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 film studios. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film studios. Show all posts
22 June 2019

The Lord of Light: Robert Richardson

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A short Q&A with renowned cinematographer Robert Richardson, for India Today .  Photo credit: Yasir Iqbal, India Today Robert R...
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’...
6 June 2018

Studio portraits

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My Mirror column : The mid-20th century Tamil film world of SS Vasan and Gemini Studios had a marvellous chronicler in the late Ashokami...
8 March 2016

In her own name

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My BL Ink column for February: Waheeda Rehman turned 78 this month. Nasreen Munni Kabir’s book-length interview is a treat for fans of ...
11 October 2015

Writing Filmi Fictions

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Today's Mirror column : Though we speak of great Urdu writers shaping Bombay's cinema, we forget how much cinema also shaped thei...
2 August 2015

Picture This: Studio sagas

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My 'Picture This' column for BL Ink : Two books by Ashokamitran offer a richly storied account of the '50s film world, as ...
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