Hindustan Times
“You’re from India?” she asked. I looked up. Startled. Indians are used to bombshells from Pakistan. But this one, in party clothes, in her early 20s, was exceptionally stunning. Read more
(14 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arnab Goswami, Barkha Dutt, Bollywood, General Ayub Khan, Hindus, India, Indian media, ISI, Javed Akhtar, Mayank Shekhar, Muslims, Pakistan, Partition, Rajdeep Sardesai, Shah Rukh Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
It’s been 80 years since the release of Alam Ara, India’s first talkie. No one alive has seen the film. I once met a man who’d not only heard cinema break the sound barrier, he’d carried Alam Ara’s can of reels on his head. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Al Jonson, Alam Ara, Ardeshir Irani, Ashish Rajyadhaksha, Bollywood, cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke, Dokhtare Lor, films, Gauri, Hollywood, Imperial Studio, India, Melody of Love, movies, Nandlal Jassubhai, Paul Willermen, Prithviraj Kapoor, Ramesh Roy, show business, Shyam Shroff, The Jazz Singer, V Shantaram, WWII
Exactly why Aamir Khan’s seen a film called Sandwich 10-12 times in his life!
Sandwich: Double Trouble
Director: Anees Bazmee
Actors: Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Mahima Chaudhary Read more
(15 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 12:54 am
Filed under India · Tagged Aamir Khan, actor, Anees Bazmee, Bigamy, Bollywood, films, Govinda, India, Indian commercial cinema, Mahima Chaudhary, movies, Raveena Tandon, Sandwich: Double Trouble, star
One 2004 Bhojpuri film can probably best explain North India’s post-independence Partition! Read more
(18 votes, average: 4.28 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 2:22 am
Filed under India · Tagged Bho-llywood, Bhojpuri film, Bollywood, cinema, films, India, Mumbai, North India, post-independence Partition, Regional language, Sasura Bada Paisewala
