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Tag Archives: Waheeda Rehman and Guru Dutt

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

Waheeda Rehman: Quintessential Beauty with Intense Acting Prowess

Waheeda Rehman, a rare combination of quintessential beauty with amazing acting talent and dancing skills is one of the most celebrated actors of Hindi film industry. She has to her credit some of the most remarkable films...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Kunal Desai on Salil Chowdhury – A Continuum of Art
Thank you so much for your kind words and appreciating this write up.
N S RAJAN on Salil Chowdhury – A Continuum of Art
An absorbing and well researched article on the immortal Salilda and his music. Many aspects of his songs have been brought out here that even avid lo...
Subha Das Mollick on The Aesthetics of Fractured Dislocation in Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinema
Very significant essay on Ritwil Ghatak's aesthetics and he core ideas recurring in his body of work. For the first time somebody has referred to Ghat...
Indra Kumar on Khaniker Atithi and Zindagi Zindagi: Two Sides of One Coin
Please let me know which actress played the role of Shyama in the Bengali film Kshaniker Atithi. Was she Ajanta Kar or someone else? If Ajanta Kar ...
NS Rajan on Kanan Devi: ‘The First Singing Star’
Yes. She is a Legend. It is inconceivable now that someone with her background could achieve so much and in such a diverse manner in the 1930s and 40s...