Digital Cahier6 days ago6 minKhalid Mohamed rewinds to the undervalued lyricist of the people, the late Anand Bakshiratings-display.rating-aria-label(2)Anand Bakshi At the outset, a quick run-through the facts: Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid was born in Rawalpindi now in Punjab, to a Brahmin...
Digital CahierApr 65 minKhalid Mohamed revisits the takes on the chequered life and no-holds-barred power of J. Jayalalithaa, late Chief Minister of Tamil Naduratings-display.rating-aria-label(1)J.Jayalalithaa Never too late perhaps. I’d been avoiding the series with the longest barge-pole. On a fallow day, lately, I started on it...
Digital CahierMar 237 minKhalid Mohamed flashbacks to actor-director-producer-writer-lyricist Manoj Kumar, the original Mr BharatManoj Kumar as Bhagat Singh in Shaheed (1965) Either you were apprehensive about the lavish productions which he wrote, edited and...
Digital CahierMar 166 minKhalid Mohamed rewinds to the days of laughter with the King of Comedy, MehmoodThe last image I have stored of Mehmood is that of an ailing, helpless septuagenarian, in a baggy white kurta and brown cashmere shawl,...