Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Khurshid Anwar’s Song List – India
No. Year Song Singer/s Ishara (1943) baghon men koyal Suraiya, Satish Batra Ishara (1943) panghat pe panghat pe Suraiya Ishara (1943) hamen gham de ke Gauhar Sultana Ishara (1943) dil le ke dagha Vatsala Kumathekar Ishara (1943) dhere dheere bol Rajkumari, G. M. Durrani Ishara (1943) ishq ka dard suhana Vatsala Kumathekar Ishara (1943) sajanawa aa jaa re Gauhar Sultana Ishara (1943) shabnam kyun neer Gauhar Sultana Parakh (1944) gururo naz se Kaushalya Parakh (1944) aye din pyar ke Kaushalya,Balwant Singh Parakh (1944) leti hain dum ba dum Kaushalya Parakh (1944) pyase sajan pile Hamida Parakh (1944) duniya hai ye Ira ...
Dilip Kumar’s Fact File
Born Yusuf Khan 11 December 1922 Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) Star Sign Sagittarius Parents Muhammad Yusuf Khan and ? Siblings 11 including brothers Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan who live in Mumbai, a sister Farida who lives in Fresno, California. Nasir Khan – who was the first ever leading man of Pakistani Cinema. Ayub Sarwar – who wanted to produce Pakistani ...
Dilip Kumar’s Filmography
Film Cast Director Jwar Bhata (1944) Agha, Shamim, Dilip Kumar, Pithavala, Arun Kumar, Khalil, Bikram Kapoor, Mridula, K. N. Singh, Mumtaz Ali Amiya Chakraborty Pratima (1945) Dilip Kumar, Swarnalata, Pithavala, Mukri, Zebunissa, Shah Nawaz, Jyoti, Mumtaz Ali Jairaj Milan (1946) Ranjana, Moni Chatterji, Dilip Kumar, Mira Misra, Pahari Sanyal Nitin Bose Jugnu (1947) Dilip Kumar, Noorjahan, Gulam Mohamed, Sulochana, Latika, Agha, ...
Madhubala – Bina Roy – Strange Coincidences!
1. Madhubala and Premnath first film together was Badal (1951). On the first day of the shooting, Madhubala entered makeup room of Premnath and quickly handed him a fully blossomed red rose and a note. Puzzled Premnath read the note which said that if you love me, please accept the rose, otherwise return it. Premnath ...
Rajkumari – Interview
Rajkumari Dubey was just 10 years old when she recorded her first song for HMV in 1934. But she started her career as a stage artiste. She recounts, “Vijay and Shankar Bhatt of Prakash Pictures spotted me during one of my shows. They liked my voice and persuaded me to discontinue acting on stage, as ...
Mubarak Begum – Interview
She has worked with most composers of her time, yet never had the chance to make it to her zenith. Today, she remains a distant memory Mubarak Begum didn’t get many opportunities to get her voice heard. Today, as she looks back at a career which didn’t quite take off in the real sense of ...
Nameless Silence – Meena Kumari’s Poem
Alone, in a limitless stretch of loneliness Caught in confused webs of fate, Am I. Again the crossroads, again a nameless silence, Misty vision, deep quiet Conscience donning the garb of apathy. Life, an empty question, A hushed wonder, the only answer. Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and Translations (from the Urdu) by Fatima Ahmed
My Past – Meena Kumari’s Poem
My past My loneliness, a blind abyss Filling my breath Ticking in my pulse Etched deep into time By myriad passing moments. My blood crying for a cupped hand Seeking a companion Seeking identity Seeking completeness. My loneliness Your wounds are my sores Your pangs my sighs. You, a deserted mosque, I, your prayer call Echoeing its own despair Kneeling on widowed earth Praying to whom? Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and ...
Mute Love – Meena Kumari’s Poem
Flame Clothed in ashes, Corpse of ice In a coffin of lava, Mute love Wrapped in notoriety. Sacred drops Of dirty tears Crowding the Holy river. A din rising noiselessly A paradise startled. Waiting silence. Limits on limitless feelings. Vagabond soul, wandering Seeking the valley of lights Facing the truth at every bend. One truth in two garbs – Love and Death. Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and Translations (from the Urdu) ...
Torn Night – Meena Kumari’s Poem
Broken bits of day, torn rays of night Doled out day and night. Ears tuned to deeps of the heart Hear only a laughter Ringing with one more defeat. Wounds, defeats, turmoil Constant companions of my heart. Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and Translations (from the Urdu) by Fatima Ahmed
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