She loved Cinema: Pamela Rooks

Humra Quraishi revisits the life and times of Pamela Rooks. And, her films, Miss Beatty’s Children and Train to Pakistan...

Those Courtesan Days

Film historian Dhruv Somani, writes on the near-extinct genre of Bollywood films, which took you into the kothas and durbars o...

Grannies, Groins & Growing up: Sonnets from Early Memories

The experiences in Farrukh Dhondy's childhood that formed the man are worked into a collection of sonnets that are fun, charmi...

Vanishing Act II: Bollywood actresses who disappeared

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, pens a sequel to his study on the actresses who retreated into the shadows

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Vanishing Act: Bollywood actresses who quit the scene suddenly

Film historian Dhruv Somani writes on the 10 actresses who just upped and shunned the limelight.

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Guns & Roses: Bollywood’s Dacoit Women

Film historian Dhruv Somani reminds you of the time when women characters wouldn’t take nonsense from the Thakur potenta...

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...

Scent of Music: AR Rahman

Khalid Mohamed rewinds to one of his chatty conversations with the Mozart of Madras.

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Panchayat: Apna Gaon Apna Desh

Three cheers to Panchayat, a binge-worthy series at long last, in these stricken times - Khalid Mohamed

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