Tag Archives: Kishore Kumar

The 1950s were a bumper decade for Kishore Kumar the actor as well as the singer. He ventured into production in 1958 with the yet-to-be-surpassed comedy-thriller, Chalti ka Naam Gadi. Peeyush Sharma...

The mention of Kishore Kumar typically conjures up the singer in our minds. We rarely recollect the actor in him instantly. In his career of 40 years in cinema, Kishore sang over 2900 songs as a playback voice...

One tends to overlook the many achievements of the composer Bappi Lahiri, overshadowed as they have been by his ‘Tathaiyya, tathaiyya’ brand of cacophony, his infamous penchant...

Think of Jeetendra and the tight pants, white shoes and stylish Tees come to mind. But the dancing hero did a variety of roles in his long career that challenged his histrionic abilities and created a rich basket...

Twenty one years ago, on July 7, 1997, Chetan Anand bid farewell. Silhouette pays tribute to the great film maker, the director, writer, producer, actor who dared to explore unconventional subjects that turned into landmark cinema.