It was raining hits

Film historian Dhruv Somani, writes a comprehensive account of the disco monarch, the late Bappi Lahiri.

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The Incredible Story of India’s First Miss India

Khalid Mohamed pays tribute to the first Miss India (1947), Esther Victoria Abraham, who becam...

Voices we miss

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

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Bazaar 2 In The Works: Sagar Sarhadi

Khalid Mohamed catches up with the eminent short story writer, film dialogue wordsmith and dir...

Vanished III: The male actors who disappeared from Bollywood

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, concludes his series on t...

Minority Report

Khalid Mohamed writes on the ceaseless ghettoization of Muslim characters in B-town’s mainstream movies, and now web ser...

The quiet fade-out

How many care for a yesteryear star after her last breath? Here’s addressing the question, over a month after the passing away of yestery...

A Muslim in Bollywood

The mainstream Hindi film industry’s template for the community reflects ideological and political shifts in contemporary India.

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Humour In Adversity

It would be difficult to imagine how a divorce could be turned into a comedy--but this is what writer-director Imran Rasheed has done with his new play Phir Se Shaadi!...