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Tag Archives: Sunil Dutt

Bimal Roy: Why He’s Evergreen

Ratnottama Sengupta revisits Bimal Roy's enduring legacy, tracing how his humanism, realism and cinematic vision transformed Indian cinema and continue to inspire generations of filmmakers.

The Spontaneity of Nutan That Rose Above ‘Acting’

Nutan amazed us with every role she did – she lived the character, spontaneous, natural, unaffected. So you watch Kalyani and Sujata and Aarti Sohanlal (Anari) not Nutan. We pay a tribute to the legendary actress Nutan with...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Waheeda Rehman – The Woman of Substance On-Screen

"In Pyaasa, Mujhe Jeene Do, The Guide, Teesri Kasam and Kaagaz Ke Phool – Waheeda’s best four movies to my mind, Waheeda played the women who traded their charms for sustenance." Vijay...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Anu Warrier on The ‘Guest Voices’ in Hindi Film Music
A very interesting and in-depth article, Prakash. Loved reading this. May I add to this list? P Jayachandran, one of the leading male playback singe...
Anu Warrier on Discovering Guru Dutt Through His Films
Miti, I'm coming late to this piece, but it was a joy to read. Like Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt (and after him, Vijay Anand) also had an innate understandin...
Soumendu Bhattacherya on Uttam Saw Bengali Cinema Revive and Was Pained by Its Fall Again
Excellent is less for this! Great work.
Anshula Mondal on Discovering Guru Dutt Through His Films
Thank you so much Madhu ma'am for such beautiful words. All the hard work behind the research and writing feels worth it when the people reading these...
Anshula Mondal on Discovering Guru Dutt Through His Films
Thank you so much Ramendra Sir for such beautiful words. No doubt Guru Dutt's films and work still inspires generations of filmmakers and cinema lover...