How a 1979 film reflects Maharashtra's power play

If you want to get a handle over current Maharashtra politics while retaining your sanity, watch Director Jabbar Patel's classic film, Simhasan, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf. If you are scratching......

Veteran actor Shriram Lagoo passes away

Veteran actor Dr Shriram Lagoo, a stalwart in Marathi theatre and cinema and a prolific character artiste in numerous Bollywood movies, passed away on Tuesday evening. He was 92. Dr Lagoo died of......

Step inside Bollywood's BEAUTIFUL HOMES

Glamour is the source of Bollywood's larger-than-life illusions. The glossy presentation of stars, how they dream and where they live powers its alluring aesthetics and lasting fantasy. Grand or......

Alvida: Film folk who left us in 2019

Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.   Girish Karnad......

Classic: Love, longing and disillusionment in Gharonda

In this series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Amol Palekar and Zarina Wahab starrer Gharonda (1977).Sometime back I discovered a diary maintained by my father in the......