The Incomparable Institution Raj Kapoor

It is well known that the 1960s have an extremely special place in the history of our 100-year-old cinema. They are always referred to as The Golden 60s and people of today often wonder why that is so. It was the golden era of Hindi cinema with ...

Bhopal: The former badlands of Chambal Valley, which echoed the tales of bandits that evoke fear, are not just night-time tales that mothers narrate to their children. Once ruled by bandit legends, the Chambal, was replicated many a times in Hindi ...

The suave and versatile Pran added confidence, ruthlessness and dignity to his performances as a villain, never resorting to vulgarity or crudity. Ranjan Das Gupta spoke to the latest recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Pran Sikand rose from ...

Information & Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Friday presented the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for life time achievement to Pran Kishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, at the latter's Bandra residence in north-west Mumbai. With the ...

As Bollywood turned 100 recently, eminent economist and Bollywood fan, Lord Meghnad Desai explores whether it has reflected the life and times of a changing India. INDIANS like to be told stories, especially the stories they have heard ...

Mumbai, May 10 (IBNS) (I&B) on Friday personally presented the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement to veteran actor Pran Kishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, at his residence in Mumbai.The Minister had flown down to Mumbai ...

Bangaloreans were recently treated to an evening of classical dance by Sudha Chandran at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall. The programme was a part of ‘World Dance Week’, hosted by the Shrishti Center of Performing Arts and Institute of Dance ...

To Hindi cinema, with love and exasperated fondness Kirron Kher (centre) is mother to Abhishek Bachchan (left) in Dostana (2008) Updated: Sat, May 04 2013. 12 36 AM IST Movie mothers Mommy dearest. It became a bit difficult to take Salim-Javed's ...

Somehow, Pran was left out of the triumvirate that incarnated the golden age of Hindi cinema in the '50s and beyond. The Big Three-Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand-ought really to have been the Big Four, with him on board. Not only did Pran, a ...