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RETROSCOPE: RETURN TO DILIP KUMAR THE ETERNAL TRAGEDIAN
Celebrating The Memory Of The Actors Actor And The Star Of Stars – Dilip Kumar! Monojit Lahiri’s tribute to the timeless sahib-e-alam. It was his birth anniversary...
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RETROSCOPE: THE FLAME THAT STILL BURNS
When Smita Patil Breathed Her Last On The Midnight Of December 13, 1986, The World Of Cinema In General And Indian Cinema In Particular, Lost A Unique Talent. Remembering The ...
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RETROSCOPE: FLASHBACKING WITH....CHAUDVIN KA CHAND!!
Monojit Lahiri met up with the still-gorgeous Waheeda Rehman at her sea-front flat in Bandra’s Bandstand in Mumbai around two decades ago. In an expansive and sentimenta...
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RETROSCOPE: CELEBRATING THE LEGEND DARA SINGH
On his upcoming 97th birth anniversary, 19th November 2025, Monojit Lahiri revisits the extraordinary life and legacy of Dara Singh — the original Indian Superman whose ...
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RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA
Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai Santoshi Maa and its aftermath — a cinematic contrast that defined devotion, dest...
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RETROSCOPE: MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUITAR
Khalid Mohamed replays the life and oeuvre of Van Shipley, who was a formidable name once, but has never been acknowledged in our Nation’s Hall of Music Fame. Play it ag...
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RETROSCOPE: VILLAIN WITH GOLDEN HEART
Pran Krishan Sikand, the unforgettable screen villain, was in real life a warm and generous neighbour. Monojit Lahiri recalls his childhood encounters with the actor who redef...
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RETROSCOPE: A BITTERSWEET STROKE OF INTERVENTION
A nostalgic journey from childhood Chitrahaar evenings to Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Jurmana, tracing Bachchan’s evolving image, parallel cinema’s rise, and the ...
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RETROSCOPE: FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF HINDI CINEMA
Those forgotten B-grade movie divas of yesteryear: Khalid Mohamed recalls Indira ‘Billi’, Chitra and Naqi Jehan, just three of the cavalierly sIde-lined B-gr...
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RETROSCOPE: JAIDEV COMPOSED, SILENCE SANG ALONG
On Jaidev’s birth anniversary which was two days ago, on 3rd August, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri remembers the unsung maestro whose timeless melodies, rooted in classical fin...
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