Conversations Over Chai

20.07.1927-12.07.1999 After struggling through the previous two posts, I felt that I should let my blog fall into a decline yet again, and w...

Pic: Courtesy: Pinterest/Ravinder Singh Thakur When Mohammed Rafi passed away on 31 July 1980, even the skies wept. The outpouring of grief...

My love for old Hindi film songs is familiar to all those who have read my previous posts. And those who are familiar with my writing know t...

25.12.1919-05.05.2006 Naushad Ali. The name conjures up an old world aura, tehzeeb, and of course, scintillating melodies. From the footpath...

18.02.1933 - 25.03.2020 To be honest, Nimmi is not one of my favourite heroines. That had less to do with her emoting capabilities tha...

Original illustration by: E.H. Shephard Some time earlier, I wrote a post about yearning for someone to love , for someone who ret...

I began this series, The Divas , with Sharmila Tagore , who I thought best epitomised the category - of actresses with talent who also k...

The blog is 2 On the first of this month, the blog weathered another year. Well, the anniversary came and went, and I did precious litt...

Over at bollyviewer's blog where she listed her favourite Geeta Dutt songs, she began the post with a very famous song Y...

Directed by: HS Rawail Music: Naushad Starring: Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana, Pran, Ameeta, Nimmi, Johnny Walker, Ashok Kumar ...