P Jairaj had a successful career as a leading man in both, the silent era as well as the talkies, …
Baburao Painter
Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra (1913) had triggered off great enthusiasm among many aspiring filmmakers. Among them was a young man, Baburao Painter. …
High Five: Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino was one of Hollywood’s earliest sex symbols in the 1920s, whose reputation, like James Dean, has only grown …
An Industry Is Born!
May 3, 1913. Exactly 102 years ago, a film about a righteous and noble king who always stood by his …
They Spoke Without Talking!
In Billy Wilder’s classic take on Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard (1950), silent movie star, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), nails it when she …
Patience Cooper
Patience Cooper, who played the lead in various Madan Theatres pictures – Nala Damayanti (1920), Dhruva Charitra (1921), Pati Bhakti (1922), …
The Birth of Tamil Cinema
How old is Tamil cinema? When was it born? An automobile spare part dealer, Nataraja Mudaliar, was so fascinated by …