Chup (2022), directed by R Balki, is an unusual crime thriller wherein a serial killer is on a mission to kill …
Book Review: Conversations With Waheeda Rehman
“Bound scripts were uncommon in the early days…. Many times, the scene was given to us on the day of …
Rehman
Rehman has rightly been regarded as one of the best and most popular character actors in Hindi Cinema. Few could …
Abrar Alvi
Abrar Alvi could be called the first modern writer in Hindi cinema. It was he who to a large extent …
Deleted Songs: Rut Phire Par Din Humare
It was a key moment in Pyaasa (1957). The struggling poet, Vijay (Guru Dutt), gives his coat to a beggar, …
Mala Sinha
If anyone held the torch of the ‘woman’s picture’ it was Mala Sinha. She refused to play inconsequential roles opposite …
Sahir Ludhianvi
“My rebellious notes make the world think that my heart abhors the lyrics of love, that I find solace in …
How A Buffalo Changed Waheeda Rehman’s Destiny!
A lovely anecdote I read about in Sathya Saran’s book Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey. It was …
Johnny Walker
Johnny Walker was one of the most popular funny men in Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s. Born Badruddin …
Geeta Dutt
The first thing that strikes one when you hear Geeta Dutt sing was that she never ‘sang’ but sailed ever …