Come Friday, September 30th, and the first part of Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus, Ponniyin Selvan: Part I or PS- I, …
Twisty Eight: Clubbing With Dev Anand
The 1950s and the ’60s. The era of noir in mainstream Hindi cinema; a time of the urban crime thriller …
High Five: Stars Laxman Never Met
On March 7th, 1952, The Times Group that published the English Daily, The Times Of India, launched a film magazine, …
Two To Tango: MG Ramachandran & B Saroja Devi
It was the release of Nadodi Mannan on August 22nd, 1958 that first brought MG Ramachandran (MGR) and B Saroja Devi …
Take 5: Noor Jehan Across The Border
I’ve always maintained that one of the biggest losses to Indian cinema at the time of the partition in 1947 …
Incomplete Films: Rano
In LV Prasad’s Raj Kapoor-Meena Kumari starrer Sharada (1957), lovers Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari struggle with their relationship after …
Classical Hollywood and His Girl Friday: An Analysis
“… the principles which Hollywood claims as its own rely on notions of decorum, proportion, formal harmony, respect for tradition, …
Deleted Songs: Anari Anari Re
Geeta Dutt was particularly unlucky when it came to her already recorded songs being deleted from films or not being …
When Dev Anand Fought The Evil Within
It was a chance discovery I made on Facebook. Apart from the English version of Guide (1965), Dev Anand had …
Director’s Note: Ek Thi Maria
The demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 was being telecast live on National Television. The atmosphere was …