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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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