The Original Mr Bharat: A look at Upkar, Manoj Kumar’s first film as director– a tribute to the star-filmmaker who passed away on April 4. At the peak of his…
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Postcards from India As a tribute to Shyam Benegal who passed away on December 23, 2024, a flashback to one of his rare comedies Charming, earthy and witty, Shyam Benegal’s…
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Runaway Bride: As a tribute to Waheeda Rehman for winning this year’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award, a flashback to one of her early films: Dev Anand was already a top star…
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The Dev Debut: As a tribute to Dev Anand on his birth centenary, a flashback to his very first film. Although it is best known as the film in which…
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Super Cops: Sometimes, channel surfing throws up pleasant surprises and this old crime series, Hunter (on Amazon Prime) that ran for seven seasons from 1984-1991 is pure nostalgia. It is an…
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Brooding Bachchan: On the occasion of Amitabh Bachchan’s 80th birthday, a look at Parwana (1971), an early film, in which his brooding intensity was on full display: Two years before…
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He Directs!: On Kishore Kumar’s birth anniversary, August 4, looking back at the first film he directed: Kishore Kumar is fondly remembered as a singer, a comic actor and…
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The Woman Who Would Not Weep: On Dimple Kapadia’s 65th birthday, revisiting her National Award-winning film Rudaali. The woman is called Sookhi Shanichari (Dry Shanichari), because of her notorious inability…
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The Outlaws Of Chambal: Fifty years ago, the first mass surrender of dacoits had taken place in a Chambal village (source a report in The Hindustan Times by Shruti Tomar…
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The Making Of A Superstar: On Rajesh Khanna’s birth anniversary, a flashback to one of his first films. Jatin Khanna, an ordinary young man from Mumbai, made it to the…