Veteran Actor

By Jyothi Venkatesh Had he been alive, today he would have turned 95. To commemorate Raj Kapoor’s birthday which falls on December 14, 1924, we reproduce this article by JYOTHI VENKATESH, we reproduce an interview with him, which appeared…

BY ALI PETER JOHN By the time I was thirteen years old, I knew more about Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Pran and even Dara Singh and Haji Mastan than I knew about the Pope, Nehru, Kennedy, Khruschev and Hitler. I was born in an…

-Ali Peter John It all started just a sip, which grew into a few drops, then a glass and ultimately, like he told me once, “logo ne chammach se pee hogi,glassoo mein pee hogi,baltiyon se bhi pee hogi,lekin maine toh drumon (drums) ke…

Jyothi Venkatesh “I’D LOVE TO DIE WITH MY BOOTS ON” Yesterday December 3 was the death anniversary of the late of DEV ANAND and though a day late, we at bollyy.com pay our tribute to him by reproducing an interview by JYOTHI VENKATESH…

“I feel that the awards do not make any difference to either the actors or the films in our country unlike in the U.S where the Oscar can change the destiny of an actor ” Jyothi Venkatesh Today is the second death anniversary of Shashi…

BY ALI PETER JOHN There are scenes and scenes to be seen and experienced in life, which makes life interesting... I was wandering around the Ranjit Studios in Dadar (now defunct) where the superstar Rajesh Khanna was shooting with Jaya…

-Ali Peter John There was a general feeling in the industry that Dilip Kumar unofficially directed all these films. There were stories about him changing the entire scripts of films and even the dialogue and songs. I have seen in making…

 -Ali Peter John True love knows no laws,no rules or regulations, true love knows no highs or lows, true love refuses to respect caste,creed, community or even God. True love just happens and once it happens, no power can come in its way.…

By - Ali Peter John They called him Shashi baba, even whether they were big star, junior artists or dancers everyone loved him, like they never loved any other star. His smile they said could kill. According to a survey, he was ranked…

ALI PETER JOHN Those days, I think it was in the early eighties when every second Hindi film was being shot in Hyderabad or in some other places in Andhra Pradesh. Jeetendra was the ruling star and it was who decided who his co-stars would…