Conversations Over Chai

In popular perception, ‘nightclub songs’ were sung by Asha Bhosle. Lata was always the voice of the heroine, sweet and virginal. Partly, thi...

A long time ago, Shalini, my partner-in-crime, gave me an idea for a song list. Well, she said it was an ‘idea’ but it was more in the natur...

Directed by: Satyen Bose Music: Shankar-Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri Starring: Nargis, Pradeep Kumar,  Feroz Kh...

As I mentioned earlier, I hadn’t really thought of Nargis as one of my ‘favourite’ actresses, until I realised that whenever...

01. 06. 1929 – 03. 05. 1981 When I’m asked about my favourite Hindi film heroines, I usually have Meena Kumari top the list, followed...

Literature and cinema are filled with tales of lookalike twins - so identical in their looks and even their mannerisms that their nearest ...

Chalk it up (or down) to boredom, but I wanted another way to categorise my favourite songs than just by genres. So, instead of ‘My favour...