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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicHindi cinema

Topic: Hindi cinema

Devi to Kashmir ki Kali to Censor Board: Sharmila Tagore is not just Taimur’s grandmom

Sharmila Tagore, who turned 74 on 8 December, has been a trailblazer of her field, and the bikini has nothing to do with it.

Zeenat Aman, diva who dared Bollywood conventions on screen but believed in them off it

A movie star in the 1970s, Zeenat Aman introduced Bollywood viewers to a novel Western sensibility with her unconventional personality.

Remembering Guru Dutt, the genius filmmaker

The journey of the actor-filmmaker was full of challenges even as he made several classics, including Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool.

Short sentences, easy rhymes and simple words made poet Neeraj immortal

Some of Neeraj's best and most popular songs were actually the well-known poems that he adapted for movies.

Dhadak review: Bollywood still can’t take caste head on

The caste marker, particularly the Dalit identity, is still too loaded a theme for filmmakers in Mumbai.

Poet Neeraj said his ‘fattest royalty cheques’ came from Dev Anand songs

Gopaldas Neeraj passed away Thursday. This excerpt from 'S.D. Burman: The Prince Musician', tells how Neeraj wrote 'Rangeela Re' for Dev Anand's Prem Pujari.

Bollywood’s Royals: Brave heroes on screen, spineless zeroes off it

Hindi cinema is the richest, starriest business in our popular culture. Why is it also the most pusillanimous,going with the wind?

Deeply in love with life — and himself

We all know the adjectives that will be repeated often as tributes pour in for Dev Anand: evergreen, ageless, romantic, debonair and so on....

On Camera

Is Bangladesh ready for ‘developed country’ status? It’s all optics for Sheikh Hasina

The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

India and Indonesia inch closer to BrahMos deal, defence ties to ramp up

Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.