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30 years of Saudagar: Vivek Mushran recalls evenings spent with Dilip Kumar

As the Subhash Ghai film, which co-starred Manisha Koirala and Raaj Kumar, completes 30 years, the...

09 Aug 2021 8:00 IST — Keyur Seta

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30 years of Saudagar: How Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar were cast in the Subhash Ghai film

The generational family drama and love story was released on 9 August 1991....

09 Aug 2021 2:00 IST — Sonal Pandya

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40 years of Kudrat (1981) – Chetan Anand’s meticulously crafted reincarnation thriller

Watching the film 40 years after its release on 3 April 1981 provides some incidental nostalgic as...

03 Apr 2021 16:42 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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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...

31 Mar 2021 15:27 IST — Our Correspondent

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55 years of Waqt (1965): The film that created the Yash Chopra imprint

The first colour film from BR Chopra's banner, Waqt brought together picturesque locales, glitzy...

30 Jul 2020 2:00 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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50 years of Heer Raanjha: Chetan Anand's definitive adaptation of the love ballad is sheer poetry on screen

The film, starring Raaj Kumar and Priya Rajvansh, is the only one in Hindi cinema to have the entire...

19 Jun 2020 17:39 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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11 actors who quit their day jobs for fame

On Dev Anand's 95th birth anniversary (he was born on 26 September 1923), we take a look at who...

26 Sep 2018 5:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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50 years of Neel Kamal: Overwrought reincarnation drama with tragic love triangle

We revisit the exaggerated drama, starring Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar and Raaj Kumar, which today...

02 Sep 2018 6:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Deepak Shirke: Some people still know me as Pralayanath Goondaswamy – Republic Day special

The seasoned actor said, however, that he does not take offence if people make jokes out of the film...

26 Jan 2018 1:30 IST — Mayur Lookhar

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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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Remembering the wit and eccentricity of Raaj Kumar

While the actor has today been reduced to comic skits and dialogues, his eccentricities and style as...

03 Jul 2017 2:30 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Raaj Kumar: The prince among men 

An actor par excellence, Raaj 'Jaani' Kumar has been stereotyped to memory as an actor who a...

08 Oct 2016 7:34 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Was Tirangaa a patriotic parody?

Why Mehul Kumar’s film turned out to be the most hilarious patriotic film ever...

15 Aug 2016 4:55 IST — Mayur Lookhar

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Saudagar 25th anniversary: 12 dramatic dialogues of Subhash Ghai's film

Saudagar is one of Subhash Ghai's celebrated works starring Dilip Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Vivek...

09 Aug 2016 13:27 IST — Keyur Seta

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Ten iconic Raaj Kumar dialogues that define swag

With that rasping voice, the fashionable scarves, and ever smouldering pipe, Raaj Kumar redefined in...

03 Jul 2016 4:30 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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When gentleman Sunil Dutt played a gentle villain

The 1974 classic 36 Ghante saw Dutt play a fugitive holding Raaj Kumar’s family hostage in own...

06 Jun 2016 9:57 IST — Mayur Lookhar

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Was Tirangaa a patriotic parody?

Why Mehul Kumar’s film turned out to be the most hilarious patriotic film ever...

26 Jan 2016 5:30 IST — Mayur Lookhar