Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
Dil Se (1998)
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta Director: Mani Ratnam Music: A.R. Rahman Lyrics: Gulzar Capsule Review: A treatise on love during the time of terrorism, Shah Rukh and Manisha skillfully portray the desperation of a love affair conducted on borrowed time. Shah Rukh Khan as a radio journalist besotted beyond reason by an ...
Maachis (1996)
Cast: Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Om Puri, Jimmy Shergil, Suneel Sinha, Ravi Gossain Director: Gulzar Music: Vishal Bharadwaj Lyrics: Gulzar Capsule Review: Gulzar’s most politically vibrant film takes us straight into the rise of extremism in Punjab anti-Sikh riots after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. The director takes us into the life ...
Junglee (1961)
Shammi Kapoor yelled ‘Yahoo!’ and became a new kind of hero for the 1960s. Raj Kapoor’s younger brother had shaved off his trademark pencil moustache in the 1950s and created a new Elvis-style image for the Indian hero as he danced to western-style songs in nightclubs and discos. His physical presence dominated the screen, with ...
Kaagaz ke phool (1959)
This is often said to the be the film that marked Guru Dutt’s mental decline towards suicide, as its failure at the box office led to his refusal to direct another film. Many believe that he actually directed Sahib bibi our ghulam (1961) and Chaudhvin ka chand (1960), in which he starred, but that he ...
Kabhi kabhie (1976)
Yash Chopra was making Deewaar at the same time as Kabhi kabhie and was working with some of the same cast. In Kabhi kabhie, this included actors who had worked across several decades, from the veteran (Waheeda Rehman) to the very young (Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh), with some actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee ...
Silsila (1981)
Silsila was controversial from the start. Even before it was released there was gossip about the casting, due to persistent rumours that it depicted a real-life love triangle between Amitabh, his wife, Jaya, and his supposed mistress, Rekha. Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor), an airforce pilot, and Shobha (Jaya Bachchan) are about to be married. He invites ...
Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957)
Cast: V Shantaram, Sandhya Director: V Shantaram Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Bharat Vyas Capsule Review: Like the prolific filmmaker’s other humane drama Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani made 15 years earlier with Shantaram and his real-life wife Jayshree in the lead, Do Aankhen … is the quasi-biographical story of a jailor (Shantaram) and his efforts ...
Devdas (1956)
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen,Vyjanthimala, Motilal Director: Bimal Roy Music: S.D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Capsule Review: Bimal Roy’s faithful and fiercely intimate adaptation of Saratchandra Chatterjee’s classic tragedy about a self-absorbed hero who destroys his own happiness in pursuit of love, is leagues removed from P.C. Barua’s minimalist version in 1935 and Sanjay Leela ...
Jagte Raho (1956)
Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal Director: Sombhu Mitra/Amit Moitra Music: Salil Chowdhury Lyrics: Shailendra, Prem Dhawan Capsule Review: Moving away from the operatic opulence of his style Raj Kapoor hired two avant-garde Bengali filmmakers to direct a story about one thirsty man’s experiences in Kolkata during the course of one night. Jagte Raho is largely ...
Mujhe Jeene Do (1963)
Cast: Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman Director: Moni Bhattacharya Music: Jaidev Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Capsule Review: Sunil Dutt produced and played the lead in this pioneering dacoitdrama. Like Nitin Bose’s Ganga Jumna and Raj Kapoor’s Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai—the two other famous dacoit dramas of the 1960s—Mujhe Jeene Do pitches its passionate plea at ...
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