Category: Arts
Mughal-e-Azam : the Kohinoor of world cinema : Review
It was a film that was destined to be a classic the day it was conceived. It took ten long years to make and was released in 1960 , and […]
Meet Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ in gothic mansion : Review
Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous film . And the film’s most famous scene is the dramatic shower scene . It is iconic and perhaps the most discussed scene in […]
Return of Dalrymple : story of colonial Britain’s most humiliating defeat : Review
William Dalrymple is a unique writer for he has written the history of the sub-continent like nobody else . This Scot who has made India his home for almost thirty […]
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai : silent love of Meena Kumari & Raaj Kumar
An intense love story set in a hospital starring Meena Kumari and Raaj Kumar who works here as nurse and doctor . Even though the two are made for each […]
Aan Milo Sajna : watch only for songs : Review
If you take away some of the songs of this 1970 Rajesh Khanna film you are left with nothing . Aan Milo Sajna is poorly directed , the story and […]
Amar Prem : Rajesh Khanna at his charming vulnerable best : Review
Watch this film for Rajesh Khanna as Anand Babu , for his inimitable charm and vulnerability After watching Amar Prem (1972) anyone can understand why he was such a rage […]
Andaz : Dilip , Nargis , Raj style
Here we have Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor —– the only time together on screen . Both play their roles with elan and style(andaz) in this 1949 release , this […]
Awaara : Raj Kapoor , Nargis passion sizzles on screen
Hindi cinema’s show man Raj Kapoor was only in his mid twenties when he directed , produced and acted in Awaara released in 1951 . This black & white classic […]
Anari : Raj Kapoor’s trademark Charlie Chaplin style
Even though Anari is a Hrishikesh Mikherjee’s film I felt as if the film was co-directed by Raj Kapoor as it reminds you so often of his direction style Watch […]
Dilip Kumar as Devdas is an immortal performance !
I think after the making of Devdas in 1955 even if the young and the very talented Dilip Kumar had stopped acting in films his place in the history of […]