Conversations Over Chai

The Waltz (Camille Claudel) Source: Wikipedia I have been in a bit of a bind lately, as is evidenced by the neglect of my blog. So, when ...

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

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...

It is all dustedoff ’s fault. ( Of course it is; I need to have someone to blame for my inability to work. ) She wrote a brillia...

I wrote a post on sensuous songs , songs that I thought were erotic without being raunchy or vulgar. This is its sister-post - songs of ...

Christmas Eve is around the corner and New Year's Eve, just beyond. This is the season for party-hopping. I must confess I would like ...

Now comes a far more difficult, though still delightful task. Sifting through Helen's dance numbers to separate the 'night-club...

How do you catalogue Helen? Throughout the 60s, there was nary a movie that did not have a stage / nightclub / cabaret  number that sho...