Category: Arts
Rajya Sabha TV—India’s best
Believe it or not there are no commercial advertisements here , no shouting and screaming no sensationalisation like most private news channels in India . This is Rajya Sabha television […]
Pagla Kahin Ka : Shammi Kapoor : Review
Shammi Kapoor ruled the 1960s and his reign was drawing to a close with the release of Pagla Kahin Ka in 1970 . And he went out and rode into […]
Saudagar , Amitabh at his off beat best : Review
There is no doubt that Amitabh Bachchan’s finest work was in the 1970s . People rave about Zanjeer , Deewar , Kabhie Kabhie , Sholay and Trishul among others but […]
Shimla gets first multiplex
Shimla : SRS Ltd on Friday launched Shimla’s first multiplex in this popular tourist destination of Himachal Pradesh . Located at the new sprawling ISBT at Tutikandi at the entry […]
Charulata , Ray’s masterpiece : Review
High Bengali culture , poetry , fiction , love , betrayal and guilt are the themes running in this Satyajit Ray classic(1964) film based on Tagore’s novel . Ray had […]
Venice in the eyes of Jan Morris : Review
It took me long to lay hands on a copy of this classic book on Venice by Jan Morris . The reputation of the book (written in 1960) has been […]
Pran should have got Phalke award earlier
It was really moving to see veteran actor Pran presented the Dada Sahib Phalke Award at his home in Mumbai Friday . The 93 year old legendary actor looked frail […]
Manna Dey – Many Moods—Hardly ! Review
Among all great playback singers of the golden era 94 year old Manna Dey was perhaps the best trained in classical music. Though highly accomplished he was also modest , […]
Immortal duo Asha Bhosle & O P Nayyar : Review
Eccentric , enigmatic , moody , blunt , stylish and above all a highly gifted music composer from the golden era of hindi cinema O P Nayyar perhaps composed his […]
The Great Escape: 50 years later , still great : Review
One of those grand films from the golden era of hollywood.One of those rare and lasting multi-star films of all time . Based on a true story about the escape […]