Sholay turned 50 today, and it’s a huge milestone for this iconic Indian film! Directed by Ramesh Sippy, the movie starring Amitabh Bachchan (Jai) and Dharmendra (Veeru) has become a cultural ...
The mythological, being unique to Indian cinema, is also its founding genre. Starting with Dadasaheb Phalke’s 50-minute silent movie Raja Harishchandra (1913), mythologicals dominated the silver ...
According to a report on Hindustan Times, the viewers believed that Anita Guha, who played the role of Santoshi Maa, was a real-life goddess. Coins and flowers were thrown at the screen as a sign of ...
'Jai Santoshi Ma': Also marking its 40th anniversary with ‘Sholay’ is the mother of all movies Revisiting Vijay Sharma’s devotional ‘Jai Santoshi Ma’, one of the year’s biggest hits alongside 'Sholay' ...
Back in 1975, Jai Santoshi Maa, a Hindu mythological film, was a roaring hit, smashing all box office records. It gave Usha Mangeshkar, otherwise better known as Lata Mangeshkar's underachieving ...