Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Imran Khan … the list is long but the KHAN who was the Big Boss among these Khans in Bollywood was unarguably Irrfan Khan. Though Irrfan Khan lacked the ‘Chocolate‘ or in Mumbai language, the ‘Chikna’ looks yet he was a ‘power-house’ of acting and it was his phenomenal talent…
Shocked! Yes, it is true when Sahir Ludhianvi was at the zenith of his career in the ’50s and 60’s he demanded a rupee more than the Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar! Reason? Well, once he was taunted by one of his hard-core critics that Sahir’s songs were popular not for his lyrics but due to the melodious voice of Lata…
Indian film legend Bimal Roy is India’s most revered filmmaker after Satyajit Ray in International cinema. Interestingly, while Satyajit Ray made sober and realistic cinema that depicted the naked realities of life minus entertainment, Bimal Roy, introduced in a new brand of cinema that was realistic and took serious subjects but presented it on screen with a perfect blend of…
Entered Guinness World Records for the longest-running film in a cinema hall! Yash Raj Films Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) has completed 24 years and seems to be heading to achieve the milestone of running 25 years run at Mumbai’s iconic Maratha Mandir Cinema hall! To date, Maratha Mandir has the distinction of screening Dilip Kumar‘s Mughal-E-Azam (1960) which ran…
In Hollywood, most of the films are adapted from the salable literary works of legendary authors. However, in India, the films made on the literary works of legendary authors have not been successful except few notable authors like R.K. Narayan’s The Guide made by Dev Anand but the author whose literary works has been adapted maximum times on-screen in different…
Besides making entertaining films Yash Raj Films has played a pivotal in discovering hidden talent and giving them breaks in their films. The two topmost stars of Bollywood – Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh are the discoveries of Yash Chopra. Interestingly Anushka Sharma was rejected by many filmmakers but Aditya Chopra signed her for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opposite…
In the ’60s a young man called Dharam Singh Deol aka Dharmendra got so crazy over Bollywood star Dilip Kumar that he ran away from his small village Nasrali, in Ludhiana district, Punjab to become a film star in Mumbai. Fortunately, he won the Filmfare talent haunt contest and was selected for a film but alas the film was never…
With the huge success of Raazi (2018), Meghna Gulzar is on cloud nine. The film has not only won her multiple awards but the film has even broken box-office records. In nutshell, with Raazi, Meghna Gulzar has revived the magic of her father Gulzar who not made exceptional films with hardcore subjects but his films were also commercial success like…
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…
Bollywood has always boasted of colorful films and larger than life heroes, heroines and villains. The storyline of most movies is spun around a handful of characters, often portrayed in a clichéd manner. Therefore, it is imperative for the movie makers in India to create characters that were previously unheard of. However, these new characters may also fail to impress…
