Amrish Puri died 16 years ago, leaving a legacy of 200 films in a 30-year career, during which he worked with avant-garde directors like ShyamBenegal and Govind Nihalani and also did outright kitsch.In his early...
Whether it is Nargis in Mother India or Nirupa Roy in Deewaar, Mama’s a scenestealer while Dad is just a shadow. Does anyone remember Raj Kumar or Satyen Kappoo in Mother India and Deewaar? Yet , there are films that have explored the Dad’s...
I seriously thought she had the potential to be another Zeenat Aman. Pert,uninhibited, sensuous and spontaneous, Lisa Haydon kind of exploded on screen in a walk-on part as ...
Sushant Singh Rajput once wondered to me why the national costume is not as favoured by Indian male celebrities as the saree is favoured by women in the limelight. Before Sushant other major Bollywood stars have also...
Actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik who turned 65 on 13 April is not un happy about celebrating his birthday during times of Cornova, “This is my second consecutive lockdown birthday . Last year being at home I ...
1. Chupke Chupke was a comedy of errors, a remake of a 1971 Bengali film Chhadmabeshi about a man who must pose as his wife’s chauffeur to hide his identity...
At one point in her career(circa 1973-75) Jaya Bhaduri was a bigger star than Amitabh Bachchan.Her much-lauded performances in the obvious films Abhimaan, Uphaar, KoraKagaz, etc need no recommendation. But what about the Jaya Bhaduri ...
When the ever-affable Dharmendra returned my call on Sunday evening he was deeply grieved. “I just heard Shashikala is no more,” he mumbled sadly before I could raise the ...
The two most hated screen women in the North belt of India were Lalita Pawar and Shashikala. And we can’t really blame our emotional audiences for despising these women. Both...
The legendary Dharmendra was filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s favourite actor. And RajeshKhanna who was extremely possessive about his favourite directors didn’t like thie partiality at all. Hrishida told me how irked “Kaka”(Khanna) would get when...
Anand marked the first of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 3 historic collaborations with RajeshKhanna, the other two being Bawarchi and Namak Haraam. Anand is without a shred of doubt Rajesh Khanna’s career’s finest performance.Just how he got the role...
Among the new breed of stars who have come into American cinema Armie Hammer stood out. He was that rarity in present-times, the all-American crewcutwholesome handsome boy whom...
Masterchef Vikas Khanna who is now a feature-film director, feels the OTT platform in India is blooming. “When I’m in-between projects I have time to watch movies.What I’ve seen on the OTT platform...
Coolie No 1 reiterates the one golden rule of cinema. Never do a remake of a bad film. So which is the worst remake of all times? Is it Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag or SajidKhan’s Himmatwala or Satish Kaushik’s Karzzz(zzzzzzzz……)? Or how about...
Lies, damned lies! How Hrishikesh Mukherjee loved telling the truth about people who lied. In Anand Rajesh Khana makes up a friendship with strangers on the road pretending to have met them in...
Swara Bhaskar: “I have a maha-needy and attention-seeking dog who is taking up all my energy and I’m trying hard to work on a long pending...