Conversations Over Chai

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...

This list grew out of the discussion that Shalini and I had at the end of Luck by Chance. Of how even ‘sensitive’ directors and writers do a...

30.08-1923-14.12.1966 I spent a lot of time when I was growing up listening to Hindi songs. My favourite songs were those whose words reson...

Directed by: Hrishikesh Mukherjee Music: Pandit Ravi Shankar Lyrics: Shailendra Starring: Leela Naidu, Balraj Sahni,  Abhi Bhat...

Life, if lived well – ‘tis said – does not involve regrets. Because everything happens for a reason. Even if you don’t really know what tha...

07.04.1920 - 12.12.2012 Source: AP  And so another luminary exits the world stage. Ravindra Shankar Choudhary, better known as Ravi...

28.09.1929 If I found it difficult to write about Kishore Kumar, how much more difficult is it to write about Lata Mangeshkar? What ca...

In much the same way I tried to give a mini-filmography of the legends of Hindi cinema in 'The Greats', this series is an attempt ...

Born Yudhishtir Sahni, Balraj Sahni was an unassuming man, who, with his natural style of acting sank deep into the characte...