Sampada Sharma

On Gulshan Kumar's 66th birth anniversary, here's taking a look back at how a man from humble beginnings changed the way music was distributed in India.

On Father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke's 152nd birth anniversary, here's revisiting Harishchandrachi Factory. The film chronicles Phalke's journey of making the first motion picture in India.

Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna starrer Aradhana started the 15 film hit streak for Rajesh Khanna, as Tagore got a rather tough job of playing a damsel in distress who was supposedly strong.

While a lot of Dilip Kumar’s films since the 1950s have aged gracefully, Ram Aur Shyam, sadly, isn’t one of them.

On Jaya Bachchan's 74th birthday, revisiting one of her finest performances in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Abhimaan which also starred her husband Amitabh Bachchan. The film told the story of a showbiz couple whose marriage starts disintegrating after the woman gains more fame than the man.

Bollywood actor Vidya Balan, who was last seen in Amazon Prime Video's Jalsa, talks about the kinds of projects that are offered to her and why the tag of 'female-driven films' is still essential.

As Sharmaji Namkeen begins streaming, we look back at Rishi Kapoor's first film, Bobby, as a grown-up that made him a national heartthrob.

On Meena Kumari's 50th death anniversary, here's recalling the making of one of her most popular films Pakeezah. Made by her husband, director Kamal Amrohi, the film's making went through many ups and downs over 14 years.

Raj Khosla's 1966 film Mera Saaya gave Sadhana one if the most popular films of her career. The film also starred Sunil Dutt.

Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome was the film that started the era of the Indian new wave in cinema. It is interesting to note that this was also the first paying gig of Amitabh Bachchan.

On Shashi Kapoor's birth anniversary, here's recalling his journey with filmmaker Yash Chopra and how they got the best out of each other.

Ajitpal Singh gained a lot of appreciation after his film Fire in the Mountains premiered at Sundance Film Festival and his web series Tabbar got global acclaim.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 1966 film Anupama talks about the dysfunctional relationship of a father and a daughter who can't survive with each other, but find it hard to let go.

On Tiger Shroff's 32nd birthday, here's appreciating the man at the skills he is really good at - dancing and action.

On Manmohan Desai's birth anniversary, revisiting his famous Amar Akbar Anthony and how the film's central message is worth archiving in this day and age.

Waqt was a gamechanger, not just for Yash Chopra's cinematic journey, but for the journey that Hindi cinema took after this film.

On Pran's 102nd birth anniversary, revisiting the role that changed the perception of the 'villain of the millennium.'

Director Harshvardhan Kulkarni opens up about being an ally with Badhaai Do, and how his film is not just a comedy.

Jab Jab Phool Khile is a pretty formulaic mainstream Hindi film but upon rewatching it, it is more than obvious that this film operates just on stereotypes.

On Urmila Matondkar's 48th birthday, here's looking back at the effortlessness that she brought in Rangeela's Mili and Pinjar's Puro, whilst also pulling off their complexities.

Starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar, Badhaai Do is centered on the subject of lavender marriage. Directed by Harshvardhan Kulkarni, Badhaai Do is scheduled to release on February 11.

Watching Raj Kapoor-Vyjanthimala's Sangam in 2022, it is evident that this is over three hours of male privilege being shoved down the audience's throat.

The 1950s, in many ways, were braver times and the 2020s are still gathering the courage to make cinema that can represent us to future generations.

Even 40 years later, Shakti finds itself in the pages of cinema’s history for bringing together Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar, and it was all thanks to Ramesh Sippy.