There is not much doubt that Rajesh Khanna was the first superstar to emerge in Bollywood. From the late 1960s to the mid ...

In those days my access to Bengali cinema was restricted to the Sunday afternoon slots on Doordarshan for what was known as ‘regional films’. So here I was in the dark theatre on Saturday evening ...

Uttam Kumar. The collection, showcasing the illustrious career of the ‘Mahanayak' (great hero), offered a glimpse into the golden era of Bengali cinema. Curator Indranil Chowdhuri assembled an ...

he cast Bengali icon Uttam Kumar, both as a version of himself and a composite of matinee idols past and present. Who else but Uttam Kumar, then at the peak of his career, to play a movie star at ...