Tag Archives: Dilip Kumar

Beginning his career at the age of 17, C Ramchandra created a vast repertoire of superhit songs as composer and singer, many of them trendsetters in Hindi film music. Today is the 100th birth anniversary of the affable genius CR, born 12th January 1918. A Silhouette tribute.

Naushad's destiny was written in music, by music to be dedicated to music. Silhouette pays tribute with a glimpse of his musical journey.

Abesh Das has written a Bengali book on Tapan Sinha’s oeuvre of unique cinema named Tapan Sinha – Sarbik Chalachchitra Bikhha. Silhouette editor Amitava Nag speaks to the author to explore what inspired him to write this book and to find out the distinct features of Sinha’s films.

Silhouette takes you on a journey through some of Mukesh's hit songs, which he sang for the reigning heroes or stars of his time. A tribute to the Golden Voice Mukesh.

Bimal Roy's Madhumati (1958) is an Indian masterpiece starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjantimala. Rinki Roy Bhattachaya, his daughter has written this book as almost an offering to her father's memory.Not party to any more of the actual work on Madhumati, Rinki's book is an account of her search for stories about the film to know how it was made and the elements...

Suchitra Sen, the enigma, the star, the ethereal beauty, the style icon, an actress par excellence. A tribute to the 'Mahanayika'.

The Muslim community of post-partition India occupies an in-between space beyond the self and before the other. Hindi cinema furnishes an interesting site of analysis.