Perhaps the only light moment in this rather heavy and serious film is Meena Kumari and Rajendra Kumar singing in happier times , “Yahan koi nahin tere mere siva , […]

O.P.Nayyar never worked with Lata Mangeshkar , he broke up early with Mohammad Rafi . He even broke up with Asha Bhosle but after a quarter of a century . […]

I have never understood why a great filmmaker like Shyam Benegal picked Karisma Kapoor to play Zubeidaa in this 2001 film based on the life of the actress Zubeidaa. Long […]

I think the ending of Anarkali(released in 1953 and inspired by the legend of the slave girl Anarkali )was far more tragic and far more realistic than Mughl-e-Azam which was […]

This is a remarkable first film by the highly gifted Shyam Benegal and at once brought him international acclaim as a world class director in 1973 . Based on a […]

The great S.D. Burman was so talented that all his compositions were always special . ‘Thandi Hawayen & Other Hits of S D Burman’ an MP3 by Saregama India is […]

Light , fun loving 40 songs(MP3 Saregama ) but always highly melodious . They are mostly from the 1970s when Kishore Kumar was the lead male singer along with the […]

Who said the great Guru Dutt only made serious and heavy films like Pyasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool . He also made light comedies . Mr & Mrs 55 (1955) […]

I often wonder why on earth don’t they anymore make hindi films set in rural India even though two out of three Indians still live in villages . Around 700 […]

This film really gets interesting only after the Bombai Ka Babu(Dev Anand )leaves Bombay and heads up north , into the hills of Himachal Pradesh by train and finally gets […]