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Guru Dutt at 100: The filmmaker, the man and the myth
July 21, 2025 4:46 pm
His classic films, untimely death, and the blurring of lines between his personal life and cinematic work make Dutt’s story captivating. They give a mythical quality to a man whose fragility, both on screen and in real life, was all too real
Why Guru Dutt's first feature Baazi remains the film Bollywood still owes a debt to, Raj Kapoor did it in his own style in Shree 420
July 15, 2025 5:44 pm
Gutu Dutt's 100th birth anniversary: So seminal was Guru Dutt's Baazi that just four years later, Raj Kapoor crafted his own interpretation of it in Shree 420.
Javed Akhtar bought 4,000 sq ft bungalow on Bandra Bandstand for Rs 5 lakh in 1970s, reveals Sahir Ludhianvi was paid in prime real estate by BR Chopra
May 13, 2025 9:06 am
Javed Akhtar argued that besides him, veteran screenwriter-lyricist-poet Gulzar also purchased a bungalow in Bandra, Mumbai, but he also had a "successful star wife" in Rakhee Gulzar.
Sahir Ludhianvi, the original rebel who shook Bollywood: Demanded one rupee more than composer, but never cared about money
March 08, 2025 9:04 am
On Sahir Ludhianvi's birth anniversary, recalling the time when he demanded more pay than the music composer just so his profession could get the respect it deserved.
Sahir Ludhianvi was a feminist even before the word became cool, brought female gaze to his nazm
April 05, 2024 5:49 pm
Sahir Ludhianvi, the celebrated poet and lyricist, spoke of women's plight with much sensitivity and questioned the stakeholders for putting them into unfavourable situations and circumstances. On the late poet's birth anniversary, which coincides with International Women's Day, we take a look what made him a true crusader of women.
How Imroz’s love built Amrita Pritam, as a woman and a poet
December 29, 2023 2:07 pm
His passing is not just the loss of a talented artist — it is akin to losing Amrita all over again
Shailendra at 100: His songs told stories unearthed from the hearts of ordinary Indians
August 31, 2023 12:07 pm
He wrote at a time when writers like Sahir Ludhianvi, Hasrat Jaipuri, Kaifi Azmi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, and Majrooh Sultanpuri were at the peak of their careers, writing intelligent, brilliantly crafted poetry. What set Shailendra apart and endeared him to the masses was the eloquence of an uncomplicated thought
When Javed Akhtar said Sahir Ludhianvi was a 'paradoxical man', Gulzar revealed why he's special: 'Unke wajah se pehli baar geetkar ka naam...'
March 08, 2023 12:03 pm
It is beloved songwriter and people's poet Sahir Ludhianvi's birth anniversary today. We look back at the time modern cinema giants like Gulzar and Javed Akhtar recounted their bond with the late writer.
Sahir Ludhianvi: a romantic and a revolutionary
March 09, 2022 8:32 am
On Sahir Ludhianvi birth anniversary, remembering the poet who was sensitive to the plight of the downtrodden. Sahir had a rare sensibility that could bring together the abstract and the concrete
When Amrita Pritam took to smoking while she was in love with Sahir Ludhianvi: 'He appeared like a genie in the smoke...'
March 08, 2022 6:03 pm
Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam were never married but their love for each other was known widely. On Sahir's 101st birth anniversary, recalling the time when he told his mother that Amrita was the only woman he could have married.
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