I still remember in the 1950s when I was still in school, Plaza theatre in Dadar, Bombay, was screening V …
Kantara: That Sublime Submission To The Disappearing Spirits…
The phenomenon of the worship of ‘Bootha’ (The Benevolent Spirits) is imbibed deeply in the social fabric of coastal Karnataka …
Bachchan: Back To The Beginning
Come 8th October, 2022, and thanks to the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) and the PVR group, a 4 day retrospective …
The Jinx Broken: Ponniyin Selvan
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, …