Category: Arts
The golden music of Khaiyyaam
Khaiyyaam and Jaidev can be compared to the English romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They all produced little body of work. But all of it was worth the weight of […]
Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua with Nargis
They were probably the most famous couple of the golden era and then they abruptly broke up , but left behind their great chemistry on the big screen heightened by […]
Dhoondo Dhoondo Re Sajna with Vaijantimala
She came into hindi films all the way from South India and made it big . So big that she became the first female superstar of the golden era . […]
Sawan Ka Mahina with Nutan
A top cameraman of the golden era once famously said that Nutan had the most perfect face on screen. This MP 3 collection by Saregama has some of her finest […]
Musafir Hoon Yaro with Jeetendra
A fine collection of songs sung by Jeetendra on screen . And the best song is the last one . Musafir Hoon Yaro sung by Kishore Kumar and music by […]
Chal Kahin Door Nikal Jayen
I think Kabhi Kabhi was Yash Chopra’s last great and fresh work . This was followed by Doosra Aadami a film in the last seventies . Doosra Aadmi is hardly […]
Straight out of Brooklyn : New York’s sad story : Review
This is not about the glamour and the gloss of Brooklyn, New York’s most crowded region . This is a disturbing film about blacks in the big apple . It […]
Missing blue skies and golden sunshine of autumn in Himachal
You have to go far back —-to May I think . When after a brief dry spell the summer rains began in Himachal Pradesh . Then in early June […]
Mili : Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s gem
Powerful performances by Jaya Bhaduri , Amitabh Bachchan and Ashok Kumar . This 1975 classic directed by the acclaimed Hrishikesh Mukherjee who directed a staggering 42 films. And […]
Love in Simla : with Sadhana & Joy Mukherjee
Shot on location over half a century ago , Love in Simla has recorded Shimla of the late 1950s in black and white . The film captures the Mall road […]