Chup (2022), directed by R Balki, is an unusual crime thriller wherein a serial killer is on a mission to kill …
Incomplete Films: Raaz
It was to feature Waheeda Rehman in her first ever double role. And also mark Rahul Dev Burman’s debut as …
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 …
Of Awards And Recipients: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 2018
So, the 65th National Film Awards were announced today for the best of Indian cinema in 2017. On one level, …
Ankhon Hi Ankhon Mein With Shakila…
Strangely, this was a piece I never got around to writing and I don’t really know why. It was, after …
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, …
An Indian Elvis In Bollywood!
In one of his rare forays into comedy, Sunil Dutt played Waheeda Rehman’s suitor in Ek Phool Char Kante (1960), …
Arshinagar
“A Musical Romance based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” is the tagline on every poster of Aparna Sen’s Arshinagar …
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 …
CID
CID Inspector Shekhar (Dev Anand) is investigating he murderer of a newspaper editor killed by Sher Singh (Mehmood), whom Shekhar …