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THE JITENDRA ARYA RETROSPECTIVE

“Photography begins with the marriage of two minds – the dreamers and the technicians.” Arya on photographing Nehru.

 I have not the...

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Bollywood

VIDEO: Rare Clip of Raj Kapoor & Dilip Kumar Playing Cricket For Drought Relief in the 1960s

A rare video of Hindi film celebrities playing cricket has been going viral among both cricket and Bollywood fans. The black-and-white video, featuring celebrities like Raj...

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Retroscope

Meena Kumari - A Legend

Meena Kumari’s rags to riches saga has a poignant edge to it. Dubbedthe greatest tragedienne of the Indian screen, her doomed personal life flashing with deep tragedy...

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Retroscope

A Personal Tribute To Smita

That was sometime way back in the seventies. I still remember the two young women in our Tashkent film delegation who were fashionably late for meals, meetings; who giggled...

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Bollywood

Recreating Magic With Retro Music

Every decade of Bollywood has seen some great chemistry between actors. If it was Nargis-Raj Kapoor in the 50s, it was Rajesh Khanna-Sharmila Tagore in the 60s and way into...

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Festivals

Day 4 Of Jagran Film Festival Brings World Cinema Under One Roof

~ With French films, Jagran Shorts category carves a special place in the movie lovers’ hearts ~

~ American fil...

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Top 5

Out With The Old…?

Our society has been in a constant flux for change. There is a greater adaptation afoot in a nation like India because of its many contradictions, complexities and voices. ...

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Trending

India’s soft power has grown, but no thanks to the government

We are all aware that India is fast emerging as a major economic power. Although there is talk of India also being an important “soft power” the fact is we are ...

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TV

Don't Reinvent The Wheel

How inured have we become to the over the top interiors and the same old locations (Gateway of India and Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus) at prime time, is unimaginable. We don...

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Bollywood

Punks, Pereras and Happy Hookers: Women of the South Asian musical diaspora

A number of young South Asian women are making inventive, cutting edge music, channeling the spirit of Grace Jones, Patti Smith and punk rather than Raj Kapoor. Are we livi...

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