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'Ameen Sayani was the Shahenshah of Melody'

For four decades, his voice united millions of Indians for an hour every Wednesday as he brought Hindi cinema's greatest songs in an unparalleled radio broadcast. Illustration: Dominic......

My life in Rangoon

Monica Sindhwani, whose family has lived in Myanmar for generations, left Rangoon for India at 20.Married to a retired Indian Army officer, she relives her memories of the pagodas, the greenery and......

Insurance: Read the fine print now!

Take 1: Remember all those Amitabh Bachchan movies where the perpetual mother Nirupa Roy would be shedding voluminous tears as her husband is in the hospital, there is no money to feed the children......

'I'm Not Who I Was When I Wrote Deewaar'

'We didn't create the Angry Young Man persona for Amitabh Bachchan.''We created the Vijay persona and then Amitabh Bachchan fitted into it.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar. Yash Chopra's......

How Sholay, Deewar, Aandhi Changed Cinema

'Do films today even have the courage to question the establishment?' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewar. It was a standout year, and not just in Indian politics. 1975, the year of the Emergency,......

The Film That Made Amitabh THE Superstar

Though Zanjeer is credited as Amitabh's breakthrough film, it didn't immediately enthrone him.Rajesh Khanna countered with a huge hit in Daag that year.But Deewar upended audience's cinematic taste......

The Amjad Khan We Didn't Know

None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay.He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer.Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth......

'Why Must I Put My Head On A Chopper?'

'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.''If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.''I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.' Photograph: Kind......

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'Ameen Sayani was the Shahenshah of Melody'

My life in Rangoon

Insurance: Read the fine print now!

'I'm Not Who I Was When I Wrote Deewaar'

How Sholay, Deewar, Aandhi Changed Cinema

The Film That Made Amitabh THE Superstar

The Amjad Khan We Didn't Know

'Why Must I Put My Head On A Chopper?'

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