Rembrandt, Crowdfunding, Film Heritage & Manthan by Sharad Raj
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Digital Cahier
May 267 min
"Phas Gaya Sisyphus & the auteur from Mangalore by Ramchandra PN
Saumesh Bangera Saumesh Bangera’s cinema is a perfect manifestation of the phenomenon of democratisation of filmmaking since it got...
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Digital Cahier
May 255 min
The era of long playing records & Hindi film music: Khalid Mohamed remembers his all time favorites!
Technology rules. Consequently, die-hard collectors of Bollywood music soundtracks are in a fix. That thrill of rushing to the closest...
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Digital Cahier
May 46 min
Rewind to the maverick producer, Suresh Jindal, who was proudest of his collaboration on Shatranj Ke Khiladi, by Khalid Mohamed
Suresh Jindal ‘Hirsute’ is the description Sai Paranjpye and I had coined for him. With his abundant salt-and-pepper hair always brushed,...
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Digital Cahier
Apr 288 min
Towards the non-bourgeoise tales from screen and stage:Amar Singh Chamkila and Lavani ke Rang by Sharad Raj
The two are completely different, the songs of Amar Singh Chamkila of Punjab and Lavani of Maharashtra. While Chamkila was a pop singer...
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Digital Cahier
Apr 136 min
Khalid Mohamed rewinds to the undervalued lyricist of the people, the late Anand Bakshi
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...
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Digital Cahier
Apr 65 min
Khalid Mohamed revisits the takes on the chequered life and no-holds-barred power of J. Jayalalithaa, late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
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...
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Digital Cahier
Mar 237 min
Khalid Mohamed flashbacks to actor-director-producer-writer-lyricist Manoj Kumar, the original Mr Bharat
Manoj Kumar as Bhagat Singh in Shaheed (1965) Either you were apprehensive about the lavish productions which he wrote, edited and...
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Digital Cahier
Mar 166 min
Khalid Mohamed rewinds to the days of laughter with the King of Comedy, Mehmood
The last image I have stored of Mehmood is that of an ailing, helpless septuagenarian, in a baggy white kurta and brown cashmere shawl,...
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Digital Cahier
Mar 95 min
Khalid Mohamed focuses on the lamentably ignored directors Satyen Bose, Asit Sen and Dulal Guha.
It’s an eternal mystery. So many stalwart directors who contributed immeasurably in the last millennium to Mumbai-produced cinema have...
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Digital Cahier
Mar 26 min
Khalid Mohamed revisits ChetanAnand’s poetic ode to the Heer Ranjha love story (1970)
Raaj Kumar & Priya Rajvansh in Heer Ranjha (1970) While tracking down Hindi cinema's golden oldies - through whichever source accessible...
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Digital Cahier
Feb 2413 min
Khalid Mohamed recapitulates a conversation with Mani Ratnam about his early oeuvre, topped by Roja.
On seeing a bunch of Mani Ratnam’s early films, variously in Tamil and Telugu -- Mouna Ragam (1986), Nayakan(1987), Geethanjali (1989)...
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Digital Cahier
Feb 177 min
What is wrong with our Bollywood bhasha today?..asks Khalid Mohamed
Sridevi & Rajeev Ravindranathan in English Vinglish(2012) Ostensibly, Mumbai-produced cinema makes films in Hindustani, a blend of Hindi...
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Digital Cahier
Feb 127 min
His was such a glorious journey, Khalid Mohamed’s flashback to Sangeet Samrat Naushad Ali.
Naushad Tall, lithe, spotlessly dressed – black sherwanis suited him the most. Naushad Ali was so at home conjuring tunes on a piano that...
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Digital Cahier
Feb 513 min
Khalid Mohamed cuts back to a conversation with Yash Chopra, the monarch of romancing the movies.
Yash Chopra Imagine, Yash Chopra, his wife Pam, trusty cinematographer Manmohan Sigh and I in a helicopter, hovering over a fairy...
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Digital Cahier
Jan 297 min
Khalid Mohamed rewinds to his magnificent obsession, the glittering fantasy Hatim Tai
Undeniably, we romanticize the movies we were weaned on during our childhood, exaggerating the precious memories tattooed on our hearts...
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Digital Cahier
Jan 225 min
Khalid Mohamed recalls the golden era when Vyjayanthimala was queen of all she surveyed.
Grandma Fayazi, my educator in movie matters, had a thing about Vyjayanthimala. So one January afternoon, she’d bundled me up in a...
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Digital Cahier
Dec 11, 20236 min
Animal,The Archies,social media & dumbing down of our times by Sharad Raj
Social media despite the clampdowns is a relatively democratic space where one can express oneself about anything, right from what one...
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Digital Cahier
Dec 11, 20236 min
Khalid Mohamed narrates the heart-wrenching story of Bhagwan Dada, the dance sensation of Albela
Bhagwan Dada The fast-crumbling chawl in an emaciated by-lane was a brisk 10-minute walk away from Dadar station. I had been asked by...
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Digital Cahier
Dec 3, 20237 min
Khalid Mohamed re-evaluates B.R.Ishara’s game-changer 'Chetna'.
Chetna(1970) For sure, he had an USP. Sex, lies and the exploitation of women at different levels of the social strata were his preferred...
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