After almost a decade, I happened to watch Manoj Kumar’s classic Shaheed, which retold the story of the glorious revolutionaries of the late 1920s, who led a parallel battle against the British rule. From a cinematic perspective too, this film, directed by S Ram Sharma and produced by Kawal P Kashyap, is a landmark, for... Continue Reading →

In the year 1993, India was at the threshold of its satellite TV boom and Doordarshan was at the peak of its glory. It was still basking in the success of the likes of Mahabharat, The sword of Tipu Sultan and Bharat Ek Khoj. It had just launched DD Metro (DD2), its general entertainment channel.... Continue Reading →

Rarely do you get a chance to meet an icon whom you have adored since childhood. It is even rarer that you get to strike a conversation with them. As a Hindi film buff, I have grown up on umpteen classics of Vyjayanthimala and last month, I got a chance to interview her as well.... Continue Reading →

On May 3, 1913, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke released India’s first feature film Raja Harishchandra in Bombay and marked the genesis of the largest film industry in the world. Exactly 100 years later, four leading filmmakers of the day have come together to pay a tribute to cinema in an anthology titled Bombay Talkies, named after... Continue Reading →