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 …
Incomplete Films: Gouri
It was to be India’s first film in CinemaScope had it been completed. Sometime around 1956, Guru Dutt had tested …
Deleted Songs: Rut Phire Par Din Humare
It was a key moment in Pyaasa (1957). The struggling poet, Vijay (Guru Dutt), gives his coat to a beggar, …
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 …
Chhoo Mantar
This 1958 Pakistani film, made in Punjabi and directed by Mushtaq Hafiz, is an extremely tacky and a pretty blatant yet bland …
Ladki
On viewing a film like Ladki now, you cannot help but wonder…What were they thinking?! A ridiculous excuse of a plot having …
Harano Sur
An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar), is rescued on escaping from the asylum, where he is …
Jaal
The peaceful life of a Christian fisherfolk community in Goa is disrupted by the arrival of a gold smuggler from …