Voices we miss

Film historian Dhruv Somani, chronicles the popular film playback singers, who are rarely heard today.

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Amazing Grace

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, pens the untold story of the playback singer Suman Kalyanpur, who retired from the hurly burly o...

Cabaret Queens

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, returns to the era of cabarets to select seven of the dancing divas that shone a light on Bollyw...

Coming of Age: Child stars that could make it big

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, looks back at Bollywood’s babies and moppets who could make that tough transition to leadi...

Lost 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 ...

Farewell Basu Da

Amit Khanna talks about Basu Chatterjee on the day Indian Cinema has lost him. He recalls how Basu Da was known for having mir...

Mumbai Welcomes 6th Jagran Film Festival

~ Festival opens with a gala opening ceremony and 2015 French film ‘Standing Tall’ ~

~ The opening day saw presence of personalities like R Madhavan, Ra...

Five-Day Long Film Fever Catches On With 6th Jagran Film Festival

~ Opening film ‘Masaan’ gives way to a stupendous film lineup over the next 5 days ~

~ Film lovers, cine gurus and iconic artistes from all over the wor...

Sadhana Singh replaces Alka Kaushal in Sony Pal's Hamari Sister Didi!

Talented actress Alka Kaushal to get replaced by noted actress Sadhana Singh in Sony Pal’s Hamari Sister Didi. Talented actress Alka Kaushal who plays a grey shade ch...