'One can go overboard; Esmayeel Shroff guided me'

IMAGE: Raakhee and Shashi Kapoor in Esmayeel Shroff's Pighalta Aasman. Raakhee Gulzar has only words of praise for Director Esmayeel Shroff, who passed away at the age of 62. "He was an......

When Padmini Kolhapure KISSED A Future King

'It wasn't a kiss. It was just a harmless, innocent, peck.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Padmini Kolhapure/Instagram When Prince Charles visited India in 1980, the very talented Padmini Kolhapure had......

Remembering Shammi: The Life and Times

'I sometimes fight with God and tell him, "Bahut ho gaya yaar, I should go now, call me".'Shammi, the well known character actress, passed into the ages, March 6.Rediff.com's Patcy N remembers her......

Aadesh Shrivastava: The Man Who Composed Chartbusters

Saluting the late music composer's most memorable film songs. Like most success stories, his too began with a dream.  To make it big on the Indian music scene. The Jabalpur born Aadesh......