Bollywood Films

  Who would wish a person to die of the agony and cruel reality of life? But the fellow actress Nargis did. She wished and hailed death of Mahjabeen Bano aka’ Meena Kumari’   Shortly after her death, fellow actress Nargis wrote a personal essay in an Urdu magazine –  Shama , entitled  " Meena – Maut Mubarak Ho". This was the immense love and respect for the actress who was deeply hurt by the society and abused by the husband Kamal Amrohi.  Meena Kumari was a great human being. All time, the best actress of India and a poetess par excellence. If Dilip Kumar was the tragedy King of India, Meena Kumari was the tragedy quee.. Unlike Dilip kumar, she was the tragedy queen of real life too. We see the reflection of gloom and sadness, which was visibly present   in her own poetry. “Dil ko kaise samjhayen ki raat Guzarne wali hai.  Bas raat ki baat hi sari hai aur raat guzarne wali hai.” In reel life, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam , when  Chhoti ...

Do you know, India's three greatest directors with their three greatest movies were influenced and inspired by “ Bicyce Thieves ‘ an Italian neorealist   drama film  directed by  Vittorio De . The three inspired movies made by Indian directors were Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray , J agate Raho by Raj Kapoor and Do Bhigha Zameen by Bimal Roy.   Many directors that have cited ‘Bicycle Thieves’ as a major influence, include Ken Loach, Giorgio, Balu Mahindru, Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, and Anurag Kashyap.  Anurag Kashyap said, In his own words, that Bicycle thieves has opened a world of cinema for him and motivated him to believe in 'his' kind of cinema.   The movie ‘ Bicycle Thieves’ portrays how one's helplessness can takeover ones hopes, if efforts after going through to live, and withstand your hope fails. Despite doing your best to sustain the odds of life, you fail occasionally. Loss is like a wind, it either carries you t...

Bin Guru Gyaan Kahaan Se Paau Deejo Daan Hari Gun Gaau Sab Guni Jan Pe Tumara Raaj Man Tarpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaaj  The divine song by the divine singer Mohd Rafi whom we popularly call as ‘Rafi Sahab” have immortalised the words of, Shakeel Badayuni which was composed by Naushad Sahab. The consultant of the Movie ' Baiju Bawra' was the Master Ustad Amir Khan Sahab . All of the four were Muslims to create a heavenly music . Take another song for instance in the same movie based on " Raag Darbari" O DUNIYA KE RAKHWALE SUN DARD BHARE MERE NALE where Rafi Sahab's throat kept bleeding while recording one of the greatest song of all time. There was one more song from the movie, which was sung by Rafi Sahab and was extraordinary which is still forcing us to think  Nirdhan kaa ghar lutane Waalo Loot lo dil kaa pyaar Pyaar vo dhan hai jisake aage Sab dhan hai bekaar, Insaan Bano Rafi Sahab was a genius and was an epitome of sincerity and honesty. He was ...

  Many skeletons are tumbling down from the cupboard of the Bollywood after’ Raveena Tandon’ gave an interview to 'Pinkvilla' saying” She did not get the roles in the films to perform as she did not permit the actors of prominence to sleep with her. Is this a serious charge? The answer is simple No, because the murky world of Bollywood is not alien to the unscrupulous gears. The offence of sexual favours to get jobs, promotion and to hold on these jobs is archaic. I know for sure, how the corporate world works where the sycophancy and seeking sexual favours is rampant. The corrupt corporate world is a prig behaving differently and acting differently, a  debauchee of the worst kind enjoying beautiful skin . I t is being said “you scratch my back and I will scratch yours is a precondition of annual appraisals and promotions. The one who succumbs to this moral extortion reaches the zenith, while talent gets lost to the corrupt practices. The other category uses adulation an...