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Sing freedom: Songs of nationalist fervour
Anil Dixit walks down melody lane to track some of the most memorable songs of our national pride and patriotism Patriotic songs are de rigueur for occasions such as Independ...
Read MoreThe Forever Story: Protima Gauri (Bedi)
Humra Quraishi writes that Protima Bedi, was the quintessential modern Indian woman who had once written her own destiny She passed away twenty two years ago on A...
Read MoreChann Pardesi: Reuniting with the cult-classic
Aparajita Krishna writes, Chann Pardesi would be a stranger to the young cine-goer, India 2020, including the young diaspora generation. However, a news item featured in the ...
Read MoreMohammed Rafi: Forty Years Later
Anil Dixit exults about Mohammed Rafi’s imperishable legacy of songs, on the occasion of the legendary crooner’s 40th death anniversary. I confess I write this on...
Read MoreTakes two to duet: Lata Mangeshkar’s duets with female singers
Anil Dixit handpicks a selection of rare film duets in which other female singers matched up to the skills of the Maharani of Melody, Lata Mangeshkar In the constellati...
Read MoreYesterday’s Agent Vinod: Why he quit Bollywood
Film historian, Dhruv Somani, tracks down Mahendra Sandhu, to his farmhouse in Chandigarh for a freewheeling interview. He’s Sandhu, Mahendra Sandhu. Now 73, this...
Read MoreLost Melodies: Bollywood’s vast film music heritage
Anil Dixit, walks down melody lane, to select five vastly underrated music scores My go-to metaphor for Hindi film music is that it’s a rich tapestry woven by generatio...
Read MoreWonder Animals: The Untold Story
Khalid Mohamed rewinds to the coached dogs, chimpanzees and elephants that would often steal the show in Bollywood blockbusters. They’ve been missing from the sce...
Read MoreThe Unknown Story
Indian cinema’s first superstar, Master Nissar, had passed away in abject poverty How many even know about India cinema’s first superstar, Master Nissar, and how ...
Read MoreSunil Dutt – 6th June 1929 to 25th May 2005
I had met Sunil Dutt more than once, writes Humra Quraishi in her piece this week, where she recalls one such time when she interviewed him in Delhi. ...
Read MoreDouble Whammy
Film historian Dhruv Somani writes on Bollywood’s fascination for double role movi...
August 9 2022PAST IS MY MASTER AND EVENING MY DAWN: VINAY SHUKLA
His film-work has been artistically selective and also across-genres, fairly mainstream,...
August 6 2022SUNNY SIDE UP
Khalid Mohamed pulls out a rare interview with Sunny Deol to afford a glimpse into the m...
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