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Bombay Talkies

  • ‘Saraswati Devi, who?’ Only one of India’s pioneering film music composers

    ‘Saraswati Devi, who?’ Only one of India’s pioneering film music composers

    Nirupama Kotru
    · Mar 10, 2024 · 08:45 am
  • Behind a new Josef Wirsching photography tribute: ‘The vision to recognise historical value’

    Behind a new Josef Wirsching photography tribute: ‘The vision to recognise historical value’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Mar 02, 2024 · 07:30 am
  • Listen: The songs of Saraswati Devi, India’s first woman music director

    Listen: The songs of Saraswati Devi, India’s first woman music director

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Feb 25, 2023 · 07:30 am
  • Boss of Bombay Talkies: How Devika Rani fought innuendo and personal tragedy to get back on her feet

    Boss of Bombay Talkies: How Devika Rani fought innuendo and personal tragedy to get back on her feet

    Kishwar Desai
    · Dec 31, 2020 · 10:30 am
  • German born and made in India: The story of Josef Wirsching, who shot many Hindi film classics

    German born and made in India: The story of Josef Wirsching, who shot many Hindi film classics

    Damini Kulkarni
    · Dec 04, 2017 · 08:15 am
  • In photos: Before movie trailers, Indian producers used song booklets to publicise films

    In photos: Before movie trailers, Indian producers used song booklets to publicise films

    Karan Bali
    · Nov 11, 2014 · 06:30 am