Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!

Syed Firdaus Ashraf, who grew up in the 1980s, tells us why Befikre is a must watch to understand the new generation.

Read about Rishi Kapoor's page-turning debut, SRK's super-charged turn in Raees, Sridevi as potential Dhoom vamp, Sanjay Dutt's contribution to Andaz Apna Apna and more in Sukanya Verma's super-film week.

One of Fearless Nadia's most famous scenes had her fighting the bad guys on top of a speeding train! She was often showed working out in a gym, which apparently contributed to a fitness craze at the time as well. Getting to know Fearless Nadia.

A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.

Kamal Haasan's unrivalled make up skills, Jack Nicholson's haunting imagery, Asha Parekh's life as a Hit Girl and the surprise package of Beauty and the Beast, it's all there in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.

Although famously reclusive and fitful in his creative output, Daniel Day-Lewis's decision to hang up his boots feels both untimely and unexpected.

'I will miss you calling me and saying "I am Shashi Kapoor" even when you were at the height of your stardom.'Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers a dear friend.

'No late nights, no partying.''Though she avoided eating beyond her dietary regime, Sridevi loved to feed others.'

'Raazi is being hailed for breaking the glass ceiling for Daughters of Bollywood Inc,' says Sunil Sethi.

'In Sanju, Rajkumar Hirani has essentially found a Rajkumar Hirani story buried inside Sanjay Dutt's life.''Now if you think that's scary, sample the alternative: Perhaps Sanjay Dutt had been living his life to suit the narrative of a Rajkumar Hirani film,' says Sreehari Nair.

'What would a composite of Dawood, Rajan, and Arun Gawli be like?''What if an absconding mafia boss were to land in Mumbai tomorrow, tired from all the running, and tender his final apology to the city by narrating his story and narrating it with brutal honesty?'Sreehari Nair watches Sacred Games.

Shabana Azmi knew Rita closely, as they were FTII batchmates, and she tells Subhash K Jha how deep their friendship was.

Why do the biggest, most talented and successful film-makers of India suck up to the establishment so breathlessly, asks Shekhar Gupta.

'I greet all my friends, Hindu or Muslim, with "Jai Shri Ram".'

'The very idea that Kamal Haasan would retire from active acting for active politics is as ridiculous as to suggest that Lataji would give up singing to weave handloom dupattas for destitute girls in Muzaffarpur,' declares Subhash K Jha.

'Mulk questions the very principle, of good-Muslim exceptionalism.''That, of course, we adore Abdul Hamid, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bismillah Khan and if only more Muslims were like them.''Anubhav Sinha sticks his neck out to say that these are no exceptions.''Most Muslims are like them. It is the terrorists who are exceptions,' says Shekhar Gupta.

2018 will be Varun's weakest year at the box office, notes Subhash K Jha.

Aseem Chhabra salutes the late Italian Master and his cinema.

'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.

'What we have is 'masala redeemed' as opposed to just 'masala resurrected',' argues Sreehari Nair.

Only Bong Joon Ho -- whose film Parasite won the Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, Best International Feature -- knows how to work with a heavy hand and still get respectable results, says Ranjita Ganesan.

Parasite's razor-sharp characterisations ensure that the picture is thoroughly entertaining though it falls short of greatness, declares Sreehari Nair.

'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.'Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.

'Are we too close as well-off Indians, all with servants and drivers and tuition teachers ourselves, to be able to understand why it is all so awful?', asks Aakar Patel.

'She was gutsy and rebellious enough to take on roles other more conventional actresses wouldn't dare and she excelled in them.'

'Ever since I heard about his death this morning, I have not been able to control my tears,' says Patcy N who interviewed the actor often

Most of us have a memory like that with our fathers, tucked away in the back of our minds or hidden away in family albums. Irrfan's passing took us right back. It's also what made it so personal to so many of us, points out Abhishek Mande Bhot.

Carols, motets, hymns, songs, and madrigals reflect the enthusiastic joy and high spirits of Yuletide celebrations in Williamsburg.

Selected performances from nine of Colonial Williamsburg's recordings, including fife and drum marches, chamber music, slave chants, and tavern songs.

From the Summer 2002 Journal: "Making "Cents" of Colonial Money"