Lalit Pandit must be the only music composer in the universe who can claim to have been carried in Kishore… Read More
Indian cinema has known no bigger star than Rajesh Khanna. Between 1969 and 1974 he had to his credit a… Read More
1. Shashi Kapoor was Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s second choice for Anand.The first choice wasKishore Kumar. Shashi was finalized . But when the reigning superstar Rajesh Khanna showed a keen interest in the role Shashi was… Read More
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… Read More
Rajesh Khanna was the undisputed king of the world Rajesh Khanna's golden period lasted exactly three years. Between 1969 and… Read More
Eerily, Sushant Singh Rajput died in 5 out of the 12 films he completed before his sudden shocking and untimely death on June 14,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
The trailer of Haathi Mere Saathi would have pacified Rajesh Khanna. This Haathi Mere Saathi has nothing to do with Mr Khanna’s 1971 blockbuster … Read More
In her 30-year career as a leading lady, the legendary Asha Parekh says she has never seen stardom like Rajesh… Read More
Rajesh Khanna’s rich repertoire of melody-drenched performances in Aradhana, Amar Prem. Kati Patang,Dushman, Sachcha Jhutha, Roti, Premnagar, Aap Ki Kasam, etc etc have been rightly celebrated. But as a diehard Khanna fan I can… Read More
After stand-up comic Bharati Singh and her husband were arrested for drugs possession, one of India’s oldest and most respected stand-up artistes Raju Shrivastava condemned… Read More
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… Read More
Cold wars between two actresses in the times gone-by were not unheard-of. It is said that when Sharmila Tagore and Raakhee worked together in Yash Chopra’s Daag Yash Chopra… Read More