Reviews

5 Reasons Why HUM TV’s Parizaad Is A Class Apart!

Every now and then there comes a drama that is so different from its competition that it captures the hearts and...

By Omair Alavi

12 Shailendra Singh gems on his big day!

By Omair Alavi Like Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar, Shailendra Singh was the man with an original voice; you could have picked his voice without error. He started his career in the 70s and continued until the 80s after

By Omair Alavi

­A trip down memory lane

Many novels in the last 100 years have been adapted into films, TV dramas, and even theatre plays. However, Khadija Mastoor’s Aangan never did get an adaptation mainly because it was considered too bold for television an

By Omair Alavi

102 not out – Big B, Chintu reunite to deliver a classic

By Omair Alavi Ever felt eccentric and loving at the same time? Ever wondered how life would have been had a single incident happened in a different manner? Umesh Shukla’s 102 Not Out takes you on a journey where an old

By Omair Alavi

‘Project Ghazi’ takes film-making to another level

By: Omair Alavi Pakistan’s once-ailing film industry is now standing tall on its feet, especially after the release of Project Ghazi’s Trailer. The film starring Humayun Saeed and Sheheryar Munawwar is going to the first

By Omair Alavi

7 Songs to celebrate Saira Banu’s Birthday

By Omair Alavi Saira Banu was known for her beauty when she came onto the film scene in the early 60s. For the next 2 decades, she kept acting in films mostly along side her husband Dilip Kumar and established herself as

By Omair Alavi

Happy 65th Birthday Rishi Kapoor

By Omair Alavi One of the most iconic actors of the 70s and the 80s – Rishi Kapoor – turned 65 yesterday and with his birthday, we go back in time when he was the man on whom the most number of hits were filmed after Raj

By Omair Alavi

Happy Birthday Yash Chopra

By: Omair Alavi Yash Chopra’s name always appears in Bollywood’s category for Best Director, in Top 5 if not at the top. The maestro was one of the few people who tried every genre and excelled in all kinds of films be i

By Omair Alavi

Happy 35th Birthday Ranbir Kapoor

By: Omair Alavi The Kapoors are the first family of Bollywood; their history is as old as the Indian film industry and they have given the country many heartthrobs including Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor,

By Omair Alavi

Happy Birthday Hrishi-da!

By Omair Alavi Bollywood remains indebted to Hrishikesh Mukherjee, one of the most prolific filmmakers who directed over 40 films in as many years. He was the first Indian film editor to turn to film direction and worked

By Omair Alavi