It was a partnership that began with a film, which had three top singing stars of the day cast together, …
Incomplete Films: Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani
Following Mother India (1957), Nargis had 3 releases in 1958 – Ghar Sansar, Adalat and Lajwanti. It is widely accepted …
Sunil Dutt
While Sunil Dutt was an extremely popular and charismatic star, he is never really spoken of in terms of his …
Naushad
Naushad Ali is regarded as one of the greatest Music Directors ever of Indian Cinema. Born on December 25, 1919 …
When An Italian Prostitute Pipped The Virtuosity Of Indian Womanhood!
With various International and National Awards, and rave reviews all over for Court, one of the finest Indian films in …
Musical Memories: Shamshad Begum
Shamshad Begum, born on April 14, 1919 in Lahore, was arguably the first ever playback singer to become a star …
Not Quite the Sweet Choice
That Indian cinema is largely built on a platform for primarily giving its stressed janta entertainment release of tension is …
Memories of a film…
My maternal grandfather and I were very close till I entered my teens and slowly it mattered less and less …
Thus wrote Filmindia (and Mother India) – II
More gems from Filmindia and the one and only Baburao Patel… Jugnu (1947) In short, Jugnu is a dirty, disgusting …
Mehboob Khan
A man of humble beginnings with no formal education whatsoever, Mehboob Khan went on to became one of India’s greatest …