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  The first film of Ashok Kumar was  Jeevan Naiya  (1936), a Bombay Talkies production.  It was a sheer fluke that he became an actor. He didn't want to become an actor.  Those days, actors were really looked down upon. They were believed to come from the lowest strata of society. He came to Bombay to become a director. So he joined Bombay Talkies as a technician. he worked in the camera department. Later, he was made a lab assistant. He worked as Lab Assistant for 8 months, suddenly Himanshu Rai, the owner of Bombay Talkies made him the hero of the film Jeevan Naiya replacing the existing hero Najam-ul- Hussain. Initially, he was not comfortable in acting but later gathered confidence in his second film   Achhut Kanya  (1936) ,  where he again paired with Devika Rani became a smash hit established him a great actor. After that, he was a permanent hero of all Bombay Talkies movies In 1943 he played the first anti-hero...

  Recall this song from the 1966 film Guide, sung by S D Burman. This was a credit title song in the background as Dev Anand the hero of the film comes out from jail,  the song starts right there. The 'Mukhda' starts on a wide shot of the main gate of the jail from inside...' Wahan kaun hai tera, musafir, jaayega kahan' Vijay Anand, the ace director, and screenplay writer wanted to start the film with a situation and song that would make the audience curious and uneasy, eager to know the story.....He did this with the help of the great Lyricist Shailendra. If we look into the song minutely we would find the genius of three great people, S D Burman, the composer, Shailendra, the Lyricist, and Vijay Anand, the director. S D Burman composed a tune (actually his old Bangla song, slightly altered) The song starts with a 'Sitaar' notes used in the introduction music.. The sense of freedom is depicted by a strange-looking shot of a tree seen upside down and a group o...

  Her tryst with Indian films came about after a chance meeting with music director Jaidev in Delhi, at a party hosted by businessman and music connoisseur Ashok Khanna.  He gave her a chance to sing at the inauguration of Doordarshan. For a few years, she used to sing in Doordarshan. She became famous among viewers by her song Damadam Mast Kalandar. Her  name has been written on the  Guinness World Records  for recording 30 songs within 3 days.  In 1982, she won Golden Disk Award as her album Superuna composed by  Bappi Lahiri  was sold over 1 lakh copies on the first day of its release. She was born in East Pakistan, was educated in Pakistan, settled down in Bangladesh after the creation of the state in 1971, has worked in India and travels the world with her shows. Where does she really belong?    Her first recording was with Kalyanji-Anandji for the title song of Ek Se Badhkar Ek.   She gained popularity in India with the s...

T he title of the film Social Hygiene will remind viewers of the Covid pandemic’s cardinal rule to avoid infection—maintain social distancing to avoid infection. In fact, no two characters make physical contact in the entire film and maintain at least a 12 feet distance between each other. There is no mention of Covid or even wearing of masks in the film. Simply put, though the film was made during the pandemic, the film has nothing to do with it. Further, the film’s original script was written by the director Denis Côté in 2015, much before the onset of the pandemic.    Antonin (right) spars verbally with his love Cassiopée, while her new admirer silently watches  in the background T he film is built around the pivotal character, Antonin, married, but staying away from his wife, Eglantine. Where? In a friend’s Volkswagen! Antonin, we realize is prone to making up unreal stories, is well read, deft with language wordplay, and is a thief, vandalizing cars in the process. ...

    And recall when Moses said to his people, “Allah commands you to slaughter a cow” They answered, “ Do you make a mockery of us?” ---“Surah of the Cow” in the Holy Quran (Opening quote in the film) I ran continues to make interesting feature films, year after year, bereft of sex, nudity, escapist car chases and on-screen violence. Ballad of a White Cow is a tale of the bread-winner of small nuclear family found guilty of the killing of a known friend by a court, condemned to death by a three judge bench according to Iranian law and consequently executed for the crime. Later, the real killer confesses to the crime. A miscarriage of justice has unintentionally taken place. While the wife of the hastily executed innocent man approaches the Iranian Supreme Court for justice for her and her mute daughter and retribution for the judges, one of the three judges is devastated by the revelations of the real killer and reaches out to help the wife and child of the executed prisone...

  Sanjeev Kumar ( 9 July 1938 – 6 November 1985) started his acting career as a theatre actor He   made his film debut with a small role in  Hum Hindustani  in 1960, got his first break in hindi film as hero in  Nishan  which was directed by Aspi Irani.released in 1965  He did stunt films like  Husn Aur Ishq, Ali Baba  and  Forty Thieves,   Nishan, Smuggler  and  Gunehagar, Raja Aur Runk.He   made his presence felt by his natural and down-to-earth performance as a doctor and as Sumita Sanyal’s lover in  Ashirwaad . In 1968 he   left footprints of his talent in 'Sangharsh' opposite Dilip Kumar.  In 1969, Hrishikesh  Mukherjee cast him in a strong supporting role as hero Dharmendra’s friend  in Satyakam. .In 1970, the movie  Khilona  brought Samjeev Kumar recognition.     Gulzar  first spotted him; later he cast him in the roles of older men in...