Conversations Over Chai

Directed by: Guru Dutt Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi, Shailendra Starring: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Baby Naaz, Johnny Walker, Veena,...

Antara Mondal had been kind enough to send a copy over to my sister's before I visited in September, but she inexplicably misplaced it. ...

01.10.1906 - 31.10.1975 This post has been a long time in coming. One year, to be precise. I picked the songs I wanted, badgered my ...

Directed by: MK Burman Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Starring: Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik,  KN Singh, Bhagwan Singh, ...

My previous post came about because Hemant Kumar’s demise coincided with Dev Anand’s birthday. Coincidentally, nine out of ten songs in th...

26.09.2018 Today is Dev Anand’s birthday – he would have been 95 – and, coincidentally, Hemant Kumar’s 29 th death anniversary. Why a...

Directed by: Narendra Suri Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Starring: Nargis, Balraj Sahni,  Baby Naaz, Prabhu Dayal,...

Directed by: Vijay Anand Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Starring: Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik,  Jeevan, Shashikala, L...

Directed by: Rajinder Singh Bedi Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Starring: Waheeda Rehman, Jaya Bhaduri,  Dharmendra, Vi...

Directed by: Raj Khosla Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Starring: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman,  Sunder, Bipin Gupta, Ka...

Directed by: Raj Khosla Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Starring: Dev Anand, Madhubala,  Nalini Jaywant, Kishore Sahu...

Directed by: Subodh Mukerji Music: SD Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Starring: Dev Anand, Nutan, Shubha Khote, Gajanan Jagirdar...

Directed by: Hrishikesh Mukherjee Music: SD Burman Starring: Jaya Bhaduri, Amitabh Bachchan,  Ashok Kumar, Aruna Irani, Usha Kiron, ...

The 'mujra' was an important part of Hindi films until the 60s, after which, it went the way of the piano songs, only to b...

1924-1980 I had decided to steer clear of lists for some time now, and focus more on the movies that I have been watching (being on a...

There are many cliches in Hindi movies that have thankfully been abandoned - think 'brothers separated at a mela', ' andhi beh...