'India's Glamour Girl' Devika Rani in Palmolive Soap ad from 1938
Devika Rani appeared in a Palmolive soap advertisement, much before Leela Chitnis' famous ad for Lux in 1941.Continue Reading →
Zoya Akhtar's The Archies and the memories of M from Mawprem
Watching a new generation of Bollywood kids making their debut in this Netflix film, I couldn't help but think of…
PNB Scam: Kitnay aadmi thay?
Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.
The Deewaar of Aadhaar
The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)Continue Reading →
Moon Moon Sen in Cinthol toilet powder ad from 1986
Moon Moon Sen, to me, is more of a model than an actress. I recall seeing her more in print…
2016 in unofficial Google doodles
There are some doodles that Google didn’t (or wouldn’t) doodle. The Chaiwallah prides himself as an unofficial Google doodler. I…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – the unofficial Google doodle
I was in school when she first mesmerised us all with those emerald eyes and over two decades later, those eyes still have the same enthralling effect. On Aishwarya Rai…Continue Reading →
Watch: Amitabh Bachchan’s first ever scene on the silver screen
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Saat Hindustani might not be the most watched of Indian films, but it marked the beginning of…
The Bollywood periodic table
London-based designer Johnny Joannou has a thing for the periodic table. His long series of designs based on the chemisty…
Coming soon: The post-Piku t-shirts (and panjabis) 😉
You might have read the reviews, or better still, watched the ‘motion picture’. Shoojit Sircar’s Piku brings out the poop (or rather the lack of it) obsession from the Bangali…Continue Reading →
Evolution of audio players through ‘PK’ posters
Yet another Cutting the Chai image that got massively shared online. While the parody poster of Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film…
Akshay Kumar’s first modelling assignment
Before becoming an actor, Akshay Kumar did only one modelling assignment and it was for a gym called Perfect 10.…
