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. 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...
Aamir Khan is known to be a perfectionist. There are stories attached to every film that he has done so far. Here are some that you may...
1. Released on May 18, 2001 Ek Rishta: The Bond Love was the mother of all multi-starrers and the last film to feature such a star-studded cast: Amitabh Bachchan , Raakhee Gulzar, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Mohnish Behl, Juhi Chawla. The era of...
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...
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...
Chalo bulava aaya hai mata na bulaya hai(Avtaar): It is widely believed that Avtaar which was one of Rajesh Khanna’s last hits became a craze largely due to this Maata Bhajan sung in full-throated glory by Narendra Chanchal and accompanied by Mahendra Kapoor and Asha Bhosle....
On His Birthday September 26, Subhash K Jha Selects 10 Favourite Dev Anand Starrers Bambai Ka Babu(1960)—An absolute knockout of a movie directed by the very...
3 OTT Gems Rasbhari(Amazon Prime) OTT Webseries: Imagine –and imagination plays a pivotal part in this provocative coming-of-age series—if Sushmita Sen , the sexy teacher in Main Hoon Na walked out...
Vinod Khanna remained underrated throughout his career. He just didn’t care enough. Midway through his career he simply chucked Bollywood to join Osho in Oregon where he worked as a gardener....
1. Sonam Kapoor was an assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the sets of Black. So was Ranbir Kapoor. Initially she was not cast with Ranbir in Saawariya . Deepika Padukone was the first choice. But then the temptation to ...
1. The sleeper hit of 2011 Pyaar Ka Punchnaama(PKPN) introduced six new stars: Kartik Aaryan, Divyendu Sharma, Raayo S. Bakhirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonnalli Seygall and Ishita Raj Sharma. One of them Kartik Aaryan went on to become a superstar. Two others Divyendu and Nushrat are making names for themselves in quality content...
1. Insaaf Ka Tarazu(1980): B R Chopra brazenly lifted scene after scene from Lamon Johnson’s Lipstick where real-life sisters Margaux and Hamiel Hemmingway played rape survivors violated by the same man. Raj Babbar who played the rapist in...
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...
In his new film Jawani Jaaneman Saif Ali Khan is cast(again!) as a middleaged playboy…and if that sounds like an oxymoron , then well, we will just have to wait to...
Two amazing films on OTT Mastram(2014) Once upon a time, pornography was read in the loo, not seen on the internet. The imagination soared. Just think of...