As a passionate follower of Indian cinema history, I have been involved in numerous discussions with people interested in the …
Munawar Sultana
Munawar Sultana had a short but glorious film career from 1945-50 where she excelled as the ideal self-sacrificing, suffering Indian …
Vimi
From a dream debut in BR Chopra’s Hamraaz (1967) starring opposite two top stars of the day, Sunil Dutt and Raaj …
Ekk Albela
Ekk Albela traces the life of Bhagwan Abhaji Palav (Mangesh Desai) from 1930 to the making of his most famous and …
Udta Punjab
You so want to like and support Abishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab for all the hassles it faced before its release. And it …
The Man Who Knew Infinity
A surprisingly dull and clinical retelling of the years that Indian genius mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) spent at Trinity …
Swarnalata
Swarnalata was already an established heroine in Hindi cinema before she opted to migrate to Pakistan with husband Nazir, a …
Shakti Samanta
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 …