Bhuvan Shome (Utpal Dutt), is a middle-aged widower and a dedicated civil servant working with the Indian Railways. He is …
When Big B Lost Out To Sanjay Khan
It is well-known that the hugely successful Amitabh Bachchan-Rekha partnership on-screen began with Dulal Guha’s Do Anjaane (1976), a film that …
Shatranj Ke Khiladi
It is 1856, a year before the Great Indian Mutiny and Lucknow, the capital of the kingdom of Awadh is …
Shakti Samanta
When he first arrived in Mumbai, Shakti Samanta was a lanky young man, who would follow filmmaker Phani Majumdar everywhere …
Riding The Same Horse Twice!
It’s quite ironic that yesteryear star writer duo, Salim-Javed, sued the makers of the new Zanjeer (2013) for copyright infringement …
Amar Akbar Anthony
Kishen Lal (Pran), a driver employed with Robert (Jeevan), a smuggler, goes to jail for a crime that is actually …
Wazir
A mystery-thriller always challenges the filmmaker’s storytelling skills for it takes the audience with it as they too try to …
Being Rekha
If you close your eyes and think ‘Rekha’, the resultant image is now two-dimensional. Over the thirty odd years of …
Anand
Dr Bhaskar Bannerjee (Amitabh Bachchan) wins the Saraswati Award for his maiden work as a novelist. Whilst accepting the award, …
Zanjeer
Zanjeer is the perfect example of the right film at the perfect time. It came at a time when the country was tiring …