Zanjeer@50: The Gamble That Paid Off

'There was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.''Kuch baat thi.''Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.' Zanjeer changed a lot of lives. It turned......

When Bollywood Heroes Turned Heroines!

It's almost like a rite of passage for every Bollywood hero to dress up as a woman at least once in his career. Ayushmann Khurrana is ready to repeat the deed second time around in Dream Girl 2, a......

When Bollywood hired FAKE PARENTS

It's one of Bollywood's beloved tropes -- wiggling out of tricky situations by creating phony identities or throwing on a funny disguise. And like nearly every single thing in Hindi movies,......

Babita, the Hit-Maker of the Sixties

Babita's success ratio is higher than that of any other leading lady in the 1960s, says Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: Babita Kapoor with her daughters, Kareena and Karisma. Photograph: Kind courtesy......