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A full-throttle flashback: Apradh

India, July 13 -- As F1: The Movie rocks the box office, I am reminded of a film from over 50 years ago: Bollywood's first movie to feature professional car-racing, the ritzy 1972 release Apradh. Fero... Read More


A full-throttle flashback: Poonam Saxena on India's early F1 film, Apradh

India, July 12 -- The Movie rocks the box office, I am reminded of a film from over 50 years ago: Bollywood's first movie to feature professional car-racing, the ritzy 1972 release Apradh. Feroz Khan... Read More


Dutt, dacoits and a double life

India, July 6 -- He had the best possible start as an aspiring filmmaker, working as assistant to the great Guru Dutt. He went on to become one of Bollywood's most versatile directors. In a 35-year ca... Read More


Guru Dutt at 100: A Wknd tribute to a tortured artist and his enduring art

India, July 4 -- On the morning of October 10, 1964, Guru Dutt was found dead in his flat in Bombay, lying on his bed in a crumpled kurta-pyjama. He had drunk a glass of pink liquid, sleeping pills c... Read More


Filmmaker Raj Khosla at 100: A tale of Dutt, dacoits and a double life

India, July 4 -- He had the best possible start as an aspiring filmmaker, working as assistant to the great Guru Dutt. He went on to become one of Bollywood's most versatile directors. In a 35-year c... Read More


A stroll down Jane street

India, June 15 -- Everyone has comfort films or comfort books that bring them joy. I have a set of comfort books or, perhaps more accurately, a comfort author. She wrote only six major novels in her l... Read More


A stroll down Jane street: Poonam Saxena on Austen as the ultimate comfort read

India, June 14 -- Everyone has a few comfort films or comfort books that bring them special joy. I have a set of comfort books or, perhaps more accurately, a comfort author. She wrote only six major ... Read More


How does it all go so pear-shaped?

India, May 18 -- There is a short story about a man and his mother that has stayed with me for almost eight years, ever since I first read it. The story is Bagugoshe (Hindi for Pears) by Swadesh Deepa... Read More


How does it all go so pear-shaped?: Poonam Saxena writes on bonds with mothers

India, May 17 -- There is a short story about a man and his mother that has stayed with me for almost eight years, ever since I first read it. The story is Bagugoshe (Hindi for Pears) by Swadesh Deep... Read More


Read herrings: Poonam Saxena celebrates Hindi crime writer Surendra Mohan Pathak, at 85

India, April 19 -- In 1977, the Hindi crime writer Surendra Mohan Pathak published Paisath Lakh Ki Dakaiti (The 65 Lakh Heist), a nail-biting novel about a daring bank robbery. Though he had written ... Read More