According to a report on Hindustan Times, the viewers believed that Anita Guha, who played the role of Santoshi Maa, was a real-life goddess. Coins and flowers were thrown at the screen as a sign of ...

In 1975, a unique sight was seen outside the cinema hall. Women from nearby villages and towns, many of them elderly, came to watch the film in buses, carts and bullock carts. Inside the hall, many ...

Sholay turned 50 today, and it’s a huge milestone for this iconic Indian film! Directed by Ramesh Sippy, the movie starring Amitabh Bachchan (Jai) and Dharmendra (Veeru) has become a cultural ...

Last month marked the 50 th anniversary of the release of Jai Santoshi Maa (1975), a cultural phenomenon which turned theatres into temples. I am not joking. The film was such a craze that villagers ...

The rush to create AI-generated epics is easy to see. Firstly, ancient Indian mythology and epics aren’t subject to copyright ...

From the divine success of Jai Santoshi Maa to the cinematic revolution of Sholay, 1975 delivered miracles, milestones, and megastars that redefined Bollywood’s legacy The year that turns Golden this ...

Indian actress Anita Guha, who starred as a goddess in Hindu mythological pics such as “Jai Santoshi maa” died June 20 of heart failure. The actress, whose exact age is unknown but was reportedly in ...

THE END — those fat-fonted large letters that signalled the conclusion of a feature film on gigantic screens at teeming theatres way back — should’ve read ENDLESS, at least when it came to super hit ...