HINDI CINEMA: UNDER HOLLYWOOD’S HAT

Khalid Mohamed recalls the impact (and copycatting) of Hollywood cinema and its gossip journals, which inspired countless ente...

BOLLYWOOD FAME, FORGOTTEN STARS, CAUTIONARY TALES

Today Mumbai’s film actors have wised up to the fact that fame and fortune don’t last forever. Several yesteryear doom-laden storie...

RETROSCOPE: THIRTY YEARS AFTER...TIME FLIES

  Khalid Mohamed revisits Bandit Queen (1994), Shekhar Kapur’s film on the dacoit leader Phoo...

THE HRISHIDA I REMEMBER…

Monojit Lahiri pays a personal tribute to this iconic filmmaker on his 101^st birth anniversary. Hrishida was born o...

Two-in-one

Film historian Dhruv Somani tracks the double-pronged career of Feroz Khan, as an actor and director of tremendous s...

That Year of The Other Woman

Film historian Dhruv Somani flashbacks to the year 1980, when the subject of ‘the other woman’ was no longer consi...

Hope and Glory

Film historian Dhruv Somani narrates the long and fulfilling journey of Asha Parekh, also known as The Hit Girl who has just b...

Size Matters?

Film historian Dhruv Somani writes on the phenomenon of filmmakers often selecting lengthy film titles.

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ETERNAL CHARISMA

Khalid Mohamed reconstructs the Rajesh Khanna he knew.Indian cinema’s first acknowledged superstar 10th death anniversar...