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Amitabh Bachchan's first ever scehe from Saat Hindustani
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryOctober 11, 2015 0

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 career of Amitabh Bachchan, arguably the most watched Indian…Continue Reading →

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Chamko – Fixes all spots

A topical in context of the ongoing IPL spot fixing brouhaha. This is from one of the most fondly remembered…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0May 21, 2013
Cinema century: 3 May, 1913 - Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession
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Cinema century: May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession

(This is an edited version of a post first published on April 21, 2012, that was also cross-posted on my…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2May 3, 2013
Sultry Amitabh Bachchan-Smita Patil poster makes 'Shakti' (1982) look like a skin flick
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 28, 2013 0

Sultry Amitabh Bachchan-Smita Patil poster makes ‘Shakti’ (1982) look like a skin flick

Ramesh Sippy’s Shakti (1982) isn’t as much about the Amitabh Bachchan and Smita Patil on-screen romance, as the on-screen histrionics of the Big B and and the Big D –…Continue Reading →

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 139-second long Bollywood debut in Sarfarosh (1999)
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s 139-second long Bollywood debut in Sarfarosh (1999)

Mereko kuch nahi pata, mein to kal hi mulk se aaya. Bol na be ~ Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s first lines in…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0March 20, 2013
Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra (1933) on India Public Domain Movie Project (Also in 3D)
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Raja Harishchandra (1913) on India Public Domain Movie Project (and in 3D)

In India, cinema isn’t just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2April 21, 2012
Videos Soumyadip ChoudhuryMarch 1, 2012 1

The India Public Domain Movie Project premieres with Kismet (1943)

Ever since I first understood the concept of public domain, this project of getting Indian films which out of copyright into a single place has been a recurring desire. But…Continue Reading →

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Watch: Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (and a Lux ad)

A 1973 31-minute documentary from Merchant Ivory Productions, directed and narrated by Anthony Korner on Bollywood greatest ‘item girl’ ever.…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 21, 2011
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So Munni’s Zandu Balm wasn’t an in-film placement

Update: I think I need to eat my words. From what it now appears, to me, that it was indeed…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2September 18, 2010
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryMarch 31, 2010 5

Toffees for change? Take this sandal instead

My wife, Varsha, gets peeved whenever the attendant at the cash counter offers toffees instead of change. She refuses to accept the toffee-currency and has even offered to pay them…Continue Reading →

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Blip.tv has deleted my account because I apparently violated their terms of service. I assume that it has something to…

Soumyadip Choudhury 6September 18, 2009
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Falling in love with Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Three women, three kisses, three heartbreaks, a couple of apologies that’s Bachna Ae Haseeno (BAH). But this post isn’t about…

Soumyadip Choudhury 9August 18, 2008
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