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Bollywood Rewind
Bollywood Rewind is a weekly special that looks back at some of the best Hindi films made over the years. Its attempt is to show how these movies are still relevant to us and perhaps, as a by-product, introduce to the readers a whole series of new films to (re)discover.
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Sunny Deol found his Gadar 2 formula with his debut film Betaab and 40 years later, it's still working for him
September 04, 2023 5:58 pm
40 years ago, Rahul Rawail's Betaab marked the debut of Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh. The film industry and the world has changed massively since then but Sunny's formula has stayed the same.
Rishi Kapoor's Rafoo Chakkar has men in drag getting sexually harassed, as the film presents its villain as the comedian
August 26, 2023 7:58 am
Rishi Kapoor and Paintal starrer 1975 film Rafoo Chakkar has its male leads posing as women for almost the entire the film, and it turns crass as soon as it begins.
Arth shattered the illusions of 'Made in Heaven' weddings 40 years ago; Shabana Azmi needed no self-love monologue to declare her independence
August 19, 2023 9:27 am
Mahesh Bhatt's Arth truly understood that falling in love with yourself is perhaps the best kind of love story.
Garm Hava was the antithesis of Gadar 2, where one's nationality didn't make them the villain
August 12, 2023 7:54 am
Garm Hava is set in the post-independence India where a Muslim family is struggling to find acceptance in a land they always called their own.
When Raj Kapoor made a film on widow remarriage but ended up mistreating his female characters
July 29, 2023 8:06 am
Raj Kapoor's legacy is celebrated fondly by the lovers of Indian cinema but Prem Rog doesn't deserve a place in that hall of fame.
Amitabh Bachchan was the quintessential toxic hero in Kabhi Kabhie, but Yash Chopra presented him as a romantic poet
July 08, 2023 8:01 am
Yash Chopra's 1976 film Kabhi Kabhie came at the height of Amitabh Bachchan's 'angry young man' era and projected him as the brooding lover, even though he played a toxic man who refused to move on.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Gol Maal was the director's idea of escapism that snapped him out of depression
July 01, 2023 8:01 am
Gol Maal is the definition of what one can call 'escapist cinema' and it was this idea of escaping dark thoughts that led Hrishikesh Mukherjee to make this film in the first place.
Amitabh Bachchan's Kaala Patthar had Salim-Javed caring more about the cast than the story, leading to film's mediocre performance
June 24, 2023 8:41 am
Kaala Patthar starred the biggest actors of its time and milked the rivalry of Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha to its advantage.
Shekhar Kapur's Masoom released when Hindi cinema was all about Coolie, Himmatwala but has aged better than its contemporaries
June 10, 2023 8:02 am
Shekhar Kapur recently announced a sequel to his 1983 film Masoom, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. We discuss what worked for his film back in the '80s.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khoobsurat cracked the code on being political without making it obvious
June 03, 2023 8:15 am
Khoobsurat is one of the popular works of Hrishikesh Mukherjee but while it appears to be a family entertainer, the film is essentially a political statement by the filmmaker, and a smart one at that.
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