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Teachers' Day special: To Sir and Ma'am, with love
This Teachers' Day, we pick 10 on-screen teachers who showed us how to influence and change...
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70 years of Awara: Raj Kapoor and Nargis's classic drama on family and redemption
The feature film, written by KA Abbas, was released on actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor’s birthday...
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40 years of Rocky: Sanjay Dutt’s grand launch
While the actor and star son made a not-so-memorable debut with his first film, he slowly gained and...
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Actress Sudipta Chakraborty felicitated at documentary screening on Women's Day
Reputed danseuse, theatre personality and Natyashastra scholar Sohini Roychowdhury was also honoured...
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Video-streaming platform The-Ally to offer Raj Kapoor classic Shree 420 (1955) in colour
The-Ally is an indigenous open platform for creators, producers and filmmakers with the goal of to...
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Why Kidar Sharma’s Jogan is a complex classic: Birth anniversary special
On the filmmaker’s 110th birth anniversary today (12 April), we revisit his underrated drama...
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The multi-hyphenate Jaddanbai, Hindi cinema’s earliest woman composer
We wrap up our special series on women in early Indian cinema with a look at the imperious and...
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When Sunil Dutt first met Nargis
On actor-filmmaker Sunil Dutt’s 90th birth anniversary today, we look at his first meeting the...
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Nargis, nostalgia and then some: Birth anniversary special
Nargis was beautiful, but more than that it was her dignified personality that awed all those who in...
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70 years of Raj Kapoor’s Barsaat: How the intense love story established RK Films
As the passionate romance turns 70 today (22 April), we revisit the landmark reasons why it’s...
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Jaddanbai, singer, actress, composer, filmmaker: 70th death anniversary special
Jaddanbai, who died on this day in 1949, was a woman of artistic talent, wise business sense, and of...
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'Beti zyada pyaari hai': The progressive vision in ML Anand’s Lahore (1949)
Celebrating 71 years of India's independence, we take a look at some early Hindi films the...
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70 years of Aag: The film that launched RK Films
The directorial debut of Raj Kapoor, Aag (released on 6 August 1948) was the first film in which the...
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Manisha Koirala reveals the efforts involved in transforming herself into Nargis Dutt
From reading her memoirs to 'imbibing the trauma', Koirala revealed the lengths she has gone...
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Book excerpt: Raj Kapoor reminisces about his first film Aag
On the filmmakers’s 20th death anniversary, Kapoor reveals in his own words how he made his RK...
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Birth anniversary special: Nargis and her final message for son Sanjay Dutt
On Nargis's 89th birth anniversary today (she was born on 1 June 1929), we revisit her life, and...
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All that I am is because of you: Sanjay Dutt pays tribute to mother Nargis on death anniversary
The actor shared a picture from his personal album on his social media page to remember his late on...
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Shamshad Begum’s triumphant comeback with Naushad in Mother India
The song ‘Pi Ke Ghar Aaj Pyari Dulhaniya Chali’ is a terrific example of the power of...
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The vivacious aunt of Hindi cinema: Shammi (1931–2018)
Actress Shammi, lovingly known as 'Shammi Aunty', passed away on 5 March due to a...
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Emraan Hashmi shares old picture of grandmother Purnima with Nargis, Shammi, Nirupa Roy
All the actresses had gathered for the Holi celebrations at the famous RK Studios in Chembur in the...