Prem Nath as Gabbar
When Danny Denzongpa refused, Salim-Javed had thought of casting Prem Nath as Gabbar, but many in the Sholay team were intimidated by the veteran actor’s temperament.Continue Reading →
Hum Aapke Hain Koun and piracy
Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) is possibly the first Bollywood movie to be CamRipped. Pre-HAHK films had simultaneous theatre/VHS releases.
The Sholay scene that didn’t follow the script
The only Sholay scene that didn’t follow the script is the one in which Veeru asks Jai to talk to…
Sholay 3D: The unofficial Google doodle
That film, that we have watched uncountable times, has been re-released in 3D. That I want to watch Sholay in a theatre has nothing to do with it being in…Continue Reading →
Et tu, Dadamoni? How Ashok Kumar fell from grace in Suraiya’s eyes
There are a lot of distractions while reading eBooks on the phone and Twitter is one. As I was swiping…
Why Govind Nihalani had to be given police protection
Govind Nihalani faced threats from Hindu right-wing groups for making ‘Tamas’ (1987) and had to be given police protection.Continue Reading →
At Rs 100/issue buy e-versions of Filmfare magazine from 60 years ago
Update: Filmfare seems to have removed its magazines from sale on Magzter. As regular readers of this blog (if there…
Ad from 1982: Pan Parag with Jalal Agha and Kalpana Iyer (and why I can’t ever forget Jalal’s name)
It has happened to the best of quizzards and I was far from being anywhere close to the best. The…
Download for free: 40 HarperCollins India ebooks on Google Play
Disclosure: I am an ebook evangelist. Update 2: As expected, Google and HarperCollins India seems to have been alerted of the leak and the free fest is now over. I…Continue Reading →
Kishore Kumar: Childhood and first wedding photos
Who is the greatest playback singer of Hindi cinema? The debate was raging from much before I was born (and…
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: The actual newspaper headlines in September 1960 were quite different
Indians would have surely been disappointed by Milkha Singh’s legendary defeat in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Rome…
