FRAMING MOVIES Take Eleven: Swades (2004)
Set in modern India, Swades (Our country) is a film that tackles the issues facing the citizens of this nation…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Ten: Mother India (1957)
Who would have known that forty-four years after Raja Harishchandra (1913), India would be subjected to one of the most…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Nine: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001)
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is a film about loving your parents. Yashvardhan Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) is a wealthy businessman who…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Eight: Pyaasa (1957)
There was a time when I was a teenager that I would watch Guru Dutt’s masterpiece Pyaasa every afternoon. Each…
Pehla Nasha Pehla Pyaar
Memory lane has a special place for our firsts. Each of them represents an age, an era and an experience.…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Seven: Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
The year was 2001 and we were treated to not one but two amazing Aamir Khan starrers. Both of them…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Six: Mughal-E-Azam (1960)
It would be wrong of us to celebrate one hundred years of Indian Cinema if we did not acknowledge one…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Five: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
The next film we shine the spotlight on in our Framing Movies series is a film that many, many, many…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Four: Mr and Mrs 55 (1955)
Guru Dutt is largely famous for making films that are of a melancholic nature. However, one of his greatest works…
FRAMING MOVIES Take Three: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam begins as a love story between Sameer (Salman Khan) and Nandini (Aishwariya Rai Bachan). Sameer…
