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Shammi Kapoor: The Charisma of the Original Dancing Hero

Revelling in the song, its emotion, the fine movements of the orchestra, the feelings that the lyrics carry, the message, the rhythm and gelling with it in celebration with complete physicality was what Shammi Kapoor was all about. Silhouette pays a tribute to the original dancing hero of Indian Cinema.

Shammi Kapoor: The Charisma of the Original Dancing Hero
Shammi Kapoor: The Charisma of the Original Dancing Hero
Revelling in the song, its emotion, the fine...
Girish Kasaravalli at work for one of his films
Twenty Four ‘Portraits’ of Girish Kasaravalli
"The magic of Kasaravalli’s...
Raj Kapoor and Shailendra at the Bina Police Station (Pic: Dinesh Shailendra)
Shailendra’s Teesri Kasam: Sapne Jagaa Ke Tune Kaahe Ko De Di Judaai
Teesri Kasam was made in another...
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 4
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 4
Peeyush Sharma concludes his tribute...
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend's Journey Down the Years Part 3
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 3
The early 1960s saw some highs...
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend's Journey Down the Years Part 2
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 2
The 1950s were a bumper decade...
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend's Journey Down the Years Part 1
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 1
The mention of Kishore Kumar typically...
Uttam Kumar: Leaving a Mark in his Few Hindi Films
Uttam Kumar: Leaving a Mark in his Few Hindi Films
Bengal's matinee idol and most popular...
Romancing the Reel: Vijay Bhatt
Romancing the Reel: Vijay Bhatt
Legendary director-producer...
Lasting Music Pieces in Films
Lasting Music Pieces in Films
Some of the finest music in films...
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman and Yesterday’s Melodies Today’s Memories Launched in Mumbai and Delhi: A Report
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman and Yesterday’s Melodies Today’s Memories Launched in Mumbai and Delhi: A Report
Two...
The Evergreen Songs of Jeetendra
The Evergreen Songs of Jeetendra
Think of Jeetendra and the tight...
Amitava Nag’s Satyajit Ray’s Heroes & Heroines Launched
Amitava Nag’s Satyajit Ray’s Heroes & Heroines Launched
Veteran actor Barun...
Mrinal Sen: The Man Who Fought Through Cinema
Mrinal Sen: The Man Who Fought Through Cinema
With Mrinal Sen behind the camera Indian cinema...
For the Connoisseur and the Dilettante: Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman
For the Connoisseur and the Dilettante: Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman
Renowned...
The Filmic Journey of Mrinal Sen
The Filmic Journey of Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen is one of the...
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman - the Life and Works of SD Burman
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman – the Life and Works of SD Burman
'Sachin...
Munshi Premchand on Celluloid
Munshi Premchand on Celluloid
Filmmakers over the decades have been...
In Defense of Literature: An Open Letter to Ingmar Bergman
In Defense of Literature: An Open Letter to Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman had written an essay ‘Film...
Chetan Anand: Exploring the Unconventional to Make Landmark Films
Chetan Anand: Exploring the Unconventional to Make Landmark Films
Twenty one years ago, on July 7, 1997, Chetan...
75 Rare Memorabilia, Unique Artworks to Celebrate Amitabh Bachchan's Platinum Year
75 Rare Memorabilia, Unique Artworks to Celebrate Amitabh Bachchan’s Platinum Year
75 rare...
Shyam: The Big Heart behind the Swashbuckling Hero
Shyam: The Big Heart behind the Swashbuckling Hero
Shyam – the screen idol of...
Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi: Bharat Bhushan's Unforgettable Singer-Poet Musicals
Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi: Bharat Bhushan’s Unforgettable Singer-Poet Musicals
Bharat Bhushan's educated, decent, quiet and...
“Is duniya mein aadmi insaan ban jaye ... toh bahut badi baat hai” - Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in Kabhi Kabhie (Pic: News18)
Traversing the Two Worlds of Mainstream and Art: Shashi Kapoor’s Unexampled Journey
Legendary actor Shashi Kapoor (18 March 1938...
On the Buddha’s Trail… Nabendu Ghosh's Trishagni
On the Buddha’s Trail… Nabendu Ghosh’s Trishagni
Gautam Buddha had fascinated Nabendu...
And They Made Classics - Director-Writer Duo of Bimal Roy and Nabendu Ghosh
And They Made Classics – Director-Writer Duo of Bimal Roy and Nabendu Ghosh
Directed by Ratnottama Sengupta, And They Made...
NFAI Acquires 162 Films Including 15 Rare Unreleased Films
NFAI Acquires 162 Films Including 15 Rare Unreleased Films
NFAI has acquired 162 films, with more...
The Spontaneity of Nutan That Rose Above 'Acting'
The Spontaneity of Nutan That Rose Above ‘Acting’
Nutan amazed us with every role she did – she...
Yesterday's Films for Tomorrow - PK Nair's own writings on cinema
‘Yesterday’s Films for Tomorrow’ – PK Nair’s Writings on Cinema to be Launched
Legendary archivist PK Nair’s...
Father Gaston Roberge delivering a lecture – a familiar image to the film students of Kolkata for the last five decades
Father Gaston Roberge – A Master Teacher of Film Theories
Father Gaston Roberge is a legend. A...
Waheeda Rehman - The Woman of Substance On-Screen
Waheeda Rehman – The Woman of Substance On-Screen
"In Pyaasa, Mujhe Jeene Do, The Guide,...
Om Puri – The Luminance of a Natural Actor
Om Puri – The Luminance of a Natural Actor
Om Puri passed away on 6 January 2017 after four decades...
A still from Gurvinder Singh’s Ghuspaithiya
DIFF 2016 – A Peek at the Indian Short Films
Curated by film-maker Umesh Kulkarni,...
Andrzej Wajda (6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016)
‘To live, is to forget’ – the Cinema of Andrzej Wajda: Recollections, Personal
Andrzej Wajda is one of the leading film directors...
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: In a Humane Genre of His Own
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: In a Humane Genre of His Own
Be it the tragedies like Anand,...
5th Dharamshala IFF 2016 to Throw Spotlight on Docu-features and Shorts
5th Dharamshala IFF 2016 to Throw Spotlight on Docu-features and Shorts
5th Dharamshala...
Sadhna in Asli Naqli
The Gorgeous Style Icon Sadhana
Some of the most enchanting, lilting, melodious, memorable...
Margaret Lockwood: Queen of the Silver Screen (Pic courtesy: Lyndsy Spence)
Margaret Lockwood: Queen of the Silver Screen
Margaret Lockwood...
Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen in Aandhi
Sanjeev Kumar – The Actor Who Rose Above The ‘Hero’
The sheer versatility of Sanjeev Kumar outpaces...
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival 2016
Viewers to Decide Winners with Viewer’s Choice Award at HBFF 2016
HBFF 2016 is showcasing...
Raj Khosla and music composer Madan Mohan - a partnership that created classic such as Woh Kaun Thi, Mera Saya and Chirag.
Suspense, Romance, Crime Thrillers, Offbeat, Social Drama: The Trend-setting Films of Raj Khosla
From crime thrillers (CID, Kala...
The cover of The Pather Panchali Sketchbook, Harper Collins India, 2016
The Pather Panchali Sketchbook – An Intricately Delicate Entry into a Master’s Creative Mind
This was no traditional screenplay....
The Calcutta Film Society in early 2016 (Pic Courtesy: Internet)
For the Love of Cinema – the Story Behind the Calcutta Film Society
The Calcutta Film Society was registered...
Soumitra Chattopadhyay in Benarasi, produced by Ruma Guha Thakurta, directed by Arup Guha Thakurta.
Book Review: Beyond Apu Brings Out the Versatility of Soumitra Chatterjee
The...
Lalita Pawar: The Dominating Matriarch And Scheming Manthara
Lalita Pawar: The Dominating Matriarch And Scheming Manthara
A tribute...
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin at Keystone Studios
Charlie Chaplin was only...
The films of Shakti Samanta (R) are known for their everlasting music.(Pic: A beautiful graphic crafted as a gift to Silhouette by Pakanati Lakshmi Priya)
‘In Aradhana, Sachin Karta Gave Me My Life’s Biggest Hit’: In Conversation with Shakti Samanta
Aradhana, the film that catapulted...
Cover of the booklet 'Nabendu Ghosh'
Nabendu Ghosh: The Master of Screen Writing
March 27, 2016 marks the birth centenary of Nabendu...
A still from Celluloid Man featuring PK Nair (Pic courtesy: Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur)
Remembering PK Nair – ‘He Changed the Way We Viewed Cinema’
As the news of India’s ‘Celluloid...
Jaya Bachchan in Guddi
Jaya Bachchan: A Slot-less Act
Jaya Bachchan is a name synonymous with endearing,...
Amitava Nag and Soumitra Chatterjee at the book launch.
Beyond Apu: 20 Favourite Film Roles of Soumitra Chatterjee Launched
Veteran...
Waheeda Rehman: Quintessential Beauty with Intense Acting Prowess
Waheeda Rehman: Quintessential Beauty with Intense Acting Prowess
Waheeda Rehman, a rare combination of quintessential...
Suraiya: The Last Singing Star of Indian Cinema
Suraiya: The Last Singing Star of Indian Cinema
Suraiya, possibly...
In his own room (Pic Courtesy: Shreya Goswami)
Beyond Apu – the Genius of Soumitra Chatterjee
This is not a...
Front cover of the book
Bimal Roy’s Madhumati – Untold Stories from Behind the Scenes
Bimal...
Suchitra Sen – the most glamorous star of Bengali cinema
Forever Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen mirrored the independent...
Bimal Roy directing Suchitra Sen and Dilip Kumar for Devdas (Pic: From the collections of SMM Ausaja)
Bimal Roy: The Eastern Mystic Who Made Films
Bimal Roy's films refrained from preaching even as...
Sergei Paradjanov
Why Sergei Parajanov and His Films Matter
Sergei Parajanov...
Smita Patil A Brief Incandescence
The Incandescence of Smita Patil
Smita Patil, the book, is a detailed...
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar: A Colossus of Indian Cinema
With his classic Bengali good...
Guru Dutt and Abrar Alvi Pic courtesy: From the collections of Pakanati Lakshmi Priya
Myths about Guru Dutt
The only myth that remains close to reality,...
James Dean
The Lasting Appeal of James Dean
James Dean acted in only 3 films before he died...
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Giving Cinema a New Definition
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Giving Cinema a New Definition
Honesty has been the hallmark...
Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya - Evergreen Dev Anand
Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya – Evergreen Dev Anand
Style and fashion icon Dev Anand with his city-slick...
Sparks fly when the sophisticated millionaire Rajnath Samanta (Uttam Kumar) grandly woos the self-respecting, independent artist Shakuntala (Suchitra Sen).
Asit Sen’s Bengali Films: A New Paradigm in Pathbreaking Narratives
Asit Sen's forte lay in his ability...
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Retrospective at Osianama
Osianama’s cinematic retrospective of...
A family pic of Uttam with his wife and son
Making of Uttam Kumar: The Star, The ‘True’ Bhadralok
3rd September is the birth anniversary...
60 Years of Pather Panchali and Some Questions on Indian Cinema
60 Years of Pather Panchali and Some Questions on Indian Cinema
The Society for the Preservation...
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay - The "Common Man's" Comedian
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay – The “Common Man’s” Comedian
Bhanu Bandopadhyay created a genre in humour...
Asit Sen: Sensitive, Women-Centric Films in a Class of their Own
Asit Sen: Sensitive, Women-Centric Films in a Class of their Own
In a brief repertoire, Asit Sen left...
Gulzar: Redefining Poetry and Purpose In Cinema
Gulzar: Redefining Poetry and Purpose In Cinema
Gulzar's films are known for...
Gulzar: Creating a New Genre of Lyrical Romance
Gulzar: Creating a New Genre of Lyrical Romance
Gulzar - poet, lyricist, dialogue-writer and...
Madeleine Carroll in The 39 Steps
Alfred Hitchcock’s Early Career
Alfred Hitchcock made his directorial...
Meena Kumari (Pic courtesy: Wikipedia)
No One Quite Like Her –  The Inimitable Meena Kumari
"Good looks, great talent and unhappiness....
The juxtaposition of identities in Persona.
The Cinema of Bergman and Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni...
Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen steal the hearts of the audience with their simple yet charming eloquence in Saare Chuattor
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar – the Most Enduring Matinee Idol
Uttam Kumar remains the biggest hero...
'Fans Kya Hain, Mujh Sey Puchhon' – Looking Back at Rajesh Khanna
‘Fans Kya Hain, Mujh Sey Puchhon’ – Looking Back at Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna, the first ‘superstar’ of Hindi...
To Biswas’s credit to generations of film-goers Chhabi Biswas as Rahmat remained an epitome of the Kabuliwalas in the streets of Calcutta.
Chhabi Biswas – Inimitable and Indomitable
Chhabi Biswas was truly the first international...
Into the mind of the child - Boy Upside Down
A Microcosm of Different Cultures: 20th European Union Film Festival of India
The...
Satyajit Ray and Suchitra Sen at BFJA Awards in 1962
Salaam Cinema – An Extraordinary Tribute
Salaam Cinema is more...
Nargis and Raj Kapoor - Redefining Dreams, Aspirations and Romance
Nargis and Raj Kapoor – Redefining Dreams, Aspirations and Romance
Nargis...
Rituparno and Deepti Naval
Rituparno Ghosh – The ‘Enfant Terrible’ of Contemporary Indian Cinema
In...
No star in the span of more than six decades has been able to match Prithviraj’s charm, grace and screen presence that he gave to Sohrab Modi’s epic Sikandar. (A rare hand-painted poster of Sikandar)
Prithviraj Kapoor – The Icon of Hindi Cinema
The life and times of Prithviraj Kapoor,...
Where Morality Counts
Where Morality Counts
"I have always believed...
The Master and His Actor
The Master and His Actor
Soumitra...
Nayak and A Hard Day's Night
Nayak and A Hard Day’s Night
Escape is a theme in both films,...
Agantuk is a meditation on the present world and Manikda’s view on civilization.
My Journey to India – in the Cave of My Heart
As the years passed, I began to...
whether it is Indranath in Kanchanjanga or Shyamlendu in Seemabaddha or Natabar Mitter in Jana-Aranya, their very freedom to expound their beliefs makes them reveal their moral worthlessness to the viewer.
‘Illuminating Ray’ A Critique on Gaston Roberge’s Satyajit Ray: Essays (1970-2005)
Ray’s extraordinary Calcutta...
Rahe Na Rahe Hum: 'Mahanayika' Suchitra Sen's Aura Lingers On...
Rahe Na Rahe Hum: ‘Mahanayika’ Suchitra Sen’s Aura Lingers On…
Suchitra...
Anhonee Ko Honee Karde: A Tribute To Manmohan Desai
Anhonee Ko Honee Karde: A Tribute To Manmohan Desai
Filmmaker...
History, Rare Heritage Stars Of Osian's Film Memorabilia Auction
History, Rare Heritage Stars Of Osian’s Film Memorabilia Auction
An unprecedented Collection...
Ritwik Ghatak: A Crusader Of The Rootless
Ritwik Ghatak: A Crusader Of The Rootless
Ghatak’s films,...
Appreciating Human Foibles Like None Other
Appreciating Human Foibles Like None Other
Sarat Chandra and Bimal...
In Search of Magic in Reality
In Search of Magic in Reality
This essay briefly...
Sabu appeared back to back in Arabian Nights, White Savage ,Cobra Woman and Tangier
Sabu – India’s First International Star
That disarming smile of...
Coveted Merchandise From Cult Films Go Under The Hammer At Online Auction Today
Coveted Merchandise From Cult Films Go Under The Hammer At Online Auction Today
StoryLTD's first...
Remembering Rituparno Ghosh
Remembering Rituparno Ghosh
To Rituparno Ghosh’s credit he brought a...
A Walk Down Memory Lane With Basu Chatterji
A Walk Down Memory Lane With Basu Chatterji
The posters, booklet covers, lobby cards, LP...
Director Basu Chatterji and Hema Malini on the sets of Ratnadeep
A Manzil of Memories: Rare Memorabilia Of Basu Chatterji’s Films
An archival...
Unknown Stories Behind Rare Film Posters
Unknown Stories Behind Rare Film Posters
Film historian and archivist SMM...
The Legend That Was Meena Kumari
The Legend That Was Meena Kumari
Widely acclaimed...
Jeevan Ka Matlab To Aana Aur Jaana Hai: Remembering Nanda
Jeevan Ka Matlab To Aana Aur Jaana Hai: Remembering Nanda
In a career spanning over 71 films, Nanda worked...
An Indian Film Theory?
An Indian Film Theory?
We need to look back and deep into the cinema...
Farooq Sheikh: The Humble, Spontaneous Boy-Next-Door Hero
Farooq Sheikh: The Humble, Spontaneous Boy-Next-Door Hero
Farooq Shiekh was an...
Common Threads Between Bollywood's Queens of Hearts
Common Threads Between Bollywood’s Queens of Hearts
Bollywood's reigning queens over...
Madhubala(Pic: Google Image Search)
Valentine’s Day’s Gift To Cinema: Effervescent Madhubala
On Valentine's Day, we present some of the most romantic...
Alam Ara
Alam Ara – The First Ever Indian Talkie
The impact and epoch-making role of Alam Ara, the...
Cinema Made in Spain: A Historical Outline 1896-1980
Cinema Made in Spain: A Historical Outline 1896-1980
Oscar Awards'...
Two Legends and Their Lives: Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Two Legends and Their Lives: Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Uttam...
Saluting Indomitable Human Spirit: Tribute to Tapan Sinha
Saluting Indomitable Human Spirit: Tribute to Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha chose stories that reflected society...
Abbas Kiarostami won Golden Palm award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for Taste of Cherry.
Kiarostami, A Man Whom Iranian Cinema Is Proud Of
Abbas Kiarostami proved...
An Attempt At Understanding Woody Allen
An Attempt At Understanding Woody Allen
Allen however imbibes some...
The National Award winning film Harano Sur is considered one of the landmark films of the Uttam-Suchitra pair
Romance In Cinema – Uttam Kumar And Suchitra Sen – A Case Study
Many a literary...
Chinese Cinema: Then and After
Chinese Cinema: Then and After
The phenomenal burgeoning of Chinese Cinema...
Theo Angelopoulos And Greece
Theo Angelopoulos And Greece
Theo Angelopoulos ushers in his films...
Films in Transition, Generations in Flux: China on the Move
Films in Transition, Generations in Flux: China on the Move
Chinese films have a long history. The...
The most successful adaptation of a Tagore story outside Bengal was of course, Hemen Gupta’s Kabuliwala, produced by Bimal Roy, starring the veteran actor Balraj Sahni.
From Kolkata to Dublin via Kabul: Tagore’s Internationalism And Cinema
At a symposium organised to mark the 150th birth year of Rabindranath Tagore in Dublin last month, the organising team – a small group of five academics with an interest...
Sare Chuattar Cast: Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen Director: Nirmal Dey
Co-Existence Of Parallel Cinema With Popular Cinema In Bengal In The 50s And 60s
Ever since the emergence of regional cinema in India, Bengal and it’s films and film makers have played a dominant role in the shaping of cinematic history of the country....
Images And Imagery: A Poet’s Engagement With Moving Images
Images And Imagery: A Poet’s Engagement With Moving Images
Sometimes...
My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki: A Master of the East
Miyazaki alone drew 80,000...
Munna being the child of the streets has no family
Trajectory of the Indian Nation State through the Figure of the ‘Tapori’
Ye kaisi zindagi...
The City of Joy (1982) showcasing dispossessed people of Calcutta
The Importance of City in Cinema
Juxtaposing a person with an environment...
Bharati Devi in Tapan Sinha's Nirjan Saikate(1963)
Bharati Devi — Documenting Memories
Bharati Devi had been, and...
In Search of New Genres and Directions for Asian Cinema
In Search of New Genres and Directions for Asian Cinema
One...
Family Values and Tradition: Perspectives of Three Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers
Family Values and Tradition: Perspectives of Three Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers
The...
From the Director to the Protagonist: Displacement in the Cinema of Peter Weir
From the Director to the Protagonist: Displacement in the Cinema of Peter Weir
It...
An Overview of American Movies of 1958
An Overview of American Movies of 1958
Most movies that were...
Tribute to Bette Davis and James Stewart
Tribute to Bette Davis and James Stewart
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