Recall and Relish: Lost Chapters of Hindi Cinema

‘Raat Aur Din’, directed by Satyen Bose, is a rare Hindi film from the black and white era that explores the complex subject of a psychi...

A 1969 film, ‘Saara Akash’ is the debut directorial feature of Basu Chatterjee, who later went on to make some of the most acclaimed films...

An artist’s best work is often the one that has risen out the melting pot of his own life experiences.   The best artists in the world ...

The impression you get about Kishore Kumar after reading his interviews is, that he was a highly reluctant actor ,and abhorred the task ...

I pushed back watching this Shakti Samanta movie for quite some time, expecting it to be one of those moralistic tale laced with melod...

There are slight similarities between the basic thread of Aamir Khan starrer Akele Hum Akele Tum and Mahesh Bhatt's Kaash. Both deal w...

Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chatterjee enthralled many in the 1970s with their uncomplicated approach to film-making. Their simple tales s...

On the maestro Gulzar’s 75 th birthday , this is my humble attempt to recall one of my favorite films of his, one that I have watched many...

I have always had a liking for the friendly and warm rural settings in both books and movies. Such settings may seem idealistic and may r...

A few minutes into this Basu Chatterjee- Rajshri productions collaboration, I almost shouted ‘Main Prem Ki Diwani Ho...