The Yul Brynner-Ingrid Bergman starrer Anastasia (1956) gets the Hindi film treatment with Raja Jani and to be honest, the film by and large …
Johny Mera Naam
Sohan (Dev Anand), a police officer in Bombay, assumes the identity of a small time crook, Johny, to infiltrate a …
Freedom: My Story
Arunaraje Patil’s autobiography Freedom: My Story is a fast-paced book, moving seamlessly between personal anecdotes, her work experiences and her …
Dharmendra
Dharmendra remained a top Hindi film star for three decades creating an influential image as a markedly North Indian (read …
Of Buddhism and Vijay Anand!
On a recent visit to Patna for an event that pretty much became a non-event, the one positive to come …
Mahesh Kaul
Mahesh Kaul was a prominent writer-director-actor, who worked in the Hindi Film Industry. Kaul was born on April 10, 1911 …
Sholay
Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar), once a senior police officer, hires two small-time crooks, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jaidev (Amitabh Bachchan), …