On the occasion of Suraiya‘s 86th birth anniversary, we showcase the great singing star with these 10 lovely photographs (Header …
On This Day I Thee Wed…
After a courtship and a period of engagement of almost 3 years, on May 26, 1953, film director, Guru Dutt, …
Images of Kumbh Mela
In 1960, the great filmmaker Bimal Roy had shot the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and Haridwar as background for his …
The Indian Documentary: Pre Independence Era
The Indian documentary may be traced back to the ‘factual films’ or Topicals as they were called, of Harishchandra Sakharam …
How A Buffalo Changed Waheeda Rehman’s Destiny!
A lovely anecdote I read about in Sathya Saran’s book Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey. It was …
Premiering at Cannes!
Today, one of the two Indian films in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section of the 68th Cannes Film Festival has …
Preview: Bombay Velvet
This Friday, Anurag Kashyap’s biggest and most ambitious film, Bombay Velvet, hits the screen. The film, an ode to Bombay …
Preview: India Pakistan
Tamil film composer and singer Vijay Antony sees his his fourth film as a hero, India Pakistan, release tomorrow on 8th …
Century Salute: Orson Welles
Orson Welles has been called a magician, a genius, a poet. He is all that and more, but for me, …
High Five: Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino was one of Hollywood’s earliest sex symbols in the 1920s, whose reputation, like James Dean, has only grown …