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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8 September 2019

A love for all seasons

Continuing my tribute to RK Films, a look back at the banner’s first success, Barsaat (1949). What was its place in Raj Kapoor’s life and...

Fire in the Belly

My Mirror column: The demolition of RK Studios last week marked the end of an era. That era began with Aag, released 71 years ago this...

29 January 2019

Book Review: Urdu Memoirs

A short book review published in India Today: Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends by Yasir Abbasi; Bloomsbury...

12 June 2016

Book Review: Modern love, ’50s style

Published in BL Ink : What was Hindi cinema’s ‘Golden Age’ all about? A new book wants us to take off our nation-focused spectacles and ...

26 May 2014

Manto's moviedom, moviedom's Manto

Sa'adat Hasan Manto may be long dead, but in his writing, the 1940s Bombay film world remains brilliantly alive. Manto wrote himsel...

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