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Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai: When Dev-Asha made the audience go Uff Yumma!

Speckled in song, dance and romance, Nasir Hussain’s feel-good, frothy creations are a breeze to sit through. It’s a formula the filmmaker never strayed from and which soon became his identity. Where many would develop a bloated head over the … Continue reading

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Half Ticket: Kishore Kumar’s return ticket to childhood!

Often one longs for those carefree days of childhood when throwing a tantrum didn’t cause ill will and getting away with mischief was an assumed privilege. The inimitable Kishore Kumar takes this unique opportunity to wind back in time and … Continue reading

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Rediscovering the merits of Dev Anand’s slick, stylish Johny Mera Naam!

Going through the best of Vijay Anand offers unfailing gratification. His filmmaking is a wealth of style, storytelling and treatment that seldom limits itself to the boundaries of commercial cinema but breaks, bends and reconstructs it in ways no one … Continue reading

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