A lovely anecdote I read about in Sathya Saran’s book Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey. It was …
Mr and Mrs 55: The Stills
And here are some lovely stills from the film, courtesy Guru Dutt’s son, the late Arun Dutt…
Mr and Mrs 55: The songs
As in any Guru Dutt film, music was always one of the high points of the film.. And Mr and …
The Unseen Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi
It was initially called Production No. 9 and went on the floors sometime in 1963/64. It was produced by Guru …
Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi
Newspaper editor (Mala Sinha) and her younger sister (Tanuja) both find themselves falling for the paper’s idealistic news editor (Dharmendra), …
Musical Memories: Shamshad Begum
Shamshad Begum, born on April 14, 1919 in Lahore, was arguably the first ever playback singer to become a star …
When Fifi Was A Four Letter Word!
A new song, Fifi, has just been released from Anurag Kashyap’s upcoming film, Bombay Velvet. For those not in the …
Mahesh Kaul
Mahesh Kaul was a prominent writer-director-actor, who worked in the Hindi Film Industry. Kaul was born on April 10, 1911 …
Kuldip Kaur
Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will …
Thank You for the Music
It is depressing to see that this, my third consecutive blog piece, deals with my memories of meeting a stalwart …