I’ll never forget the first time I saw “Shiraz,” and if you take a chance and take in this gorgeous silent extravaganza, a landmark of Indian cinema, you will surely feel the same. Playing Jan. 22 for ...

Someone has said that the Taj Mahal is a tear on the cheek of time. Full of emotion and timeless too is the film Shiraz, based on a legend about its building and directed by Franz Osten and produced ...

A film made in 1928 by Himanshu Rai, a pioneer of Indian cinema, has been restored by the BFI for screening during the UK-India Year of Culture. Shiraz, a 1928 silent film produced by one of the ...

Shiraz, a three-way production between Himanshu Rai productions, German production house Emelka and the British Film Institute, was a pioneer in many ways. It was among the first Indian films to be ...

But the highlight of the film is not majorly the plot but the presence of six-time Grammy nominated Anoushka Shankar, who has rendered live score for the film. At a point of time when Taj Mahal is at ...

KOLKATA: While Taj Mahal may have been dropped from the Uttar Pradesh tourism booklet, the British Film Institute’s National Archive has restored the 1928-epic silent classic titled ‘Shiraz’ that ...