At some point, it became evident to the audience that a subtle musical duel was taking place.By the time the faster taans started, the notes had become sharp arrows shot with the intention to......
'I doubt very much if I will ever move on from his music, as I have from so much else through the years,' says Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1980 or so, when I was around......
Meet Mickey Nivelli, the Dada Saheb Phalke of the West Indies. The Indian expat, better known as Harbance Kumar, is often credited with pioneering the art of filmmaking in the Caribbean.Maker of......
Towards the end of their evening chat at Dow Jones' D conference, Steve Jobs gestured toward Bill Gates. "We've kept our marriage secret for over a decade," he said. The secret is out. The two most......
'Shashiji was a terrific co-star' IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor in Jab Jab Phool Khile. Shashi Kapoor's five favourite leading ladies speak on his 84th birth anniversary to Subhash K Jha: Shabana Azmi:......
The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films.Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones. It has been the strangest year of our lives, but films have been important in keeping us sane. And......
How many of these have aged well? Fifty years ago, while India was engaged in war with Pakistan, Hindi cinema flourished in effervescent, excited Eastman colours. 1965 is significant in more ways......
Shamitabh spends all its time explaining its own jokes, notes Raja Sen.This just in: Amitabh Bachchan, an actor some of you might have heard of, has a pretty good voice. What? Not exactly breaking......
Viewers back in the late 1960s might have had some reasons not to appreciate the brilliant farce How I Won the War. Though it was released at the time of the phenomenal success of the Beatles, it......
'Every Ali obituary I read made the point that he 'transcended his sport' -- a reference to the many battles he fought with America even as he fought in America.''What the obituaries leave out is......