Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss.
Sometimes, the movies likes to use the rains in its title!
It's time to celebrate the Roshan family and their music.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Bhar Do Jholi Meri is Salman's favourite song. Here's looking at other smashing qawwalis through time.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Take part in our daily Bollywood quiz, and see how well you know Hindi cinema!
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.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.
Forty four years after Mohammed Rafi's untimely demise on July 31, 1980, at the young age of 55, the singer's work continues to enjoy a musical afterlife on radio, television and modern streaming channels.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the wonderful, wacky and woeful ways Bollywood has portrayed blindness on screen.
'My chacha's music is sweet and intoxicating'
Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love!
'Shyama was an entertaining friend during the shooting and we continued our friendship even after the film was over. During those days, we formed working relationships that lasted beyond the workplace.' Waheeda Rehman pays rich tribute to her late co-star.
'Then suddenly, I was out, Jaya was doing Guddi instead.'
'If OTT platforms had not come in, we would not get this second lease of life.'
An encounter with movie veteran Chandrashekhar.
Sukanya Verma applauds the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's created on big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments.
'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career. My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by then, but life was hard, and often there was no food at home.'
'Shakti Samanta was a very honest man. I have done four films with him. He was very sick before he died; nobody was allowed to see him in the hospital. I went but I could not bear to see him like that. Iftekar and I would go to see Ashok Kumar often. He would ask me to bring some kheema, as he loved my wife's preparation. I would have attended kavi sammelans with Jan Nisar Akhtar (Javed Akhtar's father), Sahir Ludhianvi and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan was a child then, and would often accompany his father.' Veteran actor Chandrashekhar Vaidya goes back in time.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
In Sukanya Verma's special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at 1960's Parakh, starring Sadhana, Motilal, Nazir Hussain and Durga Khote.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
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