September 2014. James Bond movie Goldfinger turns 50. Bond is the most popular character in the history of cinema. He has to his credit 23 films over a span of 52 years. Goldgfinger is not the first Bond movie. Dr. No and From Russia with Love preceded it. However, this is the film that made the Bond formula click. It is a mix of humour, high-tech gadgets and a villain bent on world domination. All this is combined with action, sexy girls and exotic life style. These parts put together work  synergistically — the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Goldfinger triggered a whole new  genre of spy films and spy spoofs. Goldfinger’s author Ian Fleming died one  month before the movie was released. Bond evolved as a hero and kept pace with the public tastes over a period of time. This has kept him relevant.