Long before the Right to Information Act and Right to Education Act, Govind Nihalani’s Sanshodhan (The Amendment) talked with compulsive … More
Category: Hindi Films
The female gaze in Aruna Raje’s Rihaee
In the last few years, there has been a steady stream of films focussed on female sexuality: Margarita With A … More
The most shocking reveal in Bollywood history
Prakash Mehra’s 1972 smash Samadhi is best remembered for Asha Parekh’s fabulous dance number Kaanta Lagaa. The film is about dacoit Lakhan … More
The most unlikely Bollywood villain
There’s a film called Mounto (1975) starring Saira Banu and Navin Nischol. Nothing to do with Saadat Hasan Manto. It’s … More
Every Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Amitabh Bachchan film has this in common
Some of Amitabh Bachchan’s career-best performances are from Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films. The filmmaker directed the superstar in eight films. I … More
Jeevan Mrityu’s 50 Shades of Pink
Rajshri Productions’ Jeevan Mrityu is well-known. It’s Rakhee’s Bollywood debut and the Rafi-Lata duet Jhilmil sitaron ka aangan remains a popular … More
Actors I have trouble telling apart
As a kid, when I first saw a picture of Manmohan Desai, I mistook him for Anupam Kher. And they … More
A brief history of Bollywood item numbers
Making a gradual progression from cabaret, kothaas, discos and now just about everywhere — item numbers today have become an essential … More
Flashback Bollywood 