Sampada Sharma

Introduction

Sampada Sharma is a Copy Editor at Indian Express Online's entertainment section. She has been writing for Indian Express Online since 2017. She has a keen interest in old Hindi films, and the new ones too. She spends her weekends watching international web shows. Sampada also hosts a podcast called Movie Police which discusses bizarre films and shows. She can be reached at sampada.sharma@indianexpress.com or you can follow her on Twitter @sampadasharma29

Articles by Sampada Sharma

Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt in a still from Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir

Hrithik Roshan was shooed away by cops from Mission Kashmir’s sets with a stick, asked producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra: ‘Ye hero hai?’

Oct 27, 2025 08:02 IST

Mission Kashmir was the third release for Hrithik Roshan who became a star after the release of...

Tue, Oct 28, 2025

Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Amrish Puri in DDLJ

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: Aditya Chopra told us not to rebel and question authority figures; 30 years later, we’re still doing the same

Oct 20, 2025 07:46 IST

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge celebrates authoritarian figures who crush rebels, and 30 years later,...

Tue, Oct 21, 2025

Smita Patil was uncomfortable dancing in the rain with Amitabh Bachchan, ‘hurt’ when Yash Chopra rejected her: ‘That will be my end’

Oct 17, 2025 08:01 IST

Smita Patil was trying to find a balance between the glamorous world of mainstream films and the...

Fri, Oct 17, 2025

On Amitabh Bachchan's birthday today, meet Big B playing a superhero Supremo in a comic book.

After near-death experience, Amitabh Bachchan was reborn as a Batman-coded superhero ‘Supremo’ in 1980s comic book

Oct 11, 2025 08:13 IST

On Amitabh Bachchan's birthday today, revisiting a comic book that had Amitabh Bachchan, the movie...

Sat, Oct 11, 2025

Shah Rukh Khan launches son Aryan Khan as director and creator with The Ba***ds of Bollywood. (Photo: NetflixIndia/YouTube)

Shah Rukh Khan perfects the formula for nepo launches with Ba***ds of Bollywood; the show would be lost in the streaming sea otherwiseSubscriber Only

Sep 24, 2025 08:07 IST

Has Ba***ds of Bollywood created a milestone in the streaming space? Certainly not. Is it even the...

Wed, Sep 24, 2025

Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke in The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend: Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke’s show is a saas-bahu serial that hates its women, even though it’s made by themSubscriber Only

Sep 18, 2025 07:31 IST

The Girlfriend has been made by an all-woman team and yet, the show is extremely unaware as to how...

Thu, Sep 18, 2025

Aneet Padda and Ahaan Panday in Saiyaara

Saiyaara’s success can be explained, it’s a cinematic step-up for those who loved Sanam Teri KasamSubscriber Only

Sep 17, 2025 08:05 IST

With infinitely better performances, and Mohit Suri creating a world where ex-boyfriends are the...

Wed, Sep 17, 2025

Shammi Kapoor-starrer Teesri Manzil had a superhit album by RD Burman

The Asha Bhosle song that worried her driver enough to take her to the hospital; RD Burman had to audition to grab the gig as Shammi Kapoor ‘behaved like a king’Subscriber Only

Sep 08, 2025 11:28 IST

Asha Bhosle and RD Burman worked together on many memorable songs. But Teesri Manzil's 'Aaja Aaja...

Mon, Sep 08, 2025

Shailendra shared a close bond with filmmaker-actor Raj Kapoor

Started as Raj Kapoor’s employee with Rs 500 salary, became his ‘Pushkin’ at whose feet RK always sat; died of a broken heartSubscriber Only

Aug 30, 2025 08:55 IST

Shailendra was the man behind the words of songs such as 'Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan', 'Awaara Hun',...

Fri, Sep 05, 2025

With And Just Like That finale, Sex and the City franchise ended its 27-year run

Sex and the City lost its ‘zsa zsa zsu’ years ago, we couldn’t accept it until we saw literal sh*t on screen in And Just Like That finaleSubscriber Only

Aug 21, 2025 08:08 IST

Sex and the City started to lose its ‘zsa zsa zsu’ when it went on its movie route, and they...

Thu, Aug 21, 2025

Made on a tenth of its budget, this mythological film faced off against Sholay’s tsunami; lead actor observed ‘vrat’ during filmingSubscriber Only

Aug 15, 2025 07:56 IST

In 1975, Sholay was the biggest hit of the year but there was one film that stood its ground...

Fri, Aug 15, 2025

Meena Kumari was thrown out of the house she bought by her father, paid him Rs 2 lakh to get married; was treated as a ‘meal ticket’ by her familySubscriber Only

Aug 01, 2025 08:06 IST

Meena Kumari passed away at 39 in 1972. She was forced to face the camera when she was just...

Fri, Aug 01, 2025

Guru Dutt dropped Waheeda Rehman ‘like a hot brick’ after he got back together with wife Geeta Dutt; she declared, ‘I won’t let him touch me’Subscriber Only

Jul 09, 2025 11:09 IST

Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman first met in 1955, and by 1962, they parted ways. In these 7 years,...

Fri, Jul 11, 2025

RD Burman passed away months before the release of 1942 A Love Story. He was 54

‘Humiliated’ by Bollywood, how RD Burman created 1942 A Love Story; teared up when music was called ‘bullsh*t’Subscriber Only

Jun 27, 2025 08:05 IST

As iconic as RD Burman was in the 1970s, the composer went through a rather rough patch in the...

Fri, Jun 27, 2025

Kesari 2 minimises Sankaran Nair’s contributions to the freedom struggle, it’s historical fiction presented as an ‘untold story’Subscriber Only

Jun 22, 2025 07:25 IST

Most real-life stories are slightly modified when they are adapted in movies, but if one changes...

Sun, Jun 22, 2025

Mithun Chakraborty became a star in the 1980s with Disco Dancer

Mithun Chakraborty: From Helen’s back-up dancer ‘Rana Rez’ to giving the first Rs 100 cr film, he made it in the worst decade of BollywoodSubscriber Only

Jun 15, 2025 08:26 IST

Mithun Chakraborty, who is now a Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner, first became a star in the 1980s...

Sun, Jun 15, 2025

Dimple Kapadia in Kalpana Lajmi's Rudaali

20 years after Bobby, ‘unlucky’ Rudaali changed Dimple Kapadia’s fortune; broke the idea of ‘glamorous’ heroine and established her as an actorSubscriber Only

Jun 08, 2025 07:26 IST

On Dimple Kapadia's 68th birthday, we revisit one of her first celebrated performances in Kalpana...

Sun, Jun 08, 2025

Nargis’ brother beat her up because of her relationship with Raj Kapoor; she lost money, opportunities while he set up his studioSubscriber Only

Jun 01, 2025 07:45 IST

Nargis was ready to sacrifice her career in the name of love. She had a decade-long association...

Wed, Jun 04, 2025

Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in a still from Beta's Dhak Dhak

Madhuri Dixit’s ‘Dhak Dhak’: Plagiarised music, CBFC’s censorship and the song that originally belonged to SrideviSubscriber Only

May 15, 2025 08:00 IST

Madhuri Dixit's 'Dhak Dhak' persona could have easily belonged to Sridevi, for she was the first...

Thu, May 15, 2025

Nargis and Balraj Sahni played husband and wife in Hulchul

Funeral at Nargis’ house made Balraj Sahni feel like a ‘corpse’, got special permission from cops during jail time to shoot a filmSubscriber Only

May 01, 2025 08:10 IST

Balraj Sahni was jailed for six months in 1949 and producer K Asif took special permission from the...

Thu, May 01, 2025

BR Chopra's Mahabharat was a 94-episode series broadcast in Doordarshan

Mahabharat: BR Chopra stood by Rahi Masoom Raza when Doordarshan questioned how a Muslim man could write the show, ‘It’s not Hindu or Muslim’Subscriber Only

Apr 22, 2025 15:52 IST

37 years ago, when BR Chopra made Mahabharat, he hired Rahi Masoom Raza to write the show, and the...

Tue, Apr 22, 2025

Kesari 2: Britain is yet to apologise for the horrors of Jallianwala Bagh while ‘Hitler’ General Dyer’s family remembers him as an ‘honourable man’Subscriber Only

Apr 17, 2025 08:03 IST

Even if the British were to issue an apology now, it wouldn't make up for the thousands of men,...

Thu, Apr 17, 2025

Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan started their career around the same time

Jaya Bachchan has given more stellar performances than Amitabh Bachchan, but he is the tree who casts a shadow over the familySubscriber Only

Apr 09, 2025 08:01 IST

Jaya Bachchan was never the glamorous heroine who played a sidekick in male dominated films, but in...

Wed, Apr 09, 2025

Aamir Khan’s worst movie mistakes: Bollywood-ised Godfather, snake charmers indulging in black magic and cricket with bomb threatSubscriber Only

Mar 13, 2025 07:59 IST

Aamir Khan is turning 60. The actor, known as Mr Perfectionist, has made some not-so-perfect...

Fri, Mar 14, 2025

Bollywood’s crimes against women: Consent proof in TBMAUJ, patriarchy apologist in Mr and Mrs MahiSubscriber Only

Mar 08, 2025 09:00 IST

International Women's Day: Films like Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, Mr and Mrs Mahi, Bawaal,...

Sat, Mar 08, 2025

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