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Vintage magazine photos
Here’s one for my friend Carla! Another one for me! And this is just gorgeous: All scanned from Picturpost magazine dated October 1976.
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Heeralal Pannalal (1977)
Five seconds into the film (just after the censor’s certificate) this notice appears: Hilarious! I absolutely adore the sarcastic, essentially unrepentant tone of it, and apparently it worked just fine...
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Raampur Ka Lakshman (1972)
My latest Manmohan Desai kick (triggered by the insanity of Mard) continues with this film, and it’s oodles of fun too although not nearly as unpredictable. I didn’t even mind the innocent rustic Raj...
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The Best of Stardust 1978
In October 1971 the first issue of Stardust magazine was published and a new era of film journalism began: it was snarkier, more gossipy, more intrusive, and a smash hit with readers. Seven years on, a...
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Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981)
When I look back at pictures of my younger, prettier and thinner self and then look in the mirror at the me of today, I feel the way this film would probably feel if it could look back at Hum Kisise...
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Mini-review: Jaane Jaan (1983)
Memsaab: “But…but…Ranjeet and Bindu get married! And play good guys! How can that possibly be bad?!” Shalini (patiently): “Why is it bad? Let’s see: for the first half of the movie Neetu plays a rich...
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Chacha Bhatija (1977)
Regular readers here know that by and large I adore Manmohan Desai and his films and can mostly forgive him for anything except Ganga Jamuna Saraswati. It has long been my great sorrow that two of his...
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Mini-review: Ponga Pandit (1975)
There is really only one compelling reason to watch Ponga Pandit: the costume designer (credited as Manorama Ralhan, who—judging from her other film assignments—I would guess was married to OP Ralhan)....
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