Kalu (Guru Dutt), a taxi driver who was sentenced to prison for speeding, is released two months before his term …
Kundan Lal Saigal
Kundan Lal Saigal could be the first male superstar – though the term was not invented then – of Indian …
Mr and Mrs 55
An impoverished and struggling cartoonist, Preetam (Guru Dutt), encounters Anita (Madhubala) at a tennis match. Anita is controlled by her …
Vijay Anand
Vijay Anand was, without doubt, one of the greatest directors that Hindi cinema has seen. He was a filmmaker who …
Suraiya
Suraiya was perhaps the last of the great female singing stars of Hindi cinema. At the height of her fame in …
Maqbool
At last! Vishal Bhardwaj’s take off on Macbeth and The Godfather, Maqbool, shows that a good, sensible film can indeed …
RD Burman
It was RD Burman who really brought the groove into Hindi Film Music, ushering in the era of electronic rock …
Sujata
When her kinfolk die in a plague epidermic, an untouchable girl is sheltered in infancy in an emergency by an …
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Three knockout central performances, eye-catching cinematography, lush production values, well written dialogues, some catchy song numbers all combine to make …
Johnny Walker
Johnny Walker was one of the most popular funny men in Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s. Born Badruddin …