Archive for the ‘Bollywood’ Category
Bina Roy – Premnath
Premnath was a dashing young man, slim, smart and handsome. He was liked by cinegoers in films like Sagai, Buzdil, Naujawan, Barsat, Saqi, Dard-e-Dil, in which he appeared as a hero opposite top-ranking heroines of those days. The first movie in which he was paired with Bina Rai was Aurat (1953), a Bollywood version of the ...
Meena Kumari & Kamal Amrohi
Three days after Meena Kumari’s death we met Kamal Amrohi at his house, “Rembrandt,” on Pali Hill. The place wore a gloomy look. Kamal Amrohi sat engrossed, listening to the tape-recorded voice of Meena Kumari. It was an old sponsored program, broadcast over Radio Ceylon in 1958, where Meena Kumari talked enthusiastically on her first ever ...
Dilip Kumar – Suraiya
Dilip Kumar and Suraiya’s fans must have thought at some point , why Dilip Kumar and Suraiya never worked together? Recently, a book by senior journalist Zakhmi Kanpuri has been published from Karachi. He tried to shed some light on this issue. I am posting the translation here “This incident relates back to the time when ...
Random Profiles
Sultan Rahi : Sultan Rahi
The late documentary film maker Mushtaq Guzdar in his chronicle on
Naheed Niazi : Naheed Niazi
Naheed Niazi was one of the popular playback singers of the
Charlie : Charlie
‘Palat Tera dhyan kidhar hai” – it was a typical honk of
Iqbal Kashmiri :
Director Iqbal Kashmiri enjoys the scenery! Specially when the scenery includes film
Random Reviews
Waqt (1965):
Waqt was a landmark in many ways: it is a multi-starrer with four main ...
Amar Jyoti (1936):
Like many of the Prabhat films directed by V. Shantaram, “Amar Jyoti” or “I...
Zinda Laash (1967):
In a day and age where even the mere mention of Lollywood elicits shudders o...
Little Zizou (2009):
Indian cinema has been making serious inroads and developments into uncharte...