Gustaakh Ishq feels like a cinematic revival of everything we once loved about Urdu story-telling, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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.
Meena Kumari's classic film released 50 years ago, on February 4, 1972.
For all its preoccupation with blindness, the only people Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan deems blind is the audience to think they cannot see what poppycock unfolds, sighs Sukanya Verma.
'You have become a big star. How can you play a secondary role to Meena Kumari?'
'...not because they want to but because life leaves them with no choice.'
The tone of the film may be gloomy but it is never tragic or hopeless. Like millions of underprivileged people who find joy in small things, Shanu, Bua and their mother keep their heads above water, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Director Kamal Amrohi's son Tajdar takes us back in time.
'There are songs -- quite a few of them -- but the focus will be on the drama.'
Geeta Kapoor worked in over a hundred films, including Pakeezah and Razia Sultan.
Ashish and Viral Parikh of Virtues displayed a gorgeous line of classic formal ethnicwear on Day Four of Lakme Fashion Week. Here is the aptly-named Forever range.
Singer Shilpa Rao sings her favourite Lata Mangeshkar song.
'I have a really strong support system at home and they keep me going.'
Bollywood has a history of making heads turn -- theirs and everybody else's -- in shiny hair accessory.
As Heeramandi, set in 1920s Lahore, drops on Netflix on May 1, Sukanya Verma marvels at Bhansali's magnificent slices of history in 25 resplendent frames.
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
Angry Young Men misses some important elements of the Salim-Javed story including an understanding of the duo's creative process. In fact, the two men do not even appear together in the same space in the series.
If Sanjay Leela Bhansali could make Mumbai's Kamathipura sparkle in Gangubai Kathiawadi, Heera Mandi is bound to be drowned in glitter, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold.
Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma.
Subhash K Jha gives us some lesser known about the late actress on her birth anniversary, August 1.
'My character Meena seemed like a selfish, cold, heartless woman, who abandons her lover because he is moneyless. But look the girls today. They are as practical as my Meena was in Pyaasa so many years ago.'
The greatest films on the kotha culture are the ones with the best poetry and music.
She sang the chartbusters Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche in Brahmachari, Tumse Oh Haseena Kabhi Mohabbat Na Maine Karni Thi in Farz and Ajhu Na Aaye Balma in Saanjh Aur Savera.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
'Heeramandi is not for audiences of the Pakeezah/Umrao Jaan era. SLB has designed it as attuned to today's youngsters.'
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
Bollywood stars celebrated Father's Day with beautiful pictures and messages on Instagram.
One could be anywhere -- huddled around a transistor radio at home in the evenings, walking past a neighbour's house, or waiting at a bus stop and Lata Mangeshkar's voice would reach us. Aseem Chhabra pays rich tribute to The Legend.
'For me, love is being happy.' 'It's being free and carefree.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma celebrates The Legend's 25 distinctly different moods.
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
Eid-ul-Fitr has been celebrated in a big way in Hindi films.
Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday celebrations started early with the unveiling of an exhibition of photographs from his life. His family also threw a retro-themed party for him at their home, and invited his friends over.
'Everyone was talking about migrants, frontline workers and cops...' 'Nobody was talking about sex workers during the pandemic.'
Subhash K Jha lists his 10 favourite romantic Hindi films.
'That's the magic of the movie theatre.'
Subhash K Jha gives us the very best of Waheeda Rehman.
Subhash K Jha lists five relatively unknown Asha Bhosle classics on her birthday.
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