It was a partnership that began with a film, which had three top singing stars of the day cast together, …
Jaali Note
Jaali Note is yet another urban crime thriller that Hindi cinema churned out regularly through the 1950s and early ’60s. …
Incomplete Films: Chalaak
According to Madhubala’s sister, it was sometime during the shooting of Gemini’s Bahut Din Huwe (1954) that Madhubala’s congenital heart …
Sitara Devi: The Twinkling Star
This is a long overdue post considering my colleague, filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, and I shot the interview with Kathak …
Mahal
Shankar (Ashok Kumar) who moves into an abandoned mansion that has a tragic history. He notices his resemblance to a …
Shakti Samanta
When he first arrived in Mumbai, Shakti Samanta was a lanky young man, who would follow filmmaker Phani Majumdar everywhere …
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 …
Once Were Children
The transition of child actors to adulthood is often painful and has seen many, many careers round the world die …
Dus Numbri – Incredible Female Performances
As part of the features section on Upperstall, I have been trying to start a series on Ten Best or …