After 21 years of watching lots and lots of Indian films, my life is still tragically underpopulated by Indian secret agent movies. Fortunately, there is at least one reliable purveyor: director Ravikant Nagaich, whom we haven’t seen around on the Gutter for ages (shame on me!). After debuting […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the mighty Dharmendra! “This episode is straight out of the pind! Yes, it is time to appreciate the very garam Dharam! We discuss Dharmendra’s long and prolific career, his versatility, his […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins present another episode of “Bollywood for Beginners” with Sholay (1975) and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)! “Welcome to the second episode of our Bollywood for Beginners series. We take you back in time […]
The fact that I have to start a discussion of Shalimar (1978) by specifying that this is the English-language version of the film, which is only 60% as long as the Hindi and therefore almost automatically makes less sense than the fuller work, tells you that we are […]
If you pay any attention at all to popular Hindi cinema, then probably you will have heard of Sholay, often considered the best-loved Hindi movie of all time.* There is huge respect and affection for this film—for its cast, director, music, and script. Sometimes omitted from discussions of […]
On Twitter, @samjawed65 has shared letters and autographed photographs from Indian film stars in the 1950s and 1960s that her aunt solicited and kept in a photo album. Look at them all together here and/or read the Twitter thread, which includes translations of the 1962 letter in Urdu […]
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