Shah Rukh Khan embodies the idea of India we are fast losing—the India that some are fighting to retain, that existed at a simpler, more loving, softer time, with values that we have been proud to exhibit, and now struggle to save.
On her 71st birthday, here is celebrating Rekha, who has arguably been the only actress to have straddled so seamlessly worlds of the alternate, mainstream and middle of the road cinema.
Birth Anniversary | An artist remembered for his style, substance, panache and experiments, Dev Anand was a conscious actor, who carried his political expression in art, and as a citizen, in life.
Shabana Azmi has been a face synonymous with the alternate cinema movement, giving life to characters otherwise not seen on screens before or since.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films often feel like returning home—films filled with a belief that people are inherently good and want the good. They are seemingly simple, yet poignant, deep, political and soft.
Even fifty years after Madan Mohan’s passing, the lasting impact of his work stands as a testament to the reasons we need artists like him.
On his fourth death anniversary, remembering Dilip Kumar, who shaped the contours of the hero for commercial Hindi cinema.
Making room for the personal alongside the political, Guru Dutt’s films ask difficult questions that continue to make us queasy.
On his death anniversary, remembering K.A. Abbas, one of the sharpest and most uncompromising voices from the cinema world.
The legendary actor, who received an honorary Palme d’or for his life’s work at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, has changed the way stories are told, anticipated and accepted in cinematic history with his performances.
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