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How Nadira inspired the song 'Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh' – Birth anniversary special

In an old video interview with Nasreen Munni Kabir, the actress revealed how Nargis and composer up...

05 Dec 2017 2:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Original booklet: Who was who in Mehboob Khan's Mother India

On the film's 60th anniversary, meet the characters in this classic tale of the ideal Indian are...

25 Oct 2017 7:14 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Revisiting Babul: When Dilip Kumar was caught between Nargis and Munawar Sultana

One of the first films to create Dilip Kumar’s image as the ill-fated lover, SU Sunny's We...

11 Jul 2017 6:01 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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When Sunil Dutt saw shades of Nargis in Manisha Koirala

Among other details of her role in the Sanjay Dutt biopic, Koirala revealed an incident that took...

01 Jun 2017 6:35 IST — Keyur Seta

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10 roles that defined Nargis's illustrious career

Often considered the finest actress of her generation, Nargis had an unmatchable presence on the in...

01 Jun 2017 3:24 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Jagte Raho: Revisiting Raj Kapoor’s socially relevant masterpiece

Kapoor as the Chaplinesque tramp or the Everyman figure has very few dialogues in the film and on to...

23 May 2017 14:30 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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36 years of Rocky: Nargis knew she wouldn’t live to see son Sanjay Dutt's debut

Shahu Modak, a star actor of the black and white era, had predicted Nargis's death a few days of...

08 May 2017 8:25 IST — Keyur Seta

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Why Nargis was a star — death anniversary special

Suffering from cancer, Nargis delivered one of her best performances in Satyen Bose's Raat Aur A...

03 May 2017 10:25 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Ranbir Kapoor: Youth will have a lot to learn from Sanjay Dutt's mistakes

The actor expresses his thoughts about the upcoming biopic on the controversial star who has done...

03 Feb 2017 17:01 IST — Mayur Lookhar

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Rishi Kapoor bought award, had illogical dislike for Rajesh Khanna

The actor said Amitabh Bachchan in his heyday did not give enough credit to his supporting cast a...

16 Jan 2017 17:11 IST — Mayur Lookhar

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Dilip Kumar and his leading ladies

Since 1944, the thespian has acted opposite almost all of Hindi cinema’s finest actresses. We...

11 Dec 2016 15:33 IST — Sonal Pandya

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When Nargis gifted Shammi Kapoor a gramophone instead of a kiss

For the actor’s 85th birth anniversary today (21 October), we went back to Kapoor’s own...

21 Oct 2016 1:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Sarita Joshi discusses Ittefaq and her play Dhummas

The 1969 film, directed by Yash Chopra which released 47 years ago, is based on the Gujarati play,...

04 Oct 2016 1:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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KN Singh: The man who spooked Nargis, forced Rajesh Khanna to be punctual

The legendary film villain was picked for the 1936 Berlin Olympics but missed out owing to personal...

01 Sep 2016 3:10 IST — Mayur Lookhar

Listicle

What Maa can do, Beti can do, too

On Naseem Banu's death anniversary, we look at some mother-daughter sets that and...

18 Jun 2016 8:59 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Satyen Bose: From a laugh-riot to a tearjerker

The largely self-taught director made acclaimed films in many genres, working with big stars as...

09 Jun 2016 4:00 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Sunil Dutt, the great gambler

Examining the filmmaking legacy of one of Hindi cinema's most versatile artistes....

06 Jun 2016 3:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

Listicle

From Nargis to Nanda, child actors who became big stars

These five golden child artistes grew up to have starry careers in Hindi cinema....

01 Jun 2016 0:08 IST — Sonal Pandya

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The Mughal-e-Azam that never was

Mughal-e-Azam is remembered as much for Dilip Kumar, Madhubala and Prithviraj Kapoor as K...

09 Mar 2016 13:05 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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From Hunterwali to Mastani: The female icons of Bollywood

They are bold. They are beautiful. They are India. From the beginning, women have shaped the of with...

08 Mar 2016 13:46 IST — Sonal Pandya,Shriram Iyengar