When the bhajan ‘Om Jai Jagdish Hare’ inspired a Pakistani love song

‘Phirni Aan Main Labdi’, from the 1957 movie ‘Nooran’, features Pakistani singing sensation Noor Jehan.

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· May 07, 2017 · 12:00 pm

The ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ that was never made, starring Nargis

If K Asif had made ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ as originally planned, what would it have been like?

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· Apr 16, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Films that are 50: A mad scientist, a vampire and willing victims in cross-border hit ‘Zinda Laash’

The baggy adaptation of the Dracula legend proved to be a neat box office fit in Pakistan in 1967.

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· Feb 26, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Films that are 50: ‘Jewel Thief’ is a beautifully crafted gem

Vijay Anand’s 1967 movie, starring Dev Anand and Vyjayanthimala, is one of the finest thrillers in mainstream Hindi cinema.

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· Jan 02, 2017 · 01:30 pm

The debt that Indian cinema owes to Wilkie Collins and his ‘The Woman in White’

From ‘Raaz’ to ‘Humraz’, the British novel has directly or indirectly inspired several films made in the subcontinent.

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· Nov 20, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Lata Mangeshkar, nightingale of India and occasional music composer

The acclaimed singer created the scores for four Marathi films in the 1960s under the name Anandghan.

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· Sep 28, 2016 · 10:00 am

The making of MS Subbulakshmi’s ‘Meera’, her final and finest film

Directed by Ellis R Dungan, the biopic of the 16th century saint was a huge success both in Tamil and the Hindi remake.

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· Sep 16, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Before ‘Mirzya’, Mirza and Sahiban have died over and over again for their love

Numerous versions of the legend exist, including productions in Punjabi on both sides of the border.

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· Sep 13, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Lost in remaking? A Bhimsingh’s films found new fans in Hindi but are better viewed in Tamil

The Hindi versions of his iconic ‘Kallathur Kannamma’ and ‘Pasamalar’ are not as effective as the original.

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· Aug 28, 2016 · 03:00 pm

‘Kartar Singh’, a Punjabi film about the Partition from the other side of the border

The 1959 production is an even-handed examination of the horrors that accompanied the division of India and the creation of Pakistan.

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· Aug 15, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Akshay Kumar’s ‘Rustom’ is only the latest movie to be inspired by the 1959 Nanavati case

Before ‘Rustom’, ‘Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke’ and ‘Achanak’ had brought to the screen KM Nanavati’s murder of his wife’s lover.

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· Jul 02, 2016 · 01:30 pm

The ‘Deep Jele Jai’ versus ‘Khamoshi’ non-debate: the Bengali original beats the Hindi remake

Asit Sen’s reworking of his Bengali hit fails to capture the incandescence of the original.

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· Jun 25, 2016 · 01:30 pm