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  Pakeezah took 16 years to reach the celluloid. The film started  on July 16, 1956,  and was released on  February 4, 1972. It was a dream project of Kamal Amrohi, he wanted his wife Meena Kumari to be  Sahibjaan  of Pakeezah.  The mujra 'Inhin logon ne' was shot on July 16, 1956, interestingly at that time the script was not ready, nor the star cast was decided, even the hero was not decided,  the next several years went in scouting for locations, deciding on a leading man, writing and rewriting various bits of the film. Meena Kumari gave her best performance in this film despite her worsening health condition. She attended the premiere of the film at Maratha Mandir. The film was received lukewarm at the Box Office but when the news of Meena Kumari admitting to the hospital spread, it gained momentum.it was Meena Kumari's untimely death on 31 March 1972 which acted as an ultimate push and made it one of the top grosser of that year.  Pakeez...

  Muslim Social is one of the genres of Bollywood. Many films were made in this genre and many of them were great hits too.  The 1950s to ’70s were the decades when the popularity of the Muslim social opened a window to a world both exotic and familiar at the same time.  Pukar released in 1939 was made by Sohrab Modi was based on    Mughal emperor Jahangir, the Muslim social drama genre reached its peak with Mehboob Khan’s Najma (1943) starring Ashok Kumar and Sitara. After the success of this film, many films on Mughals were made  including  Humayun  (1945) by  Mehboob Khan ,  Shahjehan  (1946) by A R Kardar. in the 50s the  Social drama of Nawabs and other top-class people of the society was made. In 1960 Guru Dutt produced and acted in  Chaudhvin Ka Chand   which became a hit opening the window for more such films. Here is the list of few such films. Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)- O ne of the top-grossing films of...

  Recall the song  “Hey, Maine Kasam Li” where the hero Dev Anand on a Bicycle and the heroine  Mumtaz sitting on  the crossbar   riding across green fields  singing the song with  very little action and lots of cuddling. What a picturization. Tere Mere Sapne is one of my favorite movies. It has substance. Commercially, it did not do very well at the box office but I believe it is  one of the most sensitive Bollywood movies by Goldie Vijay Anand. He also acted in this film, he plays a doctor and gave a memorable performance.   The film is based on the novel “The Citadel” by A.J.Cronin,  published in 1937 in UK.    based on his own experiences as a doctor.  Dedicated to the medical community, the film starts off with a young, idealistic MBBS doctor Anand Kumar (Dev Anand) moving to a village near a coal mine.  He  attains his degree in medicine and re-locates to a small village to assist the local doctors there. U...

  This Classic song from the 1973 film Abhiman was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by S D Burman was influenced by the song ' Jodi Tare Nai Chini Go Sheki  ' of Rabindra Tagore.  Over the years, the original Song  Jodi Tare Nai Chini Go Sheki  has been performed by various artists – Kishore Kumar, Shaan, Anwesha, Shrabani Sen, Shreya Ghoshal, Hemant Kumar, and many more. While  I was researching for this song, I found a very rare version sung by the great  K L (Kundan Lal) Saigal. This song appears when the  movie reaches its climax when the couple Subir (Amitabh) and Uma (Jaya -Bhaduri) get separated, Uma has a miscarriage, and finally they, fortunately, reunite – what an emotional reunion celebrated with this beauty of a song “Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina” rendered in public by both. Though this song was influenced by Rabindra Tagore, S D Burman gave his magical touch to the original tune made this song immortal. We must also apprecia...

  Pakeezah took 16 years to reach the celluloid. The film started  on July 16, 1956,  and released on  February 4, 1972. It was a dream project of Kamal Amrohi, he wanted his wife Meena Kumari to be  Sahibjaan  of Pakeezah. Pakeezah was conceptualised in 1954 as a Black & White venture. The mujra 'Inhin logon ne' was shot on July 16, 1956 , interestingly at that time the script was not ready, nor the star cast was decided, even the hero was not decided, the next several years went in scouting for locations, deciding on a leading man, writing and rewriting various bits of the film.   By 1964, the film had still not been completed, while Meena Kumari had become a superstar, with films like  Kohinoor  (1960),  Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam  (1962) and many others. That was also the year she and Kamal Amrohi separated, causing another blow to their already much-delayed dream production. In the meantime, Meena Kumari got addicted to alcohol ...