In pictures: 100 years of Bollywood 1933 to 1943

Why do women never appreciate their looks when they-re in the full bloom of youth? Actress Nadia Sawalha recently expressed just this sentiment when she said: "I wasted a large part of my youth thinking I was hideous, when in fact, if I look at old ...

It`s the age of a Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, a Mere Dad Ki Maruti Sample these: Revolver Rani, Rajkumar Rambo, Fukrey and Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi. Creative and colloquial Bollywood film titles are keeping movie audiences, especially the ...

He came from a family of priests but when D G Phalke watched a film on the life of Christ, he decided that he was going to turn this new medium into a vehicle for the stories of the subcontinent. And he did exactly that, going to Germany to learn ...

The coming of sound meant the rise of a new breed of writers, more complex stories and several careers in ruins. But most of the time the dialogue sounded unreal, the articulation too careful and following the letter rather than the spirit of the ...

To Hindi cinema, with love and exasperated fondness Amjad Khan in Qurbani (1980). Photo courtesy: Subhash Chheda Also Read Updated: Sat, May 04 2013. 12 35 AM IST Nadia Hindi cinema's fearless alpha-woman. By the time Wadia Movietone, a production ...

Tags: Celluloid Man review, Paramesh Krishnan Nair Review by Troy Ribeiro The West does not have a rich past but it is rich in history, whereas India has a rich past, but is poor in history, says Paramesh Krishnan Nair in his biographical film ...

Our pick of the most beloved onscreen roles brought to life by great actors Mumbai The Hitlist Team http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2013/may/030513-100-years-of-bollywood-10-characters-we-love.htm ...

The centenary festival as a filmic time-machine. These films were made during the relatively short period in cinema history when the only way to see a motion picture was to gather in groups in a darkened theatre, writes George Stevens Jr in the ...

Devika Rani locked lips with her real life husband on screen in the 1933 film, Karma. It took four minutes. Shubhra Gupta, film critic and columnist for the Indian Express newspaper, says: "Post-independence, the kiss vanished into a miasma of ...