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New films! 17 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
Two more updates on the Edu Productions page: another Pakistani Noor Jehan film called Neend (1959) and a Hindi film called Milan Ki Raat (1967) starring Sanjay Khan and Sharmila Tagore. There are lin...
Patay Khan now available! 15 Apr 2013 | 09:00 pm
A 1955 Pakistani Noor Jehan film called Patay Khan is now available for download from the Edu Productions page. Tom tells me that it’s a good ensemble film, with comedian Zarif as a real standout. Hop...
Two more Noor Jehan films… 19 Mar 2013 | 06:21 pm
Thank goodness for Tom, Muz, and Pacifist and the Edu Productions team! They have just made available two more Noor Jehan films, one a Pakistani film from 1959 called Koel; and 1947′s Mirza Sahiban st...
Edu Productions updates and more (but not much more) 7 Mar 2013 | 11:05 pm
Some of you have been agitating (ever so gently, though, and I don’t mind) about my silence over here. Luckily Tom and his army of subtitlers which now includes our much-loved regular Pacifist have no...
Guest post: Parshuram, a forgotten gem 24 Jan 2013 | 01:23 am
My friend and film encyclopedia Arunkumar Deshmukh contacted me a few days ago with the news that he had met family members of “yesteryears” actor and singer Parshuram. He was offering to write a gues...
Hibernation and a poll 8 Dec 2012 | 09:54 pm
I have always felt that bears have the right idea for winter and apparently this year I am joining them. I’ve been watching movies, but the writing part of my brain is AWOL. Hopefully I will be inspir...
Muqabla (1942) 11 Nov 2012 | 11:22 pm
Muqabla is basically Seeta Aur Geeta with Fearless Nadia as twin sisters Madhuri Aur Rani. Need I say more? Probably not, but I’ve never let lack of need stop me from doing anything. I will tell you, ...
Jhoota Kahin Ka (1979) 11 Oct 2012 | 03:28 am
Minutes pass… Finally! Mother Shanti (Indrani Mukherjee) and son Ajay survive the shipwreck together; father Rai Sahab and the son with a trident-shaped birthmark (Vijay) are separated from each other...
Katilon Ke Kaatil (1981) 30 Sep 2012 | 07:31 pm
Some of you I imagine will scratch your heads and say: “This is the dubious production she’s choosing to review after so long?” Many more of you will say: “Well of course it is.“ To all of you I have ...
Edu Production update 13 Sep 2012 | 11:49 pm
So. I know I have been missing here for a while; I have had to travel some for work and actually pay attention to the job that helps me keep body and soul together, where people don’t understand that ...