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Retroscope
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
Comedy, for some odd reason, has not been a favourite genre for Indian film makers. There is a marked preference for sentimental romances, love stories, family melodrama, grim...
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MOTHERHOOD RETOLD
“I remember it being a curiously bewildering phase. A period when I was beginning to feel excluded from the mainstream activities of my family…but it took me a fo...
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Renaming Places And Roads!!!
The practice of renaming is often a political gimmick. Or it may be some individual politician’s fetish to grab mileage. The familiar ritual has existed for years. ...
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Udayer Pathe - A Star Is Born
With Udayer Pathe, a new star was born – the name was BIMAL ROY. As cinematographer, that star quality was evident after he shot P.C .Barua’s MUKTI. Deservedly, Ba...
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The Children’s Day Special
“The boy asked, Where did I come from ma? Did you pick me up somewhere? Mother replied, tearfully laughing, And hugging the child to her bosom- You are the desire of my ...
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Retroscope - Meena Kumari
I walked carefully through the film set, encountering black coils of electrical wires, plug points, tripods, pedestal lights, noisy fans at every step of the way that made me ...
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Retroscope - A legacy of taste
Young couples who elope to marry, remember Romeo Juliet (the poor kids died) Raj Kapoor’s Bobby or the young lovers from a recent Marathi blockbuster Sairat that has ...
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Retroscope - In admiration
“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room . His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night when I was ...
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Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother
The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside. "You never call me these days!" She complai...
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Retroscope : The Date
I reached a little after 11 a.m. the hour family courts open in Bandra East. In the lobby stood my husband’s assistant. Seeing me, the man quickly shifted his gaze....
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