To most Indian filmgoers, Nirupa Roy was – to put it simply – the mother of all mothers. And to …
Khamosh Pani
“I wanted to make a very violent film but without a drop of blood.” This is what director Sabiha Sumar says …
Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
Prem (Salman Khan) and Nisha (Madhuri)’s elder siblings, Rajesh (Monish Behl) and Pooja (Renuka), respectively get married. Over the course …
Lakshya
War films in India off-late have been, frankly speaking, quite nonsensical. Starting with Border and all the way to LOC, these pop-patriotic efforts …
Ayutha Ezhuthu
Like with Gajini (2005), where I saw the Hindi version first, here too, I saw Yuva (2004) before Ayutha Ezhuthu and again with the …
Mehboob Khan
A man of humble beginnings with no formal education whatsoever, Mehboob Khan went on to became one of India’s greatest …
Perazhagan
Perazhagan is an entertaining enough watch, lifted even more by Suriya’s brilliant double act. The film is a re-make of the …
Yuva
After the creative and commercial debacle of Dil Se (1998), just when you thought Mani Ratnam had bounced back to form with the …
Aar Paar
Kalu (Guru Dutt), a taxi driver who was sentenced to prison for speeding, is released two months before his term …
Kundan Lal Saigal
Kundan Lal Saigal could be the first male superstar – though the term was not invented then – of Indian …