The success that New India Cinema enjoyed in the 1970s and early 1980s could largely be attributed to Shyam Benegal’s …
Tulsi Chakraborty
Tulsi Chakraborty is undoubtedly one of the finest comic and character actors to have graced the Bengali screen. In a …
Dharmendra
Dharmendra remained a top Hindi film star for three decades creating an influential image as a markedly North Indian (read …
Girish Kasaravalli
Girish Kasaravalli is one of the pioneers of the New Wave Movement in Kannada cinema and arguably one of Kannada …
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha is the quintessential Bengali filmmaker in spirit and world-view. In a long and prolific career spanning almost five …
P Jairaj
P Jairaj had a successful career as a leading man in both, the silent era as well as the talkies, …
Mahendra Kapoor
Though he had a fairly successful career as a playback singer, Mahendra Kapoor never really got his due as he …
Salil Chowdhury
Ages ago, before AR Rahman appeared on the musical map of Indian cinema, before the word ‘fusion’ entered into the …
SS Vasan
SS Vasan was a true showman in every sense and a true believer in the spectacle of cinema. Vasan believed that …
Asit Sen
Asit Sen was the director of such well known films as Mamta (1966), Anokhi Raat (1968), Khamoshi (1969) and Safar (1970) in Hindi and Chalachal …