When he first arrived in Mumbai, Shakti Samanta was a lanky young man, who would follow filmmaker Phani Majumdar everywhere …
Kohinoor
By the mid 1950s, Dilip Kumar was given psychiatric advice to play lighter roles as his ‘King of Tragedy’ image …
Mahendra Kapoor
Though he had a fairly successful career as a playback singer, Mahendra Kapoor never really got his due as he …
Supermen of Malegaon
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic …
Nalini Jaywant
Dilip Kumar considered her easily the greatest actress he had ever worked with, citing her instinct for grasping the essence of …
Talat Mahmood
His velvet-like gentle, quivering voice made Talat Mahmood one of the all-time great playback artistes of Indian cinema, the ideal …
An Industry Is Born!
May 3, 1913. Exactly 102 years ago, a film about a righteous and noble king who always stood by his …
Mr and Mrs 55: The Stills
And here are some lovely stills from the film, courtesy Guru Dutt’s son, the late Arun Dutt…
Ittefaq
Dilip Roy (Rajesh Khanna) is accused of murdering his wife Sushma (Alka). With mounting circumstantial evidence against him, he feigns …
Mahesh Kaul
Mahesh Kaul was a prominent writer-director-actor, who worked in the Hindi Film Industry. Kaul was born on April 10, 1911 …