Munawar Sultana had a short but glorious film career from 1945-50 where she excelled as the ideal self-sacrificing, suffering Indian …
Love Express
Laal (Dev) belongs to a strict house-hold where they believe in disowning a family member if he/she commits more than …
Baar Baar Dekho
It is an amazing ability to be able to live the same day again and again. To know the mistakes …
Guddi
Yet another collaboration between actress Nishi, director Jugal Kishore, composer Hansraj Behl, and singers Shamshad Begum and Mohammed Rafi, Guddi is one …
Iru Mugan
A fine performance, actually two by Vikram, fail to rescue Iru Mugan. The film, mounted as an action thriller, is time …
A Trick of the Light
On 1st November, 1895, the Skladanowsky brothers screened their first ever film in the Berlin Variety Theatre, the Wintergarten. The …
Akira
Akira could have done with a shot of madness. It is not a film meant for conventional treatment that involves …
Shaheb, Bibi, Golaam
There is possibly no such thing as a pure freestanding “thriller thriller” and this comes across lucidly in film critic …
A Flying Jatt
It’s like watching your favorite comedy on TV – everything’s contrived to make you guffaw in sync with the laughter …
Harano Sur
An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar), is rescued on escaping from the asylum, where he is …