According to Madhubala’s sister, it was sometime during the shooting of Gemini’s Bahut...
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Kundan Shah: A Tribute
Kundan Shah is no more having succumbed to a heart attack on October 7, 2017. One more rare talent...
Deleted songs: Anari Anari Re
Geeta Dutt was particularly unlucky when it came to her already recorded songs being deleted from...
Ankhon Hi Ankhon Mein With Shakila…
Strangely, this was a piece I never got around to writing and I don’t really know why. It...
Incomplete Films: Shikwa
One of Hindi cinema’s biggest tragedies is that Dilip Kumar and Nutan only came together as a...
Deleted Songs: Sahil Ki Taraf Kishti Le Chal
The credit titles of the Guru Dutt produced and Abrar Alvi directed Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)...
Director’s Note: Lyari Notes
Of course, I’d like to think that a film is driven by a profound idea but in this case, the film...
Cinematographer’s Note: Gurgaon
After saying ‘yes’ to Shanker (director Shanker Raman) to shoot Gurgaon, my first and second...
Director’s Note: Gurgaon
It is very hard to understand people who act from motives different from our own. This, perhaps was...
To Sir With Love…
According to American Writer, Willam Arthur Ward, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good...