Retrospective

3,192 07.10 Salim Khan’s 14-film acting career ended before Salim-Javed Shehzad Khan recounts how Ajit brought Salim Khan to Bombay and housed him like a brother, years before the Salim-Javed era reshaped Hindi cinema. 3 min read 3,189 07.10 How Hamid Ali Khan Became Ajit on Hindi Screens Shehzad Khan recalls how K Amarnath proposed the shorter name Ajit after Hamid Ali Khan felt too long for Hindi film credits. 2 min read 3,185 07.10 3-4 Bhalla punches never made Andaz Apna Apna, Shehzad says Shehzad Khan says Rajkumar Santoshi made him imitate Ajit Khan's voice for Bhalla, and recalls the 3-4 comic punches cut from the 1994 film. 2 min read 3,184 07.10 Kal Ho Naa Ho’s DJ Frankie Now Trains Stars, 939K Followers The one-scene DJ from Kal Ho Naa Ho left films for fitness; today he trains Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan. 2 min read 3,172 07.10 How Amitabh Bachchan turned a ‘small face’ into a signature look Amitabh Bachchan recalls on KBC 18 that producers once called him too tall and his face too small; his longer hair was a fix, not fashion. 2 min read 3,171 07.10 Amitabh Bachchan’s Hair Was a Response to Casting Snubs On KBC Season 18, Amitabh Bachchan recalls how producers called him too tall and small-faced, and how that feedback led to his signature long hair. 2 min read 3,169 07.10 How Rejection Built Amitabh Bachchan’s Signature Look On KBC 18, Amitabh Bachchan explained that his signature long hair and sideburns began as a response to early career rejections, not as style. 2 min read 3,162 06.10 When Bollywood borrowed Gujarat’s dhol and made hits How Gujarati folk rhythms became fixtures of the Hindi film soundtrack, from Chogada and Odhani to Dholida and Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje. 3 min read 3,152 06.10 Jeffrey Archer’s Bollywood plagiarism charge, recalled Jeffrey Archer's 2015 charge that Bollywood stole his plots — and the two films he named — is recalled after his death at 86. 2 min read