Geeta Dutt was particularly unlucky when it came to her already recorded songs being deleted from films or not being …
Incomplete Films: Raaz
It was to feature Waheeda Rehman in her first ever double role. And also mark Rahul Dev Burman’s debut as …
Shaheed
Shaheed is a Nationalist film set in the context of the Quit India Movement of 1942. Ram (Dilip Kumar) is …
Baaz
Even the most ardent of Guru Dutt’s fans readily admit that Baaz (1953) is undoubtedly his worst film and a total misfire. …
Two To Tango: Geeta Dutt & Shyama
Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of …
Take 5: Hindi Cinema’s Musical Ode To Cities
Through this video feature, I look at five different cities featured in Hindi film songs of yesteryear. Ae Dil Hai …
Munimji
Malati (Nirupa Roy), abandoned by her husband Ram, switches her infant with the one Ram has sired from his second …
Bahar
MV Raman, who brought Vyjayanthimala to the silver screen with the Tamil film Vazhkai (1949), remade the film as Bahar …
Naukri
Rattan Kumar Choudhury (Kishore Kumar) stays with his widowed mother (Achala Sachdev) and sick sister, Uma (Noor), in the village. …
Deleted Songs: Sahil Ki Taraf Kishti Le Chal
The credit titles of the Guru Dutt produced and Abrar Alvi directed Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) list three playback …