Remembering

CLEVELAND - Jim Brown was both extraordinary and extraordinarily complicated. One man. Many versions. His greatness on the football field is beyond reproach. For generations, Brown, who died…

It is deeply disturbing that Shiney Ahuja, who at one time was a sought-after actor, was completely boycotted after being accused of rape by his house help, although she later retracted her rape charge.Very few in the industry like Mahesh…

Statues of the three characters Swamy, Rajam, Mani of the serial Malgudi Days, at Arasalu, Shimoga in Karnataka. (Image: Shutterstock) Did you know that his full name is Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami? Kunjappa was his nickname…

LONG before boxing press conferences were overrun with hopeful young videographers of varying ability and experience, Eric Guy was the only person – aside from ITV employees and the like – who attended such events with a video camera. He…

In Barbet Schroeder’s controversial 1975 film Maîtresse, Ariane’s (Bulle Ogier’s) clothes perfectly represent her split life. Just as her flat is divided between a conventional upper level and a state-of-the-art dungeon where she conducts…

Pakistani-Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah passed away on Monday after a prolonged battle with Cancer at the age of 73."Lion of Punjab. Son of Hindustan. Lover of Canada. Speaker of truth. Fighter for justice. Voice of the down-trodden,…

As in so many of the origin-stories of great women designers, Quant had resorted to sewing up the sort of clothes she wanted to wear when she couldn’t find anything she liked herself. Bazaar was set up with her husband Alexander…

On April 8, 1994, Pahlaj Nihalani’s Andaz featuring Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Karisma Kapoor was released. Little did Nihalani or Kapoor know that one of the songs Khada Hai Khada Hai, filmed on Kapoor and Chawla showing him in a lungi…

After Satya Ram Gopal Varma was seen as the best thing to have happened to Hindi cinema since RD Burman. The industry was in awe. Ramu couldn't care less. To him, Satya was just another film that had acquired cult status."I worked harder on…

If you needed proof that not everything can be measured in numbers look no further than Salim Durani, the 88-year-old former India all-rounder who breathed his last in Jamnagar early on Sunday morning. Durani played 29 Tests, scoring 1202…