A time to shine

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Rekha, Farooque Shaikh and Naseeruddin Shah's 1981 film Umrao Jaan. Does breathtaking have an expiry date? Not in Umrao Jaan's case, no. No matter how many times I watch Muzaffar Ali's tour de force Umrao Jaan, I am overcome with a sense of awe and elation. There's a paralysing quality to his visuals, resembling living art work, which speaks its own language as exhilarating as the Urdu-laced parlance of ...

Rajeev Masand, CNN-IBN Cast: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani, Saeed Jaffrey Director: Sai Paranjpye If you've watched the original 'Chashme Buddoor', it's unlikely that you'll ever forget the characters of Omi and Jai (played ...

Restoring classics is like "restoring heritage", says seasoned actor Farooque Shiekh, who rues that many good films perished.

Tags: Chashme Buddoor, Farooque Sheikh, Rakesh Bedi, Deepti Naval 0 Mumbai: The premiere of digitally restored version of Sai Paranjpye`s classic Chashme Buddoor turned out to be a low-key event, which saw the presence of star cast of the film and ...

We look at what sets the two films apart Dir: Sai Paranjpye Director: David Dhawan Cast: Farooque Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Ravi Baswani, Rakesh Bedi, Leela Mishra and Saeed Jaffrey. Cast: Ali Zafar, Tapsee Pannu, Divyendu Sharma, Siddharth, Lillette ...

Varinder Chawla Mumbai: Happy and satisfied with the current lot of films, Farooque Sheikh says Indian cinema is enjoying its best phase right now. "It's a wonderful time for Indian cinema and thanks to the multiplexes, which give opportunity to ...

While most actors in B-Town can't stop rattling off names of the hot wheels in their garage, Farooque Shaikh definitely stands out from

Can Ajay Devgn do a Jeetendra? Can Ali Zafar take on Farooque Sheikh? Dear reader, we now give you the power to choose 'yes' or 'no' as we look at the Bollywood remakes of 2013. Which do you think will be as successfull as the original? PREDICT the fate of these remakes!HimmatwalaIn 1983, few people in Mumbai knew director K Raghavendra Rao or his heroine, Sridevi. All that changed with the release of his Himmatwala, featuring the actress opposite Jeetendra. Thirty years later, ...

Adaab. I am free now," says Farooque Shaikh on the phone. The veteran actor sounds happy, having recently relived his screen romance with "dear friend" and co-star of seven films, Deepti Naval. In Geeta and Avinash Singh's relationship tale Listen Amaya, ...