Years in the making, Pakeezah is a haunting collaboration between a dying star and the artists around her. As a new restoration screens at LFF, writer and filmmaker Nasheed Qamar Faruqi explores one ...

The underrated music composer Ghulam Mohammed, who died on March 17, 1968 is known largely for his music in the immortal Pakeezah. Sohrab Modi’s Kundan in 1955 had an evocative soundtrack by GM. The ...

More than 50 years after its release in 1972, Kamal Amrohi’s Pakeezah, starring Meena Kumari as a tawaif (courtesan), is ...

There have been few percussionists among the Hindustani musicians who also took up the baton as music directors for Hindi cinema. One of the leading percussionists was tabla maestro Alla Rakha, whose ...

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut show Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar has captured the hearts of the masses with its grandeur, compelling story, fantastic performances, enthralling sets, and mind-blowing ...

Before Kamal Amrohi made Pakeezah with its immortal songs, there was Mahal in 1949 which featured the eternally popular Aayega Aanewala composed by Khemchand Prakash, said to be a turning point in ...

Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aditi Rao Hydari's song "Nazariya Ki Maari" from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is indeed a sight to behold. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut show Heeramandi: ...

On the night of Feb. 3, 1972, the prints of “Pakeezah” arrived at Bombay’s Maratha Mandir cinema in a palanquin pulled by ...