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The Evergreen Songs of Jeetendra

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...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Barsat Ki Raat Part 2: The Qawwali Duels

Monica Kar revisits the classic musical Barsat Ki Raat 1960, exploring the evergreen memorable songs and scenes of this delightful romantic story. While Part 1 dealt with the romance that began on a...

Indian Film Reviews

Chalo Ik Baar Phir Se: The Versatility of Ravi

The trademark of music director Ravi's compositions? They are hummable, memorable and as alive in our memories as yesterday. Monica Kar looks at the phenomenon this giant, prolific, composer was and what he leaves behind.

Sahir Ludhianvi: The Rebel, The Lover

Sahir’s literary genius resourced the lover within him for expressions. But these expressions, coloured by Sahir the rebel, often took him beyond the contours of conventional poetry. Remembering the iconic...

Music Makers

Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet

Sahir Ludhianvi is probably the only songwriter in Hindi films whose poetry was accepted in its purest form. So great was his stature as an Urdu poet that he never had to mould his poetry to suit the demands of...

Indian Film Personalities

Mayank Shukla on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
Very interesting write up on a very interesting film. I had enjoyed the film. All the artists made name for themselves..but Naseer as Tungruz still ...
Vijay Kumar on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
I faintly remember this contents of this film but am sure that I had immensely enjoyed the film then. This Shabana-centric review of the film is ve...
Soumyadeep Chakroborty on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
Loved the article as much as the Bahadur Shah Zafar penned ghazal in the movie. Shamsheer Barenha Maang Gazab...not to forget that the community of th...
Subramaniam Viswanathan on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
Simply superb! Enjoyed the article thoroughly. Now I can’t wait to watch the movie again! Thanks for this.
Lopa Banerjee on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
My favorite film with a mind blowing star cast, and Shabana was ethereal in the film! Just loved the article and how it flows, weaving the various asp...