Films Just Because

Vijay Anand, Rekha’s Double Cross is an intriguing '70s thriller that suffers from gross miscasting

Double Cross could have ushered in a new dimension to the leading man in mainstream Hindi cinema had a younger actor been the lead.

Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore's Gehri Chot is an 80s Indo-Canadian film about the immigrant experience

Gehri Chot begins as a study of immigrant life but then becomes a tale of marital discord before finally ending up as a thriller.

Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrugan Sinha starrer Qatl is an entertaining revenge saga relevant even today

One of the last few films that Sanjeev Kumar worked on, Qatl released a few months after his death.

Mahesh Bhatt's Kaash, starring Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia, is a convincing exploration of the theme of death

In Kaash, an estranged couple come together and rediscover lost love when their only child is diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Vinod Khanna, Madhuri Dixit, Govinda starrer Maha Sangram is true-blue '90s flick that didn't get its due

Released in the same year as Agneepath (1990), Mukul S. Anand’s Maha Sangram, a multi-starrer with immense potential, often gets overshadowed.

Inaam Dus Hazaar: Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Seshadri-starrer marked perfect marriage of Hitchcock, Bollywood

Instead of the advertising executive played by Cary Grant in North By Northwest, Inaam Dus Hazaar has Sanjay Dutt playing a paltry salesman, who lives with his uncle and mother, and dreams bigger than his uncle would like him to

Sunny Deol-starrer Dacait had everything going to make it a blockbuster: What went wrong?

In many ways, Dacait could be seen as the ideal Hindi film that came to define the 1980s – it tried to mix art-house and the popular, attempting to be same yet different

Atma Ram's Aafat: Navin Nishcol-Leena Chandavarkar starrer is a well-crafted procedural drama

Aafat, a barely recalled 1970s’ urban crime thriller, is directed by Atma Ram, Guru Dutt’s younger brother.

Mahesh Bhatt's Awaargi: This Anil Kapoor, Govinda starrer didn't get the recognition it deserved

Mahesh Bhatt’s Awaargi (1990) featured all the right inputs from the point of view of popular Hindi cinema in terms of cast and script but failed at the box-office and still remains largely forgotten despite being a major influence on two immensely successful films.

Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar: A silly yet charming comedy that inspired Rohit Shetty's Golmaal Returns

There is hardly any doubt that Golmaal Returns was an Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar redux but the latter isn’t a patch on the former