One of a handful of filmmakers who represented the now decadent off mainstream Indian cinema, Buddhadeb Dasgupta has consistently tried …
Shashikala
Few could vamp it up as deliciously as Shashikala when in her element. Her wicked women roles in films like …
Soumitra Chatterjee
The greatest ever Director-Actor collaberations in world cinema have included Akira Kurosawa-Toshiro Mifune, Federico Fellini-Marcello Mastroianni, Martin Scorcese-Robert De Niro …
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
After Satyajit Ray, Adoor Gopalakrishnan is perhaps the most well known Indian filmmaker in the West. He has never compromised …
Rehman
Rehman has rightly been regarded as one of the best and most popular character actors in Hindi Cinema. Few could …
Sabiha Khanum
Sabiha Khanum was arguably the greatest actress the Pakistani screen has ever seen and is widely and deservedly acknowledged till date as the …
Madhuri Dixit
The last actress to enjoy superstar status in Hindi cinema, perhaps, has been Madhuri Dixit. Taking over from Sridevi as …
Rishi Kapoor
To be born into a family regarded as the ‘first family’ of Indian cinema can be a two-edged knife, which …
Nimmi
Nimmi was a hugely popular star right through the 1950s acting with all the top heroes of her time and …
Nemai Ghosh
Nemai Ghosh was most well-known as Satyajit Ray’s official photographer since 1969 when Ray was working on Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. …