Bazar, directed by K Amarnath, has a lot in common with another film released the same year in 1949, HS …
Shaheed
Shaheed is a Nationalist film set in the context of the Quit India Movement of 1942. Ram (Dilip Kumar) is …
Two To Tango: Mehboob Khan & Naushad
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. …
Take 5: Hindi Cinema’s Musical Ode To Cities
Through this video feature, I look at five different cities featured in Hindi film songs of yesteryear. Ae Dil Hai …
Incomplete Films: Zooni
Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the …
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 …
Indrani
While in college, the beautiful Indrani (Suchitra Sen) falls in love with Sudarshan (Uttam Kumar). The two get married and …
Guddi
Yet another collaboration between actress Nishi, director Jugal Kishore, composer Hansraj Behl, and singers Shamshad Begum and Mohammed Rafi, Guddi is one …