Why Kulbhushan Kharbanda was sacked
In 1974 Kulbhushan Kharbanda was sacked from his job for playing the lead role in Vijay Tendulkar’s play ‘Sakharam Binder’. The MD of the company Kharbanda worked for, watched the…Continue Reading →
India Public Domain Movie Project in the Sunday Mid Day
The recently launched India Public Domain Movie Project is getting some much needed publicity. Today’s Sunday Mid Day has a…
Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th hundred unofficial Google doodle
Another big event that won’t find a Google doodle. For Sachin and cricket fans from around the world, here’s an…
Ad from 1979: Look, that’s Rekha with a Lakme face
Apart from a few Lakme ads an the Lux ads, that is almost mandatory for any Bollywood actress of note to feature in, I haven’t seen the enigmatic Rekha in…Continue Reading →
Salman Khan in his 20s in a 1980s ad for Hero Honda CD100
The Salman Khan in this advertisement for Hero Honda CD100 is about 25 years younger than the superstar Salman of…
10 wonderful uses of Google Docs Viewer
One of my favourite online tools is Google Docs viewer (docs.google.com/viewer), the VLC Player equivalent for viewing, embedding and sharing…
Women’s Day Google doodle: The sexist and feminist editions
I know there has been an overdose of unofficial Google doodles here, but I couldn’t just resist the temptation. I have written about the International Women’s Day Google doodle and…Continue Reading →
No Holi doodle on Google home page? Worry not, here it is
Were you a little disappointed to discover that the colourful doodle on the Google home page today was not for…
If Google doodled the Samajwadi Party victory in Uttar Pradesh
I had written about my love for Google doodles in a previous post. I also have a thing for logos…
Mithun ‘Gunmaster G-9’ Chakraborty and Kitu ‘Svetlana’ Gidwani together in an ad
Very few actresses can the match the measure of elegance and sensuality that Kitu Gidwani has. I do not recall much of Trishna or Air hostess, that aired on Doordarshan…Continue Reading →
Demystified: ‘Your cell phone has a name’ Facebook hack that’s gone viral
(Cross-posted from a note on Cutting the Chai’s Facebook page) Your Cell Phone has a name! Take the last three…
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…
