The 1950s and the ’60s. The era of noir in mainstream Hindi cinema; a time of the urban crime thriller …
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, …
Nadira
Even if she had played no other role other than the scheming Maya in Raj Kapoor’s masterpiece Shree 420 (1955), she …
Pocketmaar
A pickpocket inadvertently causes the suicide of a man whose pocket he picks. He goes to the dead man’s village …
Guns, Dolls and Molls
The golden-hearted hero forced to crime probably due to a sick, coughing mother or sister, the goody-two shoes, virginal heroine …
Holiday (1938) – Two Girls with Hats
The worst thing you can do to a girl is saddle her with a sister early on in life. The …
Aan
Jai Tilak (Dilip Kumar) belongs to a Rajput clan loyal to the kind and just king (Murad). However, the Maharaja’s …
Shree 420
Raj (Raj Kapoor) is a small town person who comes to Bombay with the dream of making it big. However …
Pakeezah
Dancer and courtesan, Nargis (Meena Kumari), dreams of escaping her dishonourable life but she is rejected by the family of …