This post has been on the back burner for many months. Every time I listen…
Ranbir Raj Kapoor, born in Peshawar, then undivided India, was the eldest son of theatre…
Shanker Singh Raghuvansi and Jaikishen Dayabhai Panchal revolutionize the Indian Hindi film music scene when…
I was having a (heated) discussion with a friend about song picturizations today; and about…
Why choose Madhubala, before Nutan, or Nargis? Nutan was a far superior actress, Nargis had…
I’d vacation at a Shakti Samanta film. Forgoing the whirlwind European tour in which I…
In the 40s, when the legendary actors K.L. Saigal, Prithviraj Kapoor and Ashok Kumar were…
If there is one character that has seen various shades and seasons of Indian cinema…
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”…
Talat Mahmood (February 1924 – 9 May 1998) is considered one of the greatest male…