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Pyaasa

Chup

By Dipankar Sarkar, September 26, 2022 9:44 amSeptember 27, 2022

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

By Ranjan Das, November 18, 2021 8:34 amNovember 18, 2021

“Bound scripts were uncommon in the early days…. Many times, the scene was given to us on the day of …

Rehman

By Karan Bali, June 24, 2020 8:47 amOctober 5, 2022

Rehman has  rightly been regarded as one of the best and most popular character actors in Hindi Cinema. Few could …

Abrar Alvi

By Karan Bali, September 24, 2018 7:31 pmSeptember 24, 2018

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

By Karan Bali, July 14, 2017 10:33 pmSeptember 12, 2022

It was a key moment in Pyaasa (1957). The struggling poet, Vijay (Guru Dutt), gives his coat to a beggar, …

Mala Sinha

By Karan Bali, November 11, 2016 8:24 amOctober 5, 2022

If anyone held the torch of the ‘woman’s picture’ it was Mala Sinha. She refused to play inconsequential roles opposite …

Sahir Ludhianvi

By Arti Koyal, March 8, 2016 9:39 amMarch 8, 2024

“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!

By Karan Bali, May 18, 2015 10:57 amApril 7, 2020

A lovely anecdote I read about in Sathya Saran’s book Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey. It was …

Johnny Walker

By Karan Bali, July 30, 2003 9:12 amJuly 29, 2022

Johnny Walker was one of the most popular funny men in Hindi cinema in the 1950s and ’60s. Born Badruddin …

Geeta Dutt

By Karan Bali, July 20, 2002 5:33 pmNovember 23, 2024

The first thing that strikes one when you hear Geeta Dutt sing was that she never ‘sang’ but sailed ever …

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