Hindi cinema Archives - Different Truths

August 1, 2020
Ritesh Misra
Cinema, Guest Blog, Tribute

Fondly Remembering Mahanayak Uttam Kumar

Ritesh MisraRitesh Misra is from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He has studied in Delhi University and is an IRS Officer who is currently posted as Commissioner Income Tax Surat. His hobbies...

June 8, 2020
Suchismita Ghoshal
Cinema, People, Relationship & Lifestyle

Light, Camera, Action: Impact of Bollywood on the Youth

Suchismita GhoshalSuchismita Ghoshal from West Bengal, India is a professional writer, poet, published author, storyteller, content writer, book critic and columnist. She has co-authored for more than 140 anthologies,...

May 4, 2020
Noveena Chakravorty
Cinema, Cover Story, Obituary, Tribute

Stars Die but Art Lives on: A Tribute to Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor

Noveena ChakravortyNoveena has diverse experience in the media. Teaching for the last decade, she has made several shot films, ‘Rangrez Banaras’, ‘Paridhan’, etc. She worked with Public Relation Society...

January 24, 2018
Mariyam Zafar
Cinema

Revisiting Rafoo Chakkar: Villainy, Crossdressing, and Chuckles Enliven the Comedy

At a time when men – Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) – dressing up as women wasn’t a comedy norm, the mere transformation of both the actors is hilarious. Not...

August 20, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema, Music

Mohammad Rafi: Effortless Rendition, his was the Voice of God

Samina profiles Mohammad Rafi, the versatile singer, who won the hearts of one and all with his soulful rendition. Read more in the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths....

August 6, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Cinema

Sahir Ludhianvi: A Soulful Love Poet, Failed in Love and Died, a Bachelor, Forlorn!

Sahir Ludhianvi’s divorced mother remained a great influence on him. Some even say he suffered an Oedipus complex. An interesting and intriguing, passionate and sensitive aspect of his has...

June 25, 2017
Smriti Maheshwari
Cinema

Karishma and Arjun Struggled to Carve a Place for themselves in Bollywood

Karishma Kapoor, a girl-child of the renowned Prithvi Kapoor family broke the family traditions, where women of the family do not act. She had drop school and become an...