Asrani may have never been a marquee name up in sparkling lights or on outsized posters but the sheer proficiency with which he realised his characters has unleashed gales of laughter over five decades and made a significant contribution to several landmark films. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor.
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
She breathed her last in a hospital in Mumbai on August 15.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
As Yesudas turns 84 on January 10, Subhash K Jha salutes the legend.
'Rajji laughed. "What will I do with you convent girls and your two left feet?" he exclaimed.'
'I regret the years that I did not work. I took a break at the peak of my career. I should not have done that. You lose contact with people and to start all over again is a struggle.' Rajnigandha actress Vidya Sinha looks back at her life.
'Basuda hardly spoke, but he had a sense of humour and that showed in his films.'
Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.
'I always felt that Basu Chatterjee was a kind, gentle, man who truly believed that in directing films like Chhoti Si Baat, he was impacting our lives,' remembers Aseem Chhabra. 'He seemed to be on a mission to make us believe that the world could be a better place.'
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
'Songs are a commercial compromise.' 'I had to invent tricks to fit songs into my films.'
One needs patience to watch Once Again, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
Going on a date? Read this first.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
Will Varun Dhawan's Coolie No 1 be a bigger hit than Govinda's hilarious original?
'...saying 'I love you'.' 'In none of the films has my character ever uttered 'I love you' or 'Main tumse mohabbat karta hoon'.'
Yogesh, who worked across generations with everyone from Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna to Amol Palekar and Shah Rukh Khan, passed away on May 29.
One of the most attractive things in a movie romance is to watch two people fall in love over a date or two.
Bollywood is known to make everything look dazzling and dramatic -- suffering, seclusion, hopelessness.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
We celebrate the brilliant actor by looking back at his classic works.
It goes way beyond a fantastic team!
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma hails Bollywood's memorable bus moments.
Kahaani 2 could have been a great film, but it isn't.
'Relationships have changed so dynamically that the 'woh' doesn't have to be a person.'
'I am angry because this ever happened.' 'I am sad because it's painful to think what they must be going through.' 'I am glad we've fought hard to break through such cruel tradition.' 'But it burns my blood to think we're still holding on to regressive culture that is stemmed from preserving this so-called honour,' says Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma's super filmy week was high on emotions.
'The scenario today, whether in 'Everybody is concerned only with 100 crore films... If our starting point is going to be "How much money will it make? Will it go into the 100 crore club?" then I am not interested.'
'I got to know things early in life.' On Childrens' Day, one of Hindi film industry's most memorable child -- Raju Shrestha - lets us into his life with a twinkle in his eye.
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