Roshmila Bhattacharya
Indiatimes
Mumbai, MH, India
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From Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan to Irrfan-matinee men, who despite a few trangressions, managed to redeem themselves in the eyes of the audience and remain among our much-loved heroes
It is often said that Bollywood works to a formula. → Read More
When playing a baddie did them good
India News: From Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, SRK to Aamir and Irrfan - matinee men, who despite a few transgressions, managed to redeem themselves in the eyes → Read More
This Week, That Year: Mera Naam Joker completes 50 years and the show goes on…
Raj Kapoor had booked the Udagamandalam railway station in Ooty, part of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a World Heritage Site, for his four-hour cult classic Mera Naam Joker. → Read More
This Week, That Year: How a Disco Dancer wooed India and won the world
Almost four decades ago, director B Subhash while trying to boost the confidence of his hero, Mithun Chakraborty, who had hit a professional low, assured him that he would make a film titled Disco Dancer which would make him an overnight superstar. → Read More
This Week, That Year: Remembering Gandhi with 'Kasturba' Rohini Hattangadi
On November 30, 1982, Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi was unveiled in India, and even after 38 years, Ben Kingsley’s Oscarwinning performance in the titular role → Read More
Saif Ali Khan: I’m having too much fun as an actor now
Exults Saif Ali Khan as he takes on exciting challenges professionally, and personally, prepares for a new addition to the family. → Read More
This Week, That Year: Bappi Lahiri-This gold is not old
On Friday, Bappi Lahiri turned 68. The celebrations were muted this year because of the ongoing pandemic, but India’s Golden Man remembers a birthday bash from 1992, his last with his mother Bansari before she passed away. → Read More
This Week, That Year: When Akshay Kumar lost Phool Aur Kaante to Ajay Devgn and it pipped Lamhe at the box-office
After assisting producerdirector-actor Raj Kapoor for 11 years and working as second unit director to Rahul Rawail, his senior in the RK camp → Read More
This Week, That Year: Dharmesh Darshan on 24 years of Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor’s Raja Hindustani
Twenty-four years ago, Dharmesh Darshan wove a love story around a cab driver from Palankhet—an orphan who goes by the name of Raja Hindustani, having found his → Read More
On Tabu's birthday, Madhur Bhandarkar remembers their National Award-winning film Chandni Bar
Madhur Bhandarkar had Tabu in mind when scripting Chandni Bar with his writers and once it was locked, told his producer R Mohan that she was the right actress to play the protagonist Mumtaz. → Read More
Saif Ali Khan is happy to have the Pataudi palace back in the family; enjoys watching Taimur feed squirrels biscuits there
Saif Ali Khan has just returned to Mumbai after a month-long stay in Pataudi, the longest he’s spent there in years. “I wish I could have stayed longer. → Read More
Ananth Mahadevan on real-life story behind his Marathi film Bittersweet: Young women forced to undergo hysterectomy
Ananth Mahadevan’s true-life Marathi film, headed to Busan film fest, exposes dark underbelly of Maharashtra’s richest industry. → Read More
This Week, That Year: Juhi Chawla remembers ‘King of Romance’ Yash Chopra
Their first collaboration was Chandni, a guest appearance, and Juhi Chawla, who was riding high on the success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, was both excited and nervous to be working with her idol Sridevi. → Read More
Shabana Azmi: The Hindi film industry is a sitting duck; it is easy to hurl malevolent accusations
Shabana Azmi lashes out at the vicious Bollywood baiting, insists that instead of focusing on mental health, sensationalism is at play, explains why film personalities have remained silent and why she chose to return to work in the midst of a pandemic → Read More
This week, that year: Simply unforgettable Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Had he still been around, Hrishikesh Mukherjee would have turned 98 on Wednesday, September 30. → Read More
This week, that year: The sound of music with Dev Anand uncle
Padmini Kolhapure was just nine when she made her debut in Dev Anand’s Ishk Ishk Ishk. The 1974 romantic drama featured the evergreen actor in the lead opposite Zeenat Aman. → Read More
This Week That Year: How Salman Khan made a ‘commitment’ for a lifetime with Boney Kapoor's Wanted
Salman (Khan) was keen to work with Prabhudheva and we were developing a script with him in a triple role of a dude father, his son who’s an introvert and Salma → Read More
This Week That Year: Ram Gopal Varma on Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar and Jackie Shroff's Rangeela
A quarter of a century ago, Ram Gopal Varma spun a love story around Munna, who earns his living blackmarketing movie tickets, Mili, an aspiring actress who alo → Read More
This Week That Year: Sadhana and the changing seasons of love
It’s hard to forget Sadhana in Arzoo, a vision in white, against the backdrop of Chinar trees, their reddish-brown leaves carpeting the ground below, as she sighs about lost love, “Bedardi Balma Tujhko Mera Mann Yaad Karta Hai, Barasta Hai Jo Aankhon Se Woh Sawan Yaad Karta Hai”. → Read More
This week, that year: Abhishek Kapoor remembers his National Award winning film, Rock On!!
December 15, 2006, brought Abhishek Kapoor much relief because the sports drama he had been struggling with, Aryan: Unbreakable, finally released on this day. → Read More