Shakila starred in some of the finest Hindi songs

Shakila's seductive performances in the ever-popular club number Babuji Dheere Chalna and the fabulous torch song Hoon Abhi Main Jawaan made filmmakers sit up and notice this new talent.Dinesh......

Johnny Walker: Hindi cinema's first comic star

Dinesh Raheja pays homage to the king of comedyEvery Johnny has his day (especially in a world where everybody is famous for 15 minutes), but Johnny Walker ruled for nearly two decades as one of......

Aar Paar: A noir comedy

Dinesh RahejaWhen one watches Aar Paar (1954), one rues the fact that Guru Dutt let melancholic films circumscribe his horizonsin his latter years asactor-producer-director. The joie de vivre of......