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Sunil Dutt sold 7 cars to make Reshma Aur Shera. It’s an Indian Romeo & Juliet story

Triya Gulati - July 27, 2025

With Aavishkar, Basu Bhattacharya turned his troubled marriage into a masterpiece

Hariyali Aur Rasta was a romantic drama that questioned arranged marriages

Feroze Khan’s Dharmatma released the same year as Sholay and Deewar. It still stood out

Mujhe Jeene Do: When Sunil Dutt shattered inter-faith marriage taboo while playing a dacoit

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 26, 2019

Written by Sunil Dutt’s closest friend, Aghajani Kashmeri, the script of this 1963 film isn’t black and white, even if the picture was.

Mrinal Sen’s Padatik, about dispirited Communists in 1970s Calcutta, is a tale of our times

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 19, 2019

Padatik is last in Mrinal Sen’s Calcutta trilogy, in which Communists are risking their lives for a cause that forever seems out of reach.

Barjatya film and feminist? Meena Kumari’s 1962 film ‘Aarti’ made it possible

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 12, 2019

Rajshri Productions’ hit film Aarti showed an audacious woman who wouldn’t back down from life's challenges.

BR Chopra’s Naya Daur is still relevant for an India fighting age-old labour problems

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 5, 2019

Naya Daur remains a classic for it captured the lower income groups’ sentiment in the 1950s — not totally anti-machine, but wary enough.

Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’ asked difficult political questions & is an election must-watch

Madhavi Pothukuchi - April 28, 2019

Ray’s 1977 classic, made during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, is a story of a cunning political checkmate.

Lalita Pawar, Hindi cinema’s favourite vamp, played a memorable positive role in Anand

Madhavi Pothukuchi - April 21, 2019

In Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand, which also stars Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, Lalita Pawar plays a caring hospital matron.

Devdas: The tragic hero act that made KL Saigal a household name

Sharanya Munsi - April 14, 2019

On actor-singer KL Saigal's 115th birth anniversary, a look at PC Barua's iconic 1935 film that first put tragedy in Indian cinema’s romance.

Kissa Kursee Ka: A parody that sent Sanjay Gandhi to jail and laid bare Indian politics

Sharanya Munsi - April 7, 2019

Directed by Congress and Janata Party MP Amrit Nahata, Kissa Kursee Ka was made during the Emergency, and irked the Gandhi clan like nothing else.

Roti Kapda Aur Makaan: A film as relevant in Indira Gandhi’s time as it is in Modi era

Sharanya Munsi - March 31, 2019

As BJP and Congress promise election freebies and jobs, Manoj Kumar’s Roti Kapda Aur Makaan still rings uncannily true.

In Kati Patang, director Shakti Samanta created magic with Rajesh Khanna & R.D. Burman’s music

Sharanya Munsi - March 24, 2019

The film gave us evergreen hits like Yeh Shaam Mastani and Pyar Diwana Hota Hai featuring superstar Rajesh Khanna.

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Reel Take

Sunil Dutt sold 7 cars to make Reshma Aur Shera. It’s an Indian Romeo & Juliet story

With Aavishkar, Basu Bhattacharya turned his troubled marriage into a masterpiece

Hariyali Aur Rasta was a romantic drama that questioned arranged marriages

Feroze Khan’s Dharmatma released the same year as Sholay and Deewar. It still stood out

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