Conversations Over Chai

24.07.1937-04.04.2025 As long-time readers of my blog know, I’m not a fan of Manoj Kumar. His pop-nationalism scarred my senses; the regress...

Directed by: Amiya Chakraborty Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan Starring: Anoop Kumar, Daljeet, Jawahar Kaul, Ameeta, ...

Writing a biography of any eminent personality is an enormous task. To do so without turning it into hagiography is a task that defeats most...

Directed by: C Prem Kumar Music: Govind Vasantha Lyrics: Uma Devi, Karthik Netha Starring: Arvind Swamy, Karthi, Devadarshini, S...

Kerala, where I am at present, is sweltering in unseasonal heat with temperatures soaring up to 38 o C with a real feel of 40 o C. While, ...

Once I got on to the romantic bandwagon, I decided to plunge headlong into romance during the month of February. I have already posted two l...

Romance and Shammi Kapoor go hand in hand. Once he broke through to the big league with Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Shammi didn’t look back. It hel...

When listing songs for my post on Rafi’s love songs , I found that my initial list had so many songs picturised on Shammi Kapoor. I had to...

Source: Hindustan Times Does anyone listen to the radio any more? Or am I dating myself when I talk of radios and transistors and cassette...

Directed by: Prakash Mehra Music: Kalyanji-Anandji Lyrics: Anjaan, Prakash Mehra Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Vinod Khanna, ...