Chargesheet was Dev Anand’s last film. It released less than a couple of months before the eternal super-star passed away, aged 88. Few saw the movie then, it should turn into cult now… Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Aamir Khan, Ashok Kumar, Awwal No 1, Bollywood, Boman Irani, Censor, Chargesheet, Des Pardes, Dev Anand, Dharmendra, Dilip Kumar, films, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Hema Malini, Indian cinema, Jackie Shroff, Kal Aaj Aur Kal, Mayank Shekhar, movies, Mr Prime Minister, Prem Pujari, Raj Kapoor, Rekha, Return Of The Jewel Thief, Salman Khan, Shammi Kapoor
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

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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
Chanced upon that rare Bollywood film, needed to seek doctor’s help after. Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Filed under cinema · Tagged Anupam Kher, Avtar Singh Bhogal, Bollywood, Dil Ka Doctor, films, Garam, Glamour Girl, hindi films, movies, Murda, Poonam Dasgupta, Rani Hindustani
Do you know the most loved Bollywood film of Germany in 2009? It’s a Yashraj picture called Dil Bole Hadippa. Why? Well… Read more

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Posted by Mayank Shekhar on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2009, Bollywood, box-office, cinema, cricket, films, germany, Indian film, movies, multiplex, Mumbai, Yashraj pictures
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

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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