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Shaikh Ayaz is a contributor based in Mumbai. He writes about Bollywood.
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On Madhubala’s 85th birth anniversary, we revisit Mughal-e-Azam, a classic that truly belongs to the ‘Venus of Indian Cinema’
February 14, 2018 18:09 IST
Madhubala’s powerful and confrontational scenes with Prithviraj Kapoor and romantic and tender moments with Dilip Kumar tie Mughal-e-Azam together.
Wed, Feb 14, 2018
Pran’s 99th birth anniversary: The man who gave the Bollywood villain a stylish makeover
February 12, 2018 14:21 IST
Pran 99th birth anniversary: One of Indian cinema’s greats, Pran may have personified evil on celluloid (such was his reputation that new-borns weren’t named after him) but off screen, many vouch for his self-respecting ways and generosity.
Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Does Akki have a ‘Dharmendra problem’? The dazzling and unsurprising reinvention of Akshay Kumar
February 08, 2018 06:30 IST
Here’s exploring the Padman star’s consistency and box-office bankability and why, just like Dharmendra in an earlier era, fellow Punjabi Akshay Kumar had to wait for years before, at long last, proving that he matters.
Thu, Feb 08, 2018
Love or hate it, 90s Bollywood is a goldmine of sweet nostalgia for a certain generation
February 01, 2018 06:30 IST
In the fifth of our on-going ‘Hindi classics that defined the decade’ series, we go down the memory lane to examine the 1990s Bollywood hits and why they matter.
Thu, Feb 01, 2018
The music of Padmaavat director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s cinematic world
January 25, 2018 09:24 IST
For a man whose childhood was spent listening to radio and whose first major assignment as a filmmaker was to be a “song director” on 1942: A Love Story, it is hardly surprising that music dominates Bhansali’s cinema – and life.
Thu, Jan 25, 2018
Is Mukkabaaz a return to form for Anurag Kashyap? More importantly, will it wipe out the bitter aftertaste of Bombay Velvet?
January 11, 2018 06:30 IST
Anurag Kashyap’s latest, Mukkabaaz, is already being hailed as a winner. Perhaps, then, a good time to revisit Kashyap’s cinematic work, which is a fine balance of holding-mirror-to-society realism and Bollywood-style songs.
Thu, Jan 11, 2018
Remembering Om Puri: Unlikely hero who straddled twin worlds of Ardh Satya’s Anant and Narsimha’s Baapji
January 06, 2018 10:44 IST
Great star of the parallel cinema movement, a character actor who did mindless movies, controversy’s child – Om Puri’s life was as colourful as his work. This unlikely hero, as his wife Nandita's biography, called him, took an unlikely exit from the world too.
Fri, Jan 06, 2023
1980s in Bollywood: The decade offered a dizzying array of cinematic delights
December 30, 2017 06:30 IST
The 1980s didn’t really suck, as it has been made out to be. There’s no doubt that the decade offered a dizzying array of cinematic delights. Umrao Jaan, Ardh Satya, Khubsoorat, Arth, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Mr India are among the kaleidoscopic treats that the Eighties gave us.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
From Toilet: Ek Prem Katha to Newton, a roundup of the best Bollywood films of 2017
December 29, 2017 06:30 IST
In a not-so-great year, there were nevertheless a host of ground-breaking films (one celebrating toilet humour, the ultimate idealist Newton, and two death-haunted family dramas) that reaffirm your faith in good and entertaining cinema.
Fri, Dec 29, 2017
Rajinikanth in Bollywood: Despite his lackluster outings, Thalaivar is still the most famous Tamilian in Mumbai
December 12, 2017 15:18 IST
A look back at Rajinikanth’s Bollywood years and how the Amitabh Bachchan-inspired scripts helped him gain superstardom in Kollywood.
Tue, Dec 12, 2017
Dharmendra at 82: The five essential performances that prove Dharmendra’s versatile range
December 08, 2017 03:40 IST
In the literary hands of Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Dharmendra delivered some of his most outstanding work. But no matter whatever character he was playing, Garam Dharam was always pure entertainment.
Fri, Dec 08, 2017
A Bollywood icon, champion of alternative cinema and theatre doyen, Shashi Kapoor was more than just “Mere paas maa hai”
December 04, 2017 20:43 IST
Shashi Kapoor was dashing and classy, in an old-world sort of way. Born into the distinguished Kapoor family, he followed a different path than his famous brothers and father. His commitment to theatre equalled that of his father Prithviraj while his passion for meaningful cinema remains unsurpassed in the Kapoor clan.
Tue, Dec 05, 2017
Hindi classics that defined the 1970s
November 28, 2017 06:09 IST
A decade of huge cultural significance, the seventies foisted the tag of ‘angry young man’ on Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor shot to overnight fame with RK rom-com Bobby and not to mention, Sholay – a curry Western that embodied everything that Bollywood stands for.
Wed, May 27, 2020
Zeenat Aman: Happy birthday to one of the sexiest, boldest and chicest leading ladies to ever grace Hindi cinema
November 19, 2017 07:00 IST
Touted for her liberated and forward characters – she was a badass, mind you – Zeenat Aman was among the few actresses of the 1970-80s alongside Parveen Babi and Tina Munim who helped usher in a new kind of urbane heroine.
Sun, Nov 19, 2017
On Amjad Khan’s 77th birth anniversary, a tribute to the star whose portrayal of Gabbar Singh remains Bollywood’s pop-cultural apogee
November 12, 2017 06:30 IST
For much of his life, Amjad Khan was branded as Gabbar Singh from Sholay – that ultimate personification of cinematic evil. But he was also a sadistic smuggler, a friend’s friend, a gum-chewing cop and a poetic Nawab. His colourfully kitschy characters made Hindi cinema of 1970s and 80s both memorable and enjoyable.
Sun, Nov 12, 2017
Hindi classics that defined 1960s Bollywood
October 31, 2017 06:00 IST
Buoyant in tone and light-hearted in mood, 1960s was made even more fun by the arrival of a livewire star called Shammi Kapoor.
Mon, May 22, 2023
Amitabh Bachchan at 75: Exploring Big B’s enduring popularity
October 11, 2017 06:00 IST
One advantage Amitabh Bachchan, or Big B, has had over others is that he’s forever with the times. For years, he has embodied the classic Indian hero, inventing and reinventing, branding and un-branding himself miraculously as and when the need has presented itself.
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
For the Chaplin-loving Kundan Shah, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro was both a boon and bane
October 07, 2017 15:53 IST
Kundan Shah, who died today at 69, was known for his gentle comedies made for Doordarshan and the SRK starrer Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. But, over the years, he had become inextricably linked with the cult Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. Unfortunately, he could never match the greatness of that first film.
Sat, Oct 07, 2017
Remembering Vinod Khanna on his birthday: The legend who was a quintessential male eye candy but also that rare star who thumbed his nose at filmy frills
October 06, 2017 06:00 IST
If Vinod Khanna were alive today, he would have been 71. In his heyday, he was the only solid contender to the lone ranger might of Amitabh Bachchan. Off screen, the two were great friends though. When Khanna renounced films in 1982 at the height of his popularity to join Osho’s Oregon ashram he proved that he was truly a seeker and a “sanyasi,” albeit a sexy one.
Fri, Oct 06, 2017
Tom Alter, a veteran of film and stage, was a gora sahib with a desi heart
September 30, 2017 12:36 IST
Bollywood typecast Tom Alter as an India-hating British colonial but theatre redeemed him by offering him a chance to play patriots (Gandhi and Maulana Azad) and poets alike (Ghalib and Sahir).
Fri, Oct 06, 2017
Lata Mangeshkar turns 88: The nightingale, with 25,000 songs in over seven decades, is a gift that keeps giving
September 28, 2017 07:32 IST
She’s Hindi cinema’s greatest playback singer and even today, though she playbacks ever so rarely, Lata Mangeshkar’s melodious voice, as Dilip Kumar rightly put it, resides in all of us.
Thu, Sep 28, 2017
Shree 420 to Pyaasa, 10 immortal gems from 1950s Bollywood
September 15, 2017 14:36 IST
Hindi cinema of 1950s reflected the social and political changes sweeping across newly independent India. Films like Shree 420, Do Aankhen Barah Haath, Naya Daur and Mother India went a long way in nudging audiences and critics to take popular cinema seriously.
Tue, Apr 14, 2020
Asha Bhosle at 84: The Bollywood legend who was once the perennial ‘Number 2’ (after Lata Mangeshkar) is second to none today
September 08, 2017 06:11 IST
Happy birthday Asha Bhosle: As the evergreen singer turns a year “younger,” a look at her legendary musical journey, the famed rivalry with elder sister Lata Mangeshkar, the men in her life (O.P Nayyar and RD Burman) and her love for cooking.
Mon, Sep 11, 2017
Remembering Hrishikesh Mukherjee on his birth anniversary: The gentle and professorial auteur of warm-hearted comedies
August 26, 2017 09:11 IST
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s (Hrishi-da to friends and acquaintances) films were simple but never simple-minded. The much-loved director of Satyakam, Anand, Chupke Chupke, Bawarchi and Gol Maal was a father-figure to a retinue of stars of the 1970s, including Gulzar, the Bachchans, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna and Amol Palekar.
Sat, Sep 30, 2017
Remembering Shammi Kapoor’s rich musical and dancing legacy
August 14, 2017 09:57 IST
Most Hindi movie buffs know that it was Shammi Kapoor, along with Dev Anand, who set the template for your typical Bollywood hero. But few know that the Yahoo star, who died on August 14, 2011, had a great ear for music. As Ranbir Kapoor once declared, “Music was a big theme of his life.”
Tue, Aug 15, 2017Journalism of Courage
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