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Our Tarzans: Bollywood’s romance with the Lord of the Jungle

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, tracks down the unusual repertoire of desi Tarzan movies, which once used to delight Indian audi...

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Movies

Snake Bites: Bollywood’s Naagins

Film historian Dhruv Somani takes stock of the Naagin and Naag movies, which have crowded the Bollywood repertoire for decades...

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Thought Factory

Rishi Kapoor: He defined ‘Bollywood Art’

 

I write this tribute to Rishi Kapoor. A legend, a hero, the actor unparalleled and a person who was...

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Kalpana Lajmi - As I knew her

Lalita Lajmi, Kalpana’s mother, called me on the 4th of September 2018, and asked me to help her with writing Kalpana’s speech, whi...

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Goodbye Shashi Kapoor

One of the brightest stars of our industry now resides in heaven, I guess it is God's turn to say "Mere Paas Shashi Kapoor hai".

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TV

Anupam Kher’s ‘People’- Lights, Camera, Candour!

Anupam Kher’s ‘People’ is a tiny window or an admirable kinetophone into the lives of our favorite celebrities- be it yesteryear or still rocking- earmark...

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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, g...

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Kaleidoscope

A Kid’s World

In the last few years, there has been an exponential increase in theatre for children. There are theatre workshops all over the city; schools stage lavish productions. Thea...

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Festivals

Mother Teresa’s Sainthood To Be Commemorated In International Film Fest 2016

Kolkata: The Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) which commemorates special occasions associated with the Nobel laureate will in 2016 present the best and big...

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MANNA DEY

It was in late 1996 that I started the Bimal Roy Memorial with a view to honour my father, whose films continued to thrill audiences, and still do. Very few individuals fro...

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