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

‘Manoj Bajpayee’s fee for 1971 was Rs 40 lakh out of a Rs 1.85 cr budget’: director Amrit Sagar recalls making of the viral war filmSubscriber Only

Jun 25, 2024 16:20 IST

1971 director spoke about the making of the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer and how, despite many odds, he...

Tue, Jun 25, 2024

Kota Factory: Jeetu bhaiya is also a product of this ‘factory’ and he’s finally accepted it isn’t producing winnersSubscriber Only

Jun 25, 2024 07:58 IST

Kota Factory season 3 has actually been the most mature of the lot, and not because we saw Vaibhav,...

Tue, Jun 25, 2024

Ramanand Sagar’s grandson supports Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayan, criticises Adipurush: ‘No one has a copyright, but make it with honesty’Subscriber Only

Jun 20, 2024 14:27 IST

Amrit Sagar, grandson of filmmaker Ramanand Sagar, spoke about the new iterations of Ramayan and...

Thu, Jun 20, 2024

Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown is like a Bollywood blinds’ writer who faces no consequences for spreading gossipSubscriber Only

Jun 19, 2024 07:53 IST

We don't live in the Regency Era anymore but much like Bridgerton, Lady Whistledowns continue to...

Wed, Jun 19, 2024

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam at 25: Sanjay Leela Bhansali infantilises Aishwarya Rai’s Nandini who just follows the men in her lifeSubscriber Only

Jun 18, 2024 08:00 IST

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was the start of the 'Bhansali-mania' in Hindi cinema and Sanjay Leela...

Tue, Jun 18, 2024

Aamir Khan, along with actor son Junaid Khan on Amitabh Bachchan hosted KBC 16.

Aamir Khan’s son Junaid makes his debut this weekend sans any promotions. Have makers taken tough lessons from Heeramandi and Archies?Subscriber Only

Jun 13, 2024 08:01 IST

Aamir Khan's son Junaid Khan is all set to come out with his debut film Maharaj this weekend but so...

Thu, Jun 13, 2024

Gullak’s sepia-stained world evokes a sense of longing for the past when everything had a happy endingSubscriber Only

Jun 12, 2024 07:58 IST

Even though Gullak is set in present times, it presents itself like a time capsule for an era that...

Wed, Jun 12, 2024

Sunil Dutt blamed his ‘kismat’ for son Sanjay Dutt’s misfortunes, hoped for ‘complete happiness’ after deathSubscriber Only

Jun 06, 2024 07:58 IST

Sunil Dutt recognised that his son Sanjay may not be society's idea of an ideal man but that never...

Thu, Jun 06, 2024

Amitabh Bachchan joined politics for ’emotional’ reasons, regretted it immediately: ‘I threw up my hands, Jaya was upset by my attitude of defeat’Subscriber Only

Jun 05, 2024 15:15 IST

Amitabh Bachchan's stint in politics was catastrophic, resulting in an international scandal, local...

Mon, Jun 10, 2024

Bridgerton continues to romanticise marriage Olympics but mixes things up with a career woman at the centreSubscriber Only

May 22, 2024 07:56 IST

Bridgerton has finally found a protagonist who does something more than just looking for a husband...

Tue, Jun 18, 2024

Heeramandi: Enough with celebrating ‘tawaifs’ and ‘kothas’, there’s nothing to applaud in non-consensual sexSubscriber Only

May 03, 2024 08:04 IST

Heeramandi is set in the 1940s and belongs to a time when 'tawaifs' actually had a role in society....

Sun, May 05, 2024

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a key figure in the making of India’s first talkie film Alam Ara. Here’s howSubscriber Only

Mar 14, 2024 08:04 IST

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the founder of Pakistan, but he was also the lawyer who actually made it...

Wed, Apr 10, 2024

aamir khan and ajay devgn, cops in movies

Aamir Khan’s IPS in Sarfarosh vs Rohit Shetty’s cop universe: One is doing his job, others are vigilantes dressed in superhero ‘uniform’Subscriber Only

Mar 14, 2024 08:03 IST

25 years ago, Aamir Khan played an IPS officer in Sarfarosh but his cop avatar was miles away from...

Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Janhvi Kapoor is fighting the impossible battle against her ‘nepo baby’ image. What will it take to shake it off?Subscriber Only

Mar 06, 2024 08:10 IST

Janhvi Kapoor has done a fair bit of work in the last five years but no matter what movies she...

Wed, Mar 06, 2024

Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa at 30: Shah Rukh Khan’s Sunil could have been the villain of this love story, but SRK made him an earnest lost loverSubscriber Only

Feb 25, 2024 13:49 IST

On the 30th anniversary of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, here's looking back at the...

Sun, Feb 25, 2024

Ashutosh Gowariker: Where’s the director who gave us Lagaan and Swades, took India to Oscar stage?Subscriber Only

Feb 15, 2024 08:02 IST

On Ashutosh Gowariker's 60th birthday, we ask why the man behind Lagaan and Swades has stopped...

Fri, Feb 16, 2024

DevD vs Devdas: Anurag Kashyap’s adaptation respected Paro and Chandramukhi in a way that Sanjay Leela Bhansali completely missedSubscriber Only

Feb 05, 2024 17:11 IST

15 years of Dev.D: Anurag Kashyap's adaptation of Devdas puts Dev in his place and celebrates the...

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

Salman Khan teaches democracy to Indians (and Pakistanis) in Tiger 3. Let that sink inSubscriber Only

Jan 10, 2024 07:58 IST

The idea that the latest Salman Khan film is entirely based on the idea that democracy needs to be...

Wed, Jan 10, 2024

This actress was the star of India’s first ever sequel made in 1940s, did her own action decades before Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn Subscriber Only

Jan 03, 2024 08:02 IST

This week that year: On Fearless Nadia's 116th birth anniversary, here's looking back at the...

Wed, Jan 03, 2024

Baazigar at 30: Was Shah Rukh Khan really the ‘angry young man’ in Baazigar and did we just mislabel him as the bad guy?Subscriber Only

Nov 12, 2023 06:54 IST

Since Baazigar is completing 30 years, and it had been a while since I watched Shah Rukh dancing in...

Sun, Nov 12, 2023

Yaadon Ki Baaraat turns 50: Old isn’t always gold, and this Salim-Javed film is proofSubscriber Only

Nov 02, 2023 08:29 IST

Nasir Hussain's Yaadon Ki Baarat released 50 years ago. Written by Salim-Javed, the musical hit was...

Thu, Nov 02, 2023

Aspirants season 2 review: Romanticising the toxic system that produces accidental administratorsSubscriber Only

Oct 25, 2023 08:26 IST

Aspirants Season 2 review: The TVF show returns after two years and this time around, you see them...

Wed, Oct 25, 2023

On Amitabh Bachchan's birthday, meet Big B and his extended family.

Meet Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘extended family’: How Big B created a new medium to talk to his fans amid run-ins with mediaSubscriber Only

Oct 11, 2023 08:33 IST

On Amitabh Bachchan's 81st birthday today, here's looking at the other family that the star has...

Wed, Oct 11, 2023

Hrishikesh Mukherjee and his ‘maharaj’ Amitabh Bachchan: ‘Gurupita’ who gave Big B his break, had him laughing in Anand’s climaxSubscriber Only

Sep 30, 2023 07:51 IST

On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's birth anniversary, revisiting his relationship with Amitabh Bachchan. The...

Sat, Sep 30, 2023

Dev Anand and the Anand brothers: The other ‘first’ family of Bollywood that formed Navketan FilmsSubscriber Only

Sep 26, 2023 12:44 IST

On Dev Anand's 100th birth anniversary, looking back at the legacy of Navketan Films and how the...

Tue, Sep 26, 2023

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