Aparna Sen the beautiful actress turned film director revived the ‘Satyajit Ray’ kind of parallel cinema in India. She was a top actress of the late 1960s and 1970s in Bengali and Hindi films. She jumped in to film direction in the early ’80s with actor-producer Shashi Kapoor’s English film 36 Chowringhee Lane, which Kapoor had made to explore the…
Lights! Camera!! Action!!! These are the trademark lines a film director before he embarks a film shoot. The ‘Director’ is regarded as the ‘Captain’ of the crew because it is his creative vision that takes that shape of an entertaining film. Though Bollywood is packed with maximum male film directors, the female directors also have their share of credits. Since…
With the chartbuster song, Ek Do Teen…….. (Tezaab) Madhuri Dixit rose to dizzy heights of popularity. The song became so popular that other producer made a beeline requesting her to do similar item songs in their films. Being a skilled dancer and blessed with exceptional beauty, Madhuri thus did many enchanting item songs like Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai… (Khalnayak),…
The ’80s began with the sensual new item girl Kalpana Iyer taking center stage with high voltage sexy item numbers like Hari om Hari… (Pyaara Dushman -1980) and Rambha Ho Sambha Ho (Armaan -1981). Both the songs were a national craze and took Kalpana Iyer to the dizzy height of popularity. Some of the hit item songs of Kalpana Iyer are…
Among the actresses who can be termed as the ‘profession’ item girls includes Rakhi Sawant, the sex-bomb, who literally bombarded Bollywood with her raunchy item song Mohabbat Hai Mirchi….(Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne – 2003) and got stereotyped as the hot item girl. Her hit item songs that became hit are Kismat Se Chalti Hai…. (Malamaal Weekly) and Dekhta Hai Tu…
The name Helen is synonymous with cabaret dances in Bollywood. She took item songs in Bollywood to dizzy heights so much that she was the most sought after actress for an item song in Bollywood in the ’50s and ’60s and ‘70s. Starting her career as an extra dancer in the chorus she raised to topmost position thanks to her…
Bollywood is an industry where a huge amount of money is pumped to make a film. Hence the filmmaker uses all the tricks of the trade to make a film commercially successful. Song and dance are two key ingredients that not only make the film entertaining but also bring in business. Besides, the sale of music records also gives an…
Today, Rahul Dev Burman is regarded as a Music Genius, Music Maverick and Music director par excellence but the bitter truth is that when R.D. Burman was around in the film industry, he was never given his due place. He was ignored, overlooked and even ridiculed for lifting western album tunes and shamefully labeled as a plagiarist Agreed that there is a long list…
Be it Sheila Ki Jawani or Munni Badnaam Hui or the 80’s popular Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai…. Item songs have been an integral part of Bollywood since the inception of Bollywood in the 30′. The only difference is that earlier the item songs were restricted to the vamps and now the top actresses are in the race to grab…
Today, Rahul Dev Burman is regarded as a Music Genius, Music Maverick and Music director par excellence but the bitter truth is that when R.D. Burman was around in the film industry, he was never given his due place. He was ignored, overlooked and even ridiculed for lifting western album tunes and shamefully labeled as a plagiarist Agreed that there…