The 1950s and the ’60s. The era of noir in mainstream Hindi cinema; a time of the urban crime thriller …
When Dev Anand Fought The Evil Within
It was a chance discovery I made on Facebook. Apart from the English version of Guide (1965), Dev Anand had …
Rehman
Rehman has rightly been regarded as one of the best and most popular character actors in Hindi Cinema. Few could …
Sheila Ramani
Sheila Ramani was undoubtedly the ‘it’ girl or the oomph girl of Hindi Cinema of the 1950s. She will always …
Kamini Kaushal
Kamini Kaushal is that rare actress, who has had an acting career spanning more then seven decades. Beginning with the …
Jaali Note
Jaali Note is yet another urban crime thriller that Hindi cinema churned out regularly through the 1950s and early ’60s. …
Tere Ghar Ke Samne
Two feuding millionaires, Lala Jagannath (Om Prakash) and Seth Karamchand (Harindranath Chattopadhyay), are always finding ways to be one up …
Munimji
Malati (Nirupa Roy), abandoned by her husband Ram, switches her infant with the one Ram has sired from his second …
Incomplete Films: Sajan Ki Galiyan
If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films …
Hema Malini
Hema Malini was the third South Indian actress after Vyjayanthimala and Waheeda Rehman to be a major Hindi film star. …