We often hear the complain that Hindi movies have too many songs and dances interrupting the story. But for a country which has always had songs and dances as an integral part of its storytelling culture, it isn't an eyesore. We have so many festivals in this country that we can perhaps make an entire... Continue Reading →

Slumdog Millionaire has swept the Oscars and India has finally (though not technically) won an Oscar for The Best Feature film. 51 years ago during the Academy awards, a movie lost the honour by a solitary vote in the final poll to The Nights of Caberria. The actors and the director returned with a heavy... Continue Reading →

“Simple emotions are difficult to create” Hrishikesh Mukherjee once said in an interview. But that was simply what he dished out time and again to his viewers. Right from Musafir and Anari to Golmaal and Khoobsurat, he touched the lives of one and all, with the focus on what has almost disappeared from the silver... Continue Reading →

When Shree 420 was released in 1955, it only seemed that the global roll of Raj Kapoor, which began with Awara, was unstoppable. With Shree 420, he came closer to the masses, by taking a leaf out of their own lives. Such was the impact of Shree 420, that viewers from China to Egypt and... Continue Reading →