Helen

Asha Parekh: Not an ice maiden but a nice maiden

The opportunity to prove her worth as an actor came late in her career with Kati Patang (a role that director Shakti Samanta’s favourite actress Sharmila Tagore turned down as she did not want to play a widow), Chirag, Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, Udhar Ka Sindoor.

Retake: Lily, Mona and the constructive self-awareness of the moll

The vamp or the moll of the Hindi film was a brief but important segue into self-awareness, sans of course the objectification.

First Take | When there’s nowhere to run to

While most often a collective crisis brings out the compassionate side of the human personality, it can also unleash the beast in the individual, as we get to see in Jis Joy’s Malayalam whammy Innale Vare.

Soni Razdan joins the cast of Karisma Kapoor and Helen's Brown

Karisma Kapoor, Helen and Soni Razdan starrer Brown is directed by Delhi Belly and Force 2 helmer Abhinay Deo. It is based on Abheek Barua's book - City Of Death.

Cine Maa: The mother’s deep-frozen image in Hindi cinema

On the occasion of Mother's Day, let's analyse the transition of Bollywood moms in films over the years.

Is Salman Khan not answerable to posterity? On the star's 56th birthday, assessing his crippling complacency as an actor

Will the real Salman Khan please stand up? Is he an enfant terrible or a restless child with a heart of gold?

Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman, Helen prove that enduring friendships are beyond age or competition

Dil Chahta Hai or Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, I don’t care. As long as someone is making a film casting this trinity in the lead (Zoya Akhtar, are you listening?), I’m watching. With my girlfriends, of course.

Bollywood Art Project creates mural featuring Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman, Helen in Mumbai

Adhering to all COVID-19, the Bollywood Art Project took 17 days to finish the mural Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman, and Helen

Usha Iyer on her book Dancing Women, a deep dive into the material and cultural production of dance in Hindi cinema

Through her latest book, Usha Iyer provides an in-depth and discursive study of the history of the labour of producing on-screen dance — from the 1930s to the 1990s — and how over the years it has produced unique constructions of gender, sexuality, stardom and spectacle in and around the realm of Hindi cinema.

Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020 nominations: Gully Boy, Article 15 compete for best film; Nivin Pauly, Mammootty get best actor nods

Critics' Choice Film Awards will honour films from across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada language.