Cinema
Madhuja Mukherjee

“Dear Sir”: Letters from Ratan Bai

First things first. Who was Ratan Bai? Indeed, little is known about Ratan Bai excepting that she is an actor from the 1930s, who played the female lead in films like Yahoodi ki Ladki (Dir. Aga Hashar, 1933) and Karwan-E-Hayat (Dir.

Cinema
Madhuja Mukherjee

The Shining Ruby: Cinema ki rani and other stories

Madhuja Mukherjee relates to us the story of Miss Ruby Myers who was not only the biggest star in 1920s but was the substance of myth and lore … Let us resume our stories of Miss Cinemawali with Miss Ruby

Cinema
Madhuja Mukherjee

The missing story of Lalita Pawar

About the column: This series presents short articles and photo-essays on the industrial aspects of cinema produced from Bombay aka Bollywood. Stories of the making of Bollywood, stars, publicity mechanisms, fan cultures, gossips, costumes, music usage, playback systems, singers, composers, as

Cinema
Madhuja Mukherjee

Miss Cinemawali : Sita Aur Rainey

About the column: This series presents short articles and photo-essays on the industrial aspects of cinema produced from Bombay aka Bollywood. Stories of the making of Bollywood, stars, publicity mechanisms, fan cultures, gossips, costumes, music usage, playback systems, singers, composers,

Columns
Madhuja Mukherjee

Anna Salunke aka Taramati

About the column: This series presents short articles and photo-essays on the industrial aspects of cinema produced from Bombay aka Bollywood. Stories of the making of Bollywood, stars, publicity mechanisms, fan cultures, gossips, costumes, music usage, playback systems, singers, composers,

Miss Cinemawali
Madhuja Mukherjee

‘Sonu aka Mandakini Phalke’

  About the column: This series presents short articles and photo-essays on the industrial aspects of cinema produced from Bombay aka Bollywood. Stories of the making of Bollywood, stars, publicity mechanisms, fan cultures, gossips, costumes, music usage, playback systems, singers,