ‘Covid’.Or maybe because these actors ...
In her hey-hey-ho-ho days Asha Parekh worked with all the top actors of the era. “But Shammi Kapoor was my favourite. He was everybody’s favourite. When he came into a project ...
These films flopped when they were released. But they have great recall value. See them now and you’ll know why. Raj Kapoor’s Satyam Shivum Sunderam: The Indian film that...
Okay, we all know songs have always been an intrinsic part of Hindi cinema. Our actors sing when they are happy, sing when they are sad…there’s...