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    "For its commitment to everyday heroism, its multi-layered approach to an array of social problems, and for the visual force of the storytelling.” --Citation of the FIPRESCI award bestowed on the film It All Starts Today at the Berlin International Film Festival T here have been several films made on uplifting student-teacher relationships. These include To Sir, With Love (1967) a film on boisterous white high school students from slums of London eventually admiring and respecting their black rookie teacher;   Dead Poet’s Society (1989) on another rookie teacher kindling creative self-expression through poetry in   a US boarding school for senior US students from wealthy   backgrounds resulting in their unwavering respect and love for him; Goodbye, Mr Chips (1969), a remake of a film made 30 years before, where a stodgy Latin teacher after his marriage transforms   himself into an endearing school headmaster winning the hearts of his students; ...

  Kishore Kumar was eccentric or unusual start from his childhood, when he was studying in a boarding school of Indore,in his hostel room's wall he  scribbled Kishore's name, in his own handwriting, in his favorite style, in reverse: Ramaku Rashoki.  For several years, one of the walls of his hostel room stood witness to his eccentricity. He was a rare combination of madness and devotion to work. He was unpredictable, he was a genius, and he was even crazy. He had a relaxed appeal to him evident in films like  Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi  throughout his music performance he fools around from one corner to another. His madness and frolic become amply resound when in the song    Aaake Seedhi Lagi  filmed on both him and Pran, he sings the parts of both the male and the female. The song can make anybody laugh in seconds! And who can forget the song from the film  Padosan  in which he played the music teacher and participated in a hilarious mu...

  ‘Dil jalta hai to jalne de’. was t he first major song from Mukesh from ” Pehli Nazar”(1945). It was Anil Biswas who composed this song and wanted him to sing   in Saigal style  The song became so popular that he was branded for the sad songs.  He was next to Saigal for such types of songs.  Initially, all the composers used Mukesh mainly for such songs. After this film, however, Anil Biswas helped Mukesh to develop his own distinct style, away from the Saigal effect. Mukesh's songs of Anokha Pyaar-1948, Lajawab-1950, and Aaram-1951 are a testimony to this effort becoming a success. Just listen to the ‘ Aye Jaan e Jigar’ song and you will agree.    The anguish of a failed lover, despondency of a purposeless life, the Heartache-all this is expressed by Mukesh like no other singer. Naushad also recognized Mukesh's voice, he took him for the first time in the 1948 film 'Anokhi Ada'. Mukesh coming out a winner with his ‘ kabhi dil dil se takrata to ...

  Jawani Diwani  was released on 14th July 1972, It was a musical romance film directed by Narender Bedi, and starring Randhir Kapoor, and Jaya Bhaduri, A landmark movie primarily because of RD Burman's fast, pounding and melodious score.  The movie was a hit despite the unusual and forgettable pairing of Randhir and Jaya.Bhaduri.  It was an era when music was the dominating element and enlisting Rahul Dev Burman for the job ensured half the battle was won After Hare Rama Hare Krishna it was once again Asha Bhosle was at her best combined with Kishore Kumar. In so far the plot is concerned, this is the simple story of a boy (Randhir Kapoor) meeting girl (Jaya Badhuri) at school, with the usual problems with parents.    The plot does not appeal but the music lingers.   Songs from “Jawani Diwani” impressed the youth and a cross-section of music lovers. “Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani” was a peppy number and went down well with the young brigade. “Saamne Yeh ...

  One year after the release of Anand, this film 'Bawarchi' remains a  special collaboration of  Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Rajesh Khanna. Both were at the peak of their career.  T he film rests on Khanna’s inherent charm and even feeds off of his manic energy that was on full display previously in Anand. The movie opens with Bachchan saying that this story is set anywhere in India. He then introduces the Sharmas, who live in Shanti Niwas — the family home that should, as one of them jokes, actually be called Ashanti Niwas, given the amount of chaos and squabbling that takes place within its confines on a daily basis. Produced under the banner of Rupam Chitra by N C Sippy, Romu Sippy, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee,  Based on a story by Tapan Sinha and inspired by his original “Galpa Halo Satyi” (1966) in Bengali Shivnath (H arindranath Chattopadhyay) is the head of the Sharma family, who are so thoroughly argumentative that they employed. So when plucky young chef Ragh...

    “Have any of you read Pirandello?” asks a senior priest in a Sicilian seminary to his junior priests  “I read him in secret, then I confessed” replies a junior priest meekly, with penitence, “I have read one novel-- The Old and The Young. ”  “Do you remember the inscription? It reads –To my children: young today, old tomorrow” adds the senior priest, a Pirandello admirer --conversation between priests in a seminary within the film Leonora addio P aolo Taviani collaborated with his late elder brother Vittorio on 20 feature films until Vittorio’s demise in 2018 at the age of 88. Their first feature film was released/made in 1962. The two brothers had a unique method of directing their films. Each directed alternate scenes with the other watching but never interfering. That formula worked. The Russian film maestro Aleksander Sukorov, in an interview given to this writer, said it was very rare and commendable for two creative persons to collaborate as directors on fe...

"You think you can go on a pilgrimage and come back clean as a whistle?   Only God can forgive you, sir."  --Turgut, an honest former employee of Hasan, branded as a thief by Hasan, when Turgut procured less price from a buyer of Hasan's produce, a buyer who was only ready to pay that lesser sum   N uri Bilge Ceylan and Semih Kaplanoglu are the two most important internationally recognized contemporary film directors who make films of very high standards.  Commitment Hasan is the second film in a row from Semih Kaplanoglu (it follows the 2019 film Commitment or Baglilik Asli) with the key word “Baglilik” in Turkish language (or “Commitment” in English) in the titles of both films. Kaplanoglu watchers can assume this film is possibly a part of a second trilogy in the making–the first one being the Yusuf trilogy of “Yumurta” ( Egg ) (2007), “Sut” ( Milk ) (2008), and “Bal” ( Honey ) (2010), made in reverse chronology of Yusuf’s life. All the five films are original t...