Dada Saheb Phalke's first heroine was a man!

There used to be so many nature songs from films that delighted audiences. Alas, says ac tuli, in today's films we seldom get to hear a number that glorifies creationOUR cine-going masses have a fascination for film songs. These are, doubtless, a ...

During panel discussions organized around celebrity participants from Bollywood, Delhi will often suddenly choose to rehash eternal moral themes. During a recent event involving participants like Vishal Bhardwaj and Ramesh Sippy, it came about that ...

“Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun,” sang Noel Coward. Clearly, he hadn’t heard of us. There we were, out on a hot Hyderabadi day. The sun blazed down in its untrammelled glory, turning the land into a skillet, ...

Questions: 1. The world lovingly calls him Dadasahaeb Phalke. But what was the legend's christened name? 2. Name the English film that inspired the 43-year-old Phalke to make Raja Harishchandra. 3. Before launching his ambitious effort, Phalke made ...

A young artiste watched in silence and the master spoke volumes without uttering a single word as images worked their magic during a screening of Raja Harishchandra at Kalidas Rangalaya on Friday. The disciple: Irfan, a 24-year-old theatre ...

ndian cinema began 100 years ago with the first "Bollywood" film, although the term was only coined many years later. The vibrant song-and-dance routines have millions of fans but here are some lesser-known facts that may have escaped their ...

A passion to 'make images moving' gave birth to the Indian film industry, the world's largest film industry with over 1,000 films made in various languages. A photographer, who saw an English film on the life of Jesus Christ in Mumbai, was motivated ...

Three children were drowned in the Gomti near Urdpur ghat under Jalalpur police station in Jaunpur district on Tuesday evening. The incident came to light late night. The bodies were fished out by Wednesday morning. According to reports, Gaurav ...

With empty chairs greeting artistes, the lack of publicity and disrespect meted out to the participants, Heritage Week seems to be more of a flop show than a celebration.Mondays music show at Taramati Baradari, which has a seating capacity of nearly 450, had ...