chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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Showing posts with label Bombay Talkies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bombay Talkies. Show all posts
12 July 2021

Dilip Kumar exemplified an idea of India we've lost

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My Mirror/TOI Plus column dedicated to the actor Dilip Kumar, who passed on this week: Born in Peshawar and brought to Bombay, he was the tr...
8 January 2020

The ghosts among us

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My Mumbai Mirror column: A new anthology film about the supernatural is a mixed bag, but it does try to point Hindi fi...
22 July 2018

Presenting caste as fate

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My Mirror column : The release of Dhadak is a good time to look back at one of Hindi cinema’s first cross-caste romances. I haven’...
17 July 2018

Lust, with much caution

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My Mirror column : A film compendium of four tales promises to unbutton our lustful selves on the Hindi screen, but remains tied up in al...
6 May 2013

Film Review: Bombay Talkies

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  Bombay Talkies is made up of four short films created by four different Hindi film directors as a tribute to the power of cinema in ...
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