Ages ago, before AR Rahman appeared on the musical map of Indian cinema, before the word ‘fusion’ entered into the …
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 …
Images of Kumbh Mela
In 1960, the great filmmaker Bimal Roy had shot the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and Haridwar as background for his …
Do Bigha Zamin
In a small village in West Bengal, Shambhu, (Balraj Sahni) a small farmer, owns two acres of land. However, the …
BN Sircar
Birendra Nath Sircar, or BN Sircar as he was better known, was the creator of the legendary New Theatres Ltd …
Devdas
Set against the backdrop of rural Bengal during feudal times, Devdas is the story of a doomed love affair between …
Yeh Shyam(a) ki Tanhaiyaan
While meeting the older generation of film people has been absolutely brilliant and truly enlightening, meeting Shyama was joyful yet …
Madhumati
On a stormy night, Devendra (Dilip Kumar), an engineer, drives down a hill road with his friend, to fetch his …
Bandini
Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her …
Devdas
Devdas (Kundan Lal Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna) with whom he has played since childhood and who is …