Abrar Alvi could be called the first modern writer in Hindi cinema. It was he who to a large extent …
KN Singh
KN Singh is still remembered as a top villain of the Hindi film industry, best known for playing extremely sophisticated, suited-booted …
Ankhon Hi Ankhon Mein With Shakila…
Strangely, this was a piece I never got around to writing and I don’t really know why. It was, after …
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, …
Nabendu Ghosh
Nabendu Ghosh was undoubtedly one of the greatest scriptwriters in Indian Cinema. Through his long career, Ghosh penned about 60 …
Mala Sinha
If anyone held the torch of the ‘woman’s picture’ it was Mala Sinha. She refused to play inconsequential roles opposite …
Jaal
The peaceful life of a Christian fisherfolk community in Goa is disrupted by the arrival of a gold smuggler from …
Sahir Ludhianvi
“My rebellious notes make the world think that my heart abhors the lyrics of love, that I find solace in …