The film Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) is a heart-warming tale of the father and son who search all through the city of Rome for the stolen bicycle which is the only means to ensure their livelihood. Ray started his career as a commercial artist and he got inspired into independent film making after meeting…
Taak is the Bengali word for bald. During the shooting of Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) by Satyajit Ray, three bald actors Santosh Dutta, Ajoy Banerjee and Kamu Mukherjee used to share rooms at hotels. They were referred to as the ‘Taak Trio’.
In Tanu Weds Manu, the credit titles were read out by Ameen Sayani through a radio programme. Ameen Sayani was known for his inimitable voice. The movie started with a radio announcement, along with the process of changing of radio channels. It settled at the airing of the advertisement of Vicco Turmeric Ayurvedic Cream and…
Two members of the Cricket World Cup 1983 winning team had acted in the film, Kabhi Ajnabi The, Sandip Patil as the hero and Syed Kirmani as the villain.
K. Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam, premiered in April 2006 in Lahore broke the five-decade long ban on screening of Indian films in Pakistan. The movie is based on the doomed love story of the Mughal prince Salim (Jahangir) and Anarkali, a slave girl in the palace.
Moti, the ubiquitous black Labrador of Bollywood, was literally the hero of the film Teri Meherbaniyan as he did matchmaking, shed abundant tears, performed the last rites of his master (Jackie Shroff) and took revenge. Moti single-handedly cared for an infant in Maa when the baby’s mother passed away. Moti has been the part of…
