'Winning gold for India was a dream I lived on that rink.'
'Bappi Lahiri was looking for a break so he and his father would meet me.' 'I told Director Bhisham Kohli about this promising young boy from Kolkata, and Bappi came over with his harmonium.' 'Bappi played this composition and Bhisham liked it immediately.' 'As we were discussing, I said I would give the words, and that's how I wrote this song.'
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
What's your favourite Lata song?
'His wicked sense of humour, his compassion will be hard to replace.'
'...saying 'I love you'.' 'In none of the films has my character ever uttered 'I love you' or 'Main tumse mohabbat karta hoon'.'
Dalip Tahil has worked on stage, in the films, television and now on the digital platform, and he's not slowing down anytime soon. Continuing our series: Actors We Love.
Every day a Party unfolds on social media where armchair activists, politically charged influencers, trend pundits, gyaan givers and troll armies change the world in their heads but remain clueless about the nation's grassroots reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
We celebrate the brilliant actor by looking back at his classic works.
'My father would have liked Piku and PINK.' 'I don't think he would have liked item songs though.'
Putting together a play about the Father of the Nation is no easy task. But when that play is a musical, the challenges increase.
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