Rainy Day Flashback: Barsaat Ki Raat
No ‘rain song’ playlist is possible without Zindagi bhar nahin bhoolegi… Deepa Gahlot looks back on the musical hit that is synonymous with monsoon moods As the monsoon hits Mumbai, …
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Guru Dutt’s Top 10 Films !!
Seniors Today film chronicler Deepa Gahlot picks her Top 10 Guru Dutt films 1. Baazi (1951): Movie lore has it that when Dev Anand and Guru Dutt worked in …
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No Country for the Poor
The pathetic condition of the poor and marginalised in India, brought into the limelight by the Covid-19 crisis, was documented in stark realism by Bimal Roy, well over 60 years …
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RIP, Rishi Kapoor. Very Instinctive, Very Politically Incorrect
Deepa Gahlot pays a tribute to the just departed actor with whom she interacted frequently over the years Plain-speaking was part of his nature, as his frequent scraps on Twitter …
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Bollywood’s China Connection
At a time when China, epidemics and the selflessness of doctors is under constant discussion due to the coronavirus, Deepa Gahlot takes a look at a film that combined all …
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Woman Power on Screen
March is celebrated as Women’s Month, so here’s a look at one of the finest female bonding films made in Bollywood. By Deepa Gahlot Mrityudand (1997) “Pati ho, parmeshwar ban …
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Romance on the screen
Deepa Gahlot casts an eye on Bollywood love over the years Unlike Western movies, romance is part of the Bollywood movie package. Even the angry young man and vigilante antihero …
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The Young and The Restless
Against the backdrop of student-led protests across the country, Deepa Gahlot takes a look at Sudhir Mishra’s film which tackled this subject 32 years ago As the country erupts into …
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An Affair Not to Remember
The casually blatant sexism of the 1978 movie Pati Patni Aur Woh may have seemed funny at one time, but it is nothing short of tragic that the film is …
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The Revolutionary Seven
Well known as the Big B’s first step into filmdom, Saat Hindustani also chronicles the struggles of an era, writes Deepa Gahlot A small film with new actors might have …
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