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Shaikh Ayaz
Shaikh Ayaz is a contributor based in Mumbai. He writes about Bollywood.
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Watch these five Ayushmann Khurrana movies before you see Dream Girl
September 12, 2019 13:30 IST
Touted as the most fun actor in Bollywood today, Ayushmann Khurrana has built a reputation for picking interesting concepts, what he has called a "good marriage between content and entertainment." On the eve of his new film, in which he disguises himself as a 'Dream Girl', we take a trip through his five top films.
Fri, Sep 13, 2019
Film of the Month: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi tells us everything that is wrong with the Left
August 29, 2019 07:15 IST
Author Kiran Nagarkar praised Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi as "one of the finest political films." The 2005 political drama exposes the hypocrisy of the Left movement by revealing the huge gap between its naïve romanticism/intellectual activism and its utter failure to make a better and more just world.
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
Song of the Month: Haqeeqat’s “Ho ke majboor” finds the sweet spot between romance and pining in the time of war
August 26, 2019 07:22 IST
Just as the recent blockbuster Uri had the belligerence of Narendra Modi writ all over it, Haqeeqat is soaked in Nehru-ism. The Chetan Anand film also offers newer and deeper meanings of patriotism in the Modi-era zeitgeist.
Mon, Aug 26, 2019
Khayyam: The star composer was one of the last links to Hindi cinema’s golden age
August 20, 2019 08:06 IST
"If there was no Khayyam saab, there would be no Rekha," declared Umrao Jaan's alluring leading lady in an award function some years ago. With the passing away of the legend, an era comes to end.
Tue, Aug 20, 2019
25 years of Tabu: Why sassy Simi is one of Bollywood’s most respected leading ladies
August 06, 2019 07:29 IST
The Andhadhun star is on a roll. While many of her contemporaries have long bowed – or booted – out, the unstoppable Tabu just rolls on. As she recently celebrated her 25th year in Bollywood, here’s assessing the 47-year-old’s career and how she has remained at the top of her game.
Tue, Aug 06, 2019
Gully Boy, Article 15, Photograph: The best Hindi films of 2019 (so far)
July 31, 2019 06:35 IST
We are more than halfway through 2019, which gives us a good excuse to look at how Bollywood has fared in the first half and which films are among the best.
Wed, Jul 31, 2019
Here’s looking at the rollercoaster ride that has been Hrithik ‘Mr Nice’ Roshan’s life lately
July 11, 2019 15:03 IST
Rakesh Roshan's son Hrithik Roshan, who heartthrobed his way into stardom at the dawn of the millennium, has spent the last few years fending off one controversy after another. The alleged Kangana Ranaut affair was a PR disaster. To add to his woes, the much-talked-about divorce from childhood sweetheart Sussanne Roshan left the Roshan clan in shock.
Thu, Jul 11, 2019
Five most eccentric Amrish Puri characters
June 22, 2019 10:42 IST
On Amrish Puri's 89th birth anniversary, here's remembering the legendary actor with a diverse range of roles that attest to his shape-shifting versatility.
Tue, Jun 22, 2021
Bharat is yet another Salman Khan film designed singularly to flatter the ‘Bhaijaan’ mythology
June 07, 2019 12:07 IST
A look at what works in Salman Khan's latest Eid release and what doesn't. Mostly though, it plays out like a three-hour-long “Being Human” advertisement, telling us how good Bharat is and how he is a metaphor for India itself.
Fri, Jun 07, 2019
Here’s why Chembur’s iconic RK Studios will be missed
May 03, 2019 17:22 IST
Raj Kapoor set up RK Films in 1948 and started constructing RK Studios in Chembur in the 50s. It is often said that the studios was not just his workplace but a “temple” from which the man behind classics like Awaara and Shree 420 drew his sustenance. As the famous studio downs its shutters, we revisit its legacy.
Fri, May 03, 2019
Bollywood’s Clint Eastwood: Revisiting the musical hit Qurbani on Feroz Khan’s death anniversary
April 27, 2019 08:39 IST
Feroz Khan passed away a decade ago on this day, sharing his death anniversary with great friend Vinod Khanna. Qurbani is their best-known partnership. A self-styled Clint Eastwood, Khan was 41 when Qurbani released. It's the actor-director's 21-gun salute to male gaze and friendship. A look back at the 1980 hit.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Vinod Khanna: The ‘Number 2’ who was nothing short of numero uno of the 1970s
April 27, 2019 08:21 IST
It is Vinod Khanna's death anniversary today. Here's revisiting the life and times of a star who started out as a villain before achieving fame as a charismatic leading man. And then, one day, he threw it all (the success and stardom) away for spirituality.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Farooq Shaikh’s 71st birth anniversary: An indispensable star who had no wish to be remembered
March 25, 2019 07:45 IST
Investing each of his roles with what Amitabh Bachchan described as “quiet honesty,” the late star of Chashme Buddoor and Saath Saath, who died of a heart attack in 2013, embodied the boy-next-door.
Mon, Mar 25, 2019
A tribute to Shashi Kapoor on his 81st birth anniversary: The many faces of the legendary Shakespeare Wallah
March 18, 2019 06:21 IST
He was a born star. Starting out as a child artiste, Shashi Kapoor went on to become a leading romantic hero of his time. As a producer, the late star of hits like Deewaar and Trishul showed a rare audacity as he bankrolled parallel cinema classics, putting money where his mouth was. Not to mention, theatre which remained his first love. Here's why Kapoor will always be more than just a good-looking Bollywood hero.
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
Danny Denzongpa’s most entertaining performances
February 25, 2019 12:10 IST
Few actors are as iconic as birthday boy Danny Denzongpa, who over the years has entertained and enriched Hindi cinema with his sophisticated and extravagant villainy – and at times, truly memorable character roles.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
Happy birthday Sanjay Leela Bhansali: 5 beautiful moments from SLB’s films that prove his auteur touch
February 24, 2019 06:28 IST
Sanjay Leela Bhansali thinks big. His films are grand, baroque and larger-than-life. More often than not, his best is reserved for music. Here's looking at five high watermark moments from his long and distinguished career.
Sun, Feb 24, 2019
Madhubala’s 86th birth anniversary: Madhubala’s real story is as tragic as her iconic character, Mughal-E-Azam’s Anarkali
February 14, 2019 07:02 IST
Madhubala's 86th birth anniversary: Prithviraj Kapoor is imposing as Emperor Akbar and Dilip Kumar a.k.a Prince Salim is appropriately understated but it is Madhubala’s Anarkali that defines and carries K. Asif’s Mughal-E-Azam on her delicate shoulders.
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
The meaning of Patriotic Indian, according to Bollywood
January 26, 2019 08:21 IST
Exploring the changing face of nationalism, from the idealistic days of Raj Kapoor and Manoj Kumar down to the jingoistic fervour of Sunny Deol and Akshay Kumar.
Thu, Aug 15, 2019
From teaching civil engineering to stage acting and cinema, Kader Khan led a dramatic life, both off and on screen
January 01, 2019 14:24 IST
Veteran actor Kader Khan who died today at 81 leaves behind countless cinematic memories. Especially memorable is his legendary pairing with Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda and Johnny Lever.
Tue, Jan 01, 2019
Zero, Race 3 and Thugs of Hindostan: Presenting the Khans’ box-office report of 2018
December 31, 2018 11:14 IST
'Shrunk' Rukh Khan’s Zero is an official dud, a Rs 200 crore-budgeted space fantasy that's struggling to even make it to the Rs 100 crore club. Zero aside, SRK is not alone in his box-office misery. All the Khans (except Saif Ali Khan) had poor showing this year.
Mon, Dec 31, 2018
Happy birthday Salman Khan: Five songs that doff their hat to ‘Bhaism’
December 27, 2018 07:38 IST
Celebrating Salman Khan’s 53rd birthday with chartbuster songs from the last one decade that best embody the superstar and his mass-appeal.
Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Ten years of Ghajini: The film that made an average Indian a number-crunching trade pundit
December 25, 2018 08:53 IST
Remake of a Tamil psychological thriller (itself inspired by Memento), A.R. Murugadoss-directed Ghajini is the inventor of the elusive Rs 100 crore club. It made leading man Aamir Khan a box-office magnet. But does the film hold up well today? A quick glance at its legacy.
Tue, Dec 25, 2018
Best Bollywood movies of 2018
December 17, 2018 08:10 IST
From Stree to Tumbbad, this was the year of small films that packed in a big punch. Here's our pick of the top 5 Bollywood films of 2018.
Mon, Dec 17, 2018
Happy birthday, Thalaivar: The mythic legend of Rajinikanth
December 12, 2018 07:51 IST
Happy birthday Rajinikanth: From a bus conductor to near-God status (not to forget, an Internet meme), Rajinikanth has evolved in ways that makes his story almost mythological. Is he even for real?
Wed, Dec 12, 2018
The glorious legacy of Dilip Kumar, arguably the subcontinent’s first method actor
December 11, 2018 11:22 IST
A man of refined manners, poetry and culture, erudite, actor’s actor, the last great mogul of Bollywood, Dilip Kumar’s towering influence is such that there’s a version of him in every aspect of Hindi cinema.
Fri, Dec 14, 2018Journalism of Courage
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