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Revisiting Aarti (1962): Powerful portrait of a working woman driven by her ideals
We revisit the family melodrama, released on 10 August 1962, which was Rajshri Pictures’ first...
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5 things Nabendu Ghosh’s Dadamoni: The Life and Times of Ashok Kumar reveals about the actor
The revised edition of the 1995 biography, published by Speaking Tiger Books, also contains a by the...
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Saregama adds 10,000 retro songs to digital catalogue
The digitization initiative, Punarjanam, launched by the music label during the pandemic lockdown, a...
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National Film Archive lands making-of-Pakeezah footage on Meena Kumari’s death anniversary
The 16mm reel also has footage of a differently choreographed dance performed by a young Meena to...
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45 years of Chhoti Si Baat: A nostalgic trip back to Bombay
Basu Chatterji did not believe in presenting evil characters in his films and this comes across in...
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The pioneering spirit of Bombay Talkies founder Himanshu Rai
On Himanshu Rai's 80th death anniversary, a look at the ways in which the studio he co-founded,...
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40 years of Khubsoorat: A treatise of non-conformity, beauty and Rekha
Released on 25 January 1980, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khubsoorat was a moral tale that showed the...
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Impact and fame of Devika Rani, first lady of the Indian screen
On her 25th death anniversary (she died on 9 March 1994), we examine the films and influence of the...
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Revisiting Bandini: Bimal Roy's most complete film with Hindi cinema's first independent woman
Bandini was the first Hindi film to depict the story of a woman imprisoned for a murder that she and...
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Revisiting Akbar Khan's medley of errors Haadsaa – Anniversary special
On the film's 35th anniversary today, we revisit the film and take a look at some of its...
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80 years of Vachan: Never before seen photos from the Bombay Talkies period film
The film, which was released on 19 August 1938 at Bombay’s Roxy Talkies, was directed by Franz...
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Countering Hindu extremism through the message of harmony – Yash Chopra’s Dharmputra (1961)
Continuing our series on early Hindi films that explored the project of nation-building and of we at...
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Director Satyen Bose and his comedy classic Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi – Death anniversary special
On the 25th anniversary of the director's death (he passed away on 9 June 1993), we revisit hit,...
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MP builder Abhay Jain ready to let go of Kishore Kumar’s ancestral property in Khandwa
The property was earlier said to be disputed, but Jain said it was Kishore Kumar’s two sons a...
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Performer par excellence: The bold and beautiful Nalini Jaywant
As part of our series on women in cinema featuring actresses forgotten by time, we look at the of a...
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50 years of Aashirwad: Ashok Kumar’s triumph in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s sensitive drama
At 58, the actor found resurgence in his career when he starred in the family drama which was on 5...
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5 reasons Mahal made its way into the film buff's psyche: Kamal Amrohi centenary special
Mahal is considered Hindi cinema's first horror film. On Kamal Amrohi's birth centenary (17...
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Celebrating Basu Chatterji’s Khatta Meetha — Birthday special
On the filmmaker’s 91st birthday today (10 January), we revisit his 1978 family film which 40...
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Remembering Niranjan Pal, visionary screenwriter, co-founder of Bombay Talkies
On the screenwriter and director’s 58th death anniversary, we examine the legacy of the great...
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Jewel Thief golden jubilee: Masterful whodunit with intricately woven web of deceit
With its enigmatic plot and stellar performances, Jewel Thief, which was released 50 years ago this...