Dilip Kumar is regarded as arguably the greatest actor ever to grace the Indian silver screen with many of his …
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
One of a handful of filmmakers who represented the now decadent off mainstream Indian cinema, Buddhadeb Dasgupta has consistently tried …
Sumitra Bhave – A Tribute
I first met Sumitra Bhave at the Hyderabad Filmotsav in 1986 when she presented her short film Bai (1985), a …
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 as the ‘First Lady …
Rajendranath
Rajendranath, a comedian in Hindi Cinema, had a fairly long innings as a funny man from the late 1950s to …
Sheila Ramani
Sheila Ramani was undoubtedly the ‘it’ girl or the oomph girl of Hindi Cinema of the 1950s. She will always …