Filmindia - The Film Magazine Known for Harsh & Cruel Words
Filmindia was perhaps the first and most popular film magazine started in 1935 by Baburao Patel, who was known for its film reviews & cruel words that sharply cut through films, actors, directors and didn’t seem to spare anyone. Dev Anand once said “He made and unmade stars. He established or destroyed a film with just a stroke of his pen . On reviewing 'Jwar Bhata', the debut film of Dilip Kumar, it described Dilip Kumar as “the new anemic hero”. His appearance on the screen creates both laughter and disappointment. His acting effort in this picture amounts to nil.” Who would have thought Dilip Kumar would have ever faced such withering criticism? Reviewing Navketan's first film Afsar(1950), Patel wrote “Avoid Afsar ( Dev Anand movie) on health grounds”, Dev Anand’s 1956 noir film CID was described as an “unpleasant but stupid crime tale” where “Dev Anand fails to look like an i...