Divya Bharti...The young Legend

Divya well known as unparalleled beautiful Saat Samundar Paar girl. Her sudden death at the age of 19 shocked her million fans and many still are not able to believe that she is no-more with us. She was the youngest legend who achieved an immense popularity with her hard-work and dedication.

Divya started her career with Gunahon Ka Devta casted opposite Aditya Pancholi. But during its making Kirti Kumar wanted to sign Divya for his directorial venture Radha Ka Sangam opposite Govinda. But the film didn't took off and when it started she was replaced by Juhi Chawla.

During her initial days she faced many rejections because of her young age. Finally, D. Ramanaidu, one of the biggest producers of Telugu films, offered Bobbili Raja opposite his son Daggubati Venkatesh to Divya because of her Mom involvement. From 1990 till early 1992 she did as many as 6 south Indian films.But still somewhere in her heart she wanted to make big in Bollywood.

Her thirst for making Big in Bollywood got satisfied after signing a film opposite Sunny Deol in Vishwatma. But Dil Hi Toh Hai opposite Jackie Shroff released on 1st January, 1992 was her first release which flopped miserably. Then Dil Ka Kya Kasoor released a little latter also didn't got her expected recognition. Saat Samundar Paar was the song which made her an overnight sensation.

The film which got her personal and professional boost was Shola Aur Shabnam (SAS).Professional because it was her first super-hit and personal because she met Sajid Nadiadwala on the sets of this film.

Her childhood was not very rosy kind in fact it was a very disturbed one. Her father's marriage to her Mom was a second marriage and her dad was addicted to drinking. Her parents were so much engrossed in their own personal problems that they had just no time for Divya.Rumors were that she was addicted to drinking and drugs too. On 10th June, 1992 she got married to Sajid.

On 25th June, 1992 another movie with Sharukh came on floor which was a roaring success named Deewana which established her foot in Bollywood .By the year 1993 she had more than 10 Bollywood film releases a record no heroine has broken till date. Her last release during her lifetime was JP Dutta's Kshatriya. She won the Filmfare award for Best Debut for Deewana but couldn't go to collect it as she was too busy shooting for a film. The award function was 6 days before her death.

On 5th April 1993, Divya fell from her 5th floor apartment which she shared with her husband and the very trajic event happened. What was shocking was that all the houses in that building had balcony grills except for her home. She wasn't alone though, dress designer Neeta Lulla, her husband Dr. Shyam Lulla and Divya's maid were present in the same house when this incident took place. Ironically, had Divya followed her schedule, she would have been in Hyderabad where she was supposed to be shooting. She cancelled her trip at the last moment and lost her life forever.

The cause of Death as per post-mortem report was basal skull fracture, fracture on the left hip bone and fractured ribs.

Some magazine wrote that Divya's mother came to know about the incident at 3:45.Kunal (Divya's borther ) and her father blamed her mother for the loss but Divya's mother did not say a word. The first one to arrive from the film industry was Pahlaj Nihalani who came with his wife and sons. One of Divya's producer's, Raju Mawani also walked in with him. Divya's dad had suffered a nervous breakdown. The entire industry was in for a huge loss both professional and personal. It is said that at that time around Rs. 5 crores were riding on the 19-year-old actress.

There were many stories circulating in the media regarding her untimely and shocking demise. Some said she was pushed, others said she slipped while some speculated suicide. The cops closed the case in 1998. There was nothing worthy that the police found out in their investigation.

She wasn't fake and always spoke her mind. She is missed by all her fans even today.

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Stop Exploitation !!! Say No to Crackers!!!

Dear friends Today i am not talking about Bollywood but have an important message for all the people.I would like others to pour in their views about it as well as if they agree with me then they should share it with their friends and spread awareness.

Our favorite festival is at our doorstep, Diwali. Let’s Say No to Crackers. Its very unfair when at one instance we clean our house and at another instance we make the street dirty by bursting crackers. Deepavali is turning into a festival of sound and air pollution. The amount of money spent in buying crackers can be put into some meaningful cause. The thing which hurts me most is that our own kids get holiday during this festival but poor kids are exploited more during Diwali and made to work in night to make crackers without any safety equipment or gloves. So this time make the celebration little different celebrate the festival of lights with diyas and exchange of sweets.

Stop Exploitation !!! Say No to Crackers!!!

This is what we are saying NO to!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tu kitni achhi hai, tu kitni bholi hai...An immortal Song

Tu kitni achhi hai, tu kitni bholi hai

Pyaari pyaari hai, o maa o maa

Ke yeh jo duniya hai, yeh ban hai kaanton ka

Tu phulwaari hai, o maa o maa

Dukhne laagi hai maa teri aankhiyaan

Mere liye jaagi hai tu saari saari ratiyaan

Meri nindiyaan pe apni nindiyaan bhi

Tune waari hai, o maa o maa

Tu kitni achhi hai, tu kitni bholi hai

Pyaari pyaari hai, o maa o maa

Tu kitni achhi hai, tu kitni bholi hai, a song from movie Raja Aur Runk released in 1968.A song with beautiful lyrics and with a melodious voice. This is an amazing song which stresses on the fact that a Mom is never alone not even in her thoughts. Her thoughts are filled with her children thoughts. When a Mum is pregnant she has a sleepless night and keep on changing sides and when kid is born she still has sleepless night as she is busy attending her new born kid. And after that in her kids growing statge her care towards her kid takes the form of fear.This song was sung by Lata Ji and the sweet lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi .Laxmikant Pyarelal composed the music.

This song brings in all the emotion that a mom possesses. A mom's happiness resides in her kids. Her heart breaks with a drop of tear in her kids eyes. Mum only ask one thing that is her kids well-being. The song has some deep meaning lines."Yeh jo duniya hai Van hai kanto ka, Tu phulwari hai" mean "This world is full of thorns and you are the only garden of blooming flowers"

Thanks Anand Ji for portraying a Mom's emotion in words and I would also thank Lata Ji for putting a life in this Song. Every person who believes in the sacrifice of a Mom will surely love this song. You will get goose bumps after hearing and feeling it. This is one among many songs that is evergreen as well as immortal. One cannot praise the genius of Laxmikant Pyarelal high enough. Coming up with such a remarkable song. It’s quite a feat that Laxmikant Pyarelal achieved in this movie.

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A Love Saga of Geeta Dutt and Guru Dutt....

Geeta Dutt and Guru Dutt a passionate couple whose story will touch your heart. He was the one who made her and he was the one who destroyed her.

Guru Dutt, famous for making brilliant lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Indian cinema of the 1950s, and expanding its commercial conventions, was born Vasant Kumar Shivashankar Padukone in Bangalore to Shivashankar Rao Padukone and Vasanthi Padukone.

His family was having financial difficulties. Guru Dutt as a teenager joined the arts troupe of Uday Shankar (older brother of Ravi Shankar), where he learnt dance, drama and music.

At the age of nineteen, he found a job with Prabhat Film Company in Pune in 1944. Baazi, his first directorial debut and the second home production of good friend, actor Dev Anand, came in 1951 and went on to become a super-hit. It was the making of this movie that marked the beginning of his relationship with Geeta Roy.

Geeta Roy was recording the song 'Tadbeer Se Bigdi Huyi Taqdeer,' in the presence of Guru Dutt.After hearing this he fell in love with her and her voice.

Geeta Roy used to come to Dutts house regularly. She would simply take down the harmonium from their shelf and sing Bengali songs. Now Guru Dutt fell in love with her madly.

Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt formed a perfect team. She sang such lovely song that we still hear them. 'Hoon abhi main jawan', 'Jaa jaa jaa bewafa', 'Babu ji dheere chalna' and 'Yeh lo main haari piya' in Aar Paar (1954) were like prolonged outburst of harmonious sensations.

At the time of their marriage, Geeta was one of the top singers while Guru Dutt was still a struggling director. This led to talk that he married her for financial security, which hurt him deeply. So much so, that he now wanted her to stop singing for anyone else, but himself. She complied, or so he thought. Such a drastic step would have stifled her range considerably. Unable to control her passion, she started singing secretly and would be back early in the evening before Guru arrived. Before long, almost all of her singing for outside banners got limited to two-bit club songs . All this tension, worry about not getting home in time affected her singing and she started getting fewer offers. She finally gave up and started singing for home productions only.

Both Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt were supremely talented artists, touching new heights of success with every release. Both were temperamental, sensitive and easy to hurt. He smoked heavily, drank heavily, and kept odd hours. 

The year was 1956. Guru Dutt introduced a new girl, Waheeda Rehman in his movie 'C.I.D.' Rumors of his affairs with his new leading lady started surfacing, which left Geeta Dutt hurt. Guru Dutt wanted to launch a film 'Gauri' in 1957 with Waheeda Rehman in the lead and Geeta Dutt was to be launched as a singing star. But she refused to do the movie. So the movie got shelved after just a few days of shooting.

This incident lead to a lot of tension at home and divorce became inevitable. The breaking up of her marriage also began having repercussions on her career. She started neglecting her riyaz. And to make things worse she began finding solace in drinks.

The downfall began. On October 10, 1964, Guru Dutt committed suicide, his third attempt. Geeta was broken after his death and suffered a nervous breakdown, during which, she failed to recognize even her own children.

When she recovered nearly six months later, she was financially in a bad shape. She tried to resume singing again, cutting discs at Durga Puja and giving stage shows , she was even doing a Bengali film, 'Badhu Bharan' (1967) as heroine!

But due to her drinking habit she died of cirrhosis of the liver on the 20th of July, 1972. A very tragic love story. Love was there from both side but due to professional pressure they started searching for peace but didn't realized that it was in their union.

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Lovely Bubbly Our Bebo...

The legendary Kapoor family's fourth generation who has been in the film industry for the last 50 years gave us Kareena Kapoor. She is known in the Indian media for being publicly outspoken and assertive.She is popularly known by her nickname ‘Bebo’. She has launched her own clothing line in association with being a brand ambassador for the retail chain Globus.

Kareena Kapoor was born on 21st September, 1980 to Randhir Kapoor and Babita. Her elder sister, Karisma Kapoor is also an actress. She debuted with Refugee (2000) which didn’t do so well at the box office but everyone recognised her as  a girl with potential.Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) which became the highest overseas grosser of that year gave her recognition and success as an actress. However her other films, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Yaadein, Ajnabee and Asoka, released in the same year gained mediocre success.

Year 2002 and 2003 was not good for her career.All her movies, Mujhse Dosti Karoge!, Jeena Sirf Merre Liye, Talaash: The Hunt Begins…, Khushi, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, LOC Kargil, were quite unsuccessful at the box-office. Even 2004 and 2005 (Chameli, Yuva, Fida, Aitraaz, Dev, Hulchal, Bewafaa, Dosti: Friends Forever) came with lukewarm response. Though people praised her for Chameli and Dev. In 2006, she starred in 36 China Town, Chup Chup Ke, Omkara and did a cameo appearance in Don – The Chase Begins Again.

Her role of a free spirited fiery sikhni in Jab We Met (2007) brought her huge success and fan following. Tashan, released in 2008, was a flop. Kambakkht Ishq and Main Aurr Mrs Khanna both 2009 releases did not do so well, however Kurbaan and 3 Idiots which also released in the same year gained her nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She then appeared in the much stalled Milenge Milenge (2010). Karan Johar’s We Are Family (2010), a Hindi adaptation of Hollywood’s Stepmom (1998) saw her playing the role originally portrayed by the talented, Julia Roberts. The role won her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has been a part of the Golmaal series and has played a role in Golmaal Returns (2008) and was the leading lady in Golmaal 3 (2010).

 In 2011, she was first seen opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One and later opposite Salman Khan in Bodyguard. Both these films did huge business at the box-office. In 2012, she was seen opposite Imran Khan in Karan Johar’s Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu which also did well at the box-office.

 Following the release of Heroine, Kapoor married actor Saif Ali Khan on 16 October 2012. At the end of the year, she co-starred alongside Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji as the "tantalisingly seductive prostitute" Rosie, in Talaash.

She also did supporting role in Prakash Jha's Satyagraha (2013).Satyagraha received little praise from critics, though proved to be a modest success She had a starring role opposite Imran Khan in the romantic comedy Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, but the feature was poorly received and earned little at the box office.

Currently she is shooting for Singham Returns, opposite Ajay Devgan, which is scheduled to release in August 2014.She has also signed on to star alongside Farhan Akhtar in Dev Benegal's drama Bombay Samurai.

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Ranbir Ranveer Chit Chat

Both are great actors. Ranveer was brilliant in Ram leela and Gunday.I doubt they actually have any real problems (other than a little bit of competition). Seems just like a "media made war", which potentially could turn them against each other in the future.

Ranbir is happy with Katrina and Ranveer Deepika are happy as well. Besides that, Ranbir's delivered some great performances that Ranveer's acknowledged already and Ranbir's acknowledged Ranveer's success as well. Both seem very humble and chilled out. Ranbir seems more calm and collected, whereas Ranveer's more energetic and enthusiastic, but I doubt this will rub them the wrong way. They both seem more focused on their work before anything else, evidenced by not wanting to confirm relationships which could distract fans from their performances. They both even have directors that favor them, Ranbir is tight with Ayan Mukherji and Anurag Basu whereas Ranveer seems to be a favorite with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Yash Raj. All in all, they have created their own spaces (deservedly so) and both can and will strive as India's most promising mainstream acting talent. It'll be nice too, as it's nice to have multiple talented heroes as to one that dominates all of the movies and gets all of the good scripts...it makes movies more refreshing!

Ranveer all the way is so down to earth and lively. He gives so many energetic performances that you can see he is born to entertain and acting is his passion! His diversity in the roles he plays should be appreciated and the guy can definitely act. Who doesn't love that bread cake scene with Anushka in BBB? I think a star was born right there!!! Ranbir is a good actor too.

Ranveer and Ranbir r both great actors who get along with each other. They were seen chatting and having a good time with each other at the gunday screening. Ranveer has even praised Ranbir and said he is leading the new generation of actors. They were also reported to have met at the ndtv event in delhi. There is no personal rivalry between them. I would love to see them both in a movie together.

Both are very natural actors (and professionally-trained prior to joining films, might I add - they didn't just decide to learn acting on the job), and have great onscreen presence and charisma. When I saw Band Baaja Baaraat and Saawariya for the first times, I was blown away by their respective acting debuts, and I was so proud that Bollywood was introducing these two wonderful actors into the industry (and I know they'll get even better with time, which they've already proven with Lootera, Barfi, etc.). I hope Ranveer and Ranbir stay focused, sign interesting films, and keep challenging themselves (and each other, by default) - I definitely think they're our future superstars, and Bollywood is so lucky to have them! It'll be a fun professional rivalry to watch! :)

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Rajesh Khanna popularly known as KAKA....

Rajesh Khanna very well-known as the first superstar.His real name is Jatin Khanna.Born in 1942 was raised by foster parents(His parents relative).

He attended St. Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum, along with his friend Ravi Kapoor, who later took the stage name Jeetendra. Both friends studied in Kishinchand Chellaram College (KC)

He made his debut in 1966 with movie Aakhri Khat and Movie Raaz.Both movies were a part of his predetermined prize for winning the All-India United Producers’ Talent Competition.
Aakhri Khat was India’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Oscar Academy Awards in 1967.

The BBC made a film on him, titled Bombay Superstar, in 1974.He became the heartthrob of the nation, singing timeless melodies like 'Mere Sapnon Ki Rani...' in 'Aradhana', 'Zindagi Ek Safar' in 'Andaaz' or 'Yeh Shaam Mastani' in 'Kati Patang'. Singer Kishore Kumar and composer R.D. Burman were amongst his closest friends. He teamed up with director Hrishikesh Mukherjee for the critically acclaimed 'Anand; 'Bawarchi' and 'Namak Haram'. He moved to television and played the main lead in two serials - 'Ittefaque' and 'Apne Paraye' during 2001-02 and also featured in 'Raghukul Reet Sada Chali Aayi' between 2008-09.
He featured in 'Wafa' with controversial Pakistani actor Laila Khan, who was found murdered earlier this month.

Khanna was a Member of Parliament for the New Delhi constituency (1991-96).

His very name spell magic in the 1970s. He sparked hysteria among his women fans, who would line the road for a glimpse and cover his car with lipstick marks.Its said whenever Rajesh Khanna entered a hotel in Madras, there was a queue of 600 girls waiting to see him at midnight.

Rajesh Khanna gave 15 consecutive solo super hits between 1969 to 1972, which is still an unbroken record in Bollywood.In six years, he gave 15 super hit movies.

Many movie-halls would concurrently run Khanna’s movies for 25 or more weeks.Kishore Kumar singer and Actor Rajesh Khanna as a team gave many super hit songs, which rule till today.

Rajesh Khanna appeared in 163 feature films of which 106 had him as the solo lead hero and 22 were two hero projects and 17 short films.He produced 3 movies and co-produced three.

He is a life member of the International Film and Television Research Center, the International Film and Television Club and the Asian Academy of Film & Television.
He is the Guest Faculty of 'Specialized Cinema Courses at Asian School of Media Studies'.


Relationships:
Khanna first crush was fashion designer and actress Anju Mahendru. They were in live-in relationship for seven years and broke up.

In March 1973, Rajesh Khanna married Dimple Kapadia.She was just 16 years of old and Rajesh Khanna was 31 years old.Bobby became super hit movie after that Dimple Kapadia got many offers but Rajesh Khanna did not allow his wife to act in movies. Khanna and Dimple Kapadia separated in 1984.They have two daughters.

In the eighties Tina Munim was romantically involved with Khanna.
Tina Munim and Rajesh Khanna became the leading on and off screen couple of the 80’s with hits like Fiffty Fiffty, Suraag, Souten, Aakhir Kyun, Bewafai, Insaaf Main Karoonga and Adhikar

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Abhimaan...

I finished watching Abhimaan few minutes ago.I just loved this movie. Amitabh and Jaya share an envious chemistry in the movie and justifies the movie. Hrishikesh Da is director par excellence and Abhimaan is a beautiful story. In brief, Amitabh Bachchan is a popular singer who falls for and marries a young and talented girl who sings beautifully. Post marriage, she finds her own success as a singer and soon surpasses his own. And that's when the problems begin. These problems are called envy, pride, ego (or hurt thereof), anger, and the destructive results of such feelings.

 Jaya Bachchan's performance is stupendous. Jaya is completely amazing especially in the last 30 minutes. Jaya Bhaduri's subtle but comprehensive performance in this film is wonderful - for me, she is the star of this movie - the way she expresses herself with her eyes is powerful. Amitabh Bachchan supports her excellently with a nuanced and understated portrayal of his tragic character. Asrani is good too.

 It has the perfect songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar. "Nadiya Ki Nare", "Ab Tho Hai Tumse", and "Piya Bina" being my favorites. There are nice duets, "Teri Bindiya Re" sung by Lata and Rafi, and "Tere Mere Milan Ki" by Lata and Kishore Kumar. There is also Kishore Kumar's trendy "Meet Na Mila", which will surely entertain a movie watcher as well as a music lover. An excellent soundtrack by S.D. Burman.

Abhimaan is a fine movie of 1973, and the way it was made, treated by the filmmaker and acted, makes it a must-watch for every cine-goer. It is only two hours long, an exception in Hindi cinema and as expected by a great director like Mukherjee, whose films are always realistic and balanced, never goes overboard.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee was one of the best directors around that time,and this is one of his gems and a milestone in Indian cinema.This is a movie that people won't get tired watching even half a century after it was been made,because the issues that Hrishikesh Da tackled in his movies were very a part of an Indian middle-class society and they still do prevail.

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Maine Pyar Kiya...

Sooraj Barjatya’s eternal romantic film Maine Pyar Kiya released way back in December 1989. And a mega superstar , Salman khan of Hindi Cinema was born with this classic movie. I saw this movie when I was very young and Salman became my favourite actor. I like him till today.The innocence which I saw in 1989 is still visible on his face. Suman, a girl every Mom wants.Her innocence can be best described by this quote "Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation".

 ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ is a love story of a Prem and Suman. Their love doesn't have any boundaries of money. Suman, the daughter of Prem’s father’s friend, comes to stay at Prem’s house, while Suman’s father goes abroad.Suman and Prem fall in love, but their love is not accepted by Prem’s father and he asks Prem to leave the house. Suman’s father too refuses to allow Suman to meet Prem and puts a condition that he should earn Rs. 2000 a month, if he wants to marry his daughter. Prem works hard as a labourer and manages to earn the amount which melts Suman’s father’s heart.And finally with many twist and turns Love unites in the end.

It was a blockbuster movie and people like many of the scene and act many of the dialogues till today.
"Ek ladka aur ladki kabhi dost nahin hote" is one among the famous dialogue.I can never forget that "Abhi mood nahin hai (one-armed pushups!!)" scene.Hmmm very romantic.
One newly addition to the film was The Antakshari song, a medley of old hindi songs was never seen before.And many new films of today are copying it.

Music of “Maine Pyar Kiya”were mesmerizing.They were sung by S.P.Balasubramanium and Lata Mangeshkar. Ram-Laxman directed the music. The opening track, "Aate Jaate" had an exceptional concept while whistling and humming in "Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka" increased its beauty.“Dil Deewana” and “Kabootar Ja Ja” and vastly popular.

Sooraj Barjatya’s one of the best and favourite director made a film of whole different era, a completely different sensibility, a VERY different Salman, a completely innocent and untainted view of love.After watching this movie you feel Love is so pure.Such Love stories makes the world a very innocent and noble place to live.

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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

I  saw "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" again yesterday.Loved this movie SO much! No matter how many times I watch it, it NEVER gets old! Loved Ranbir-Deepika's chemistry it was just too good!YJHD is love story of today's generation.

The film shows the journey of two different worlds of Naina (Deepika Padukone) and Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor). Naina is a simple and hard-working girl while Bunny is a merry go round boy for whom life is all about being crazy.Perfect movie with perfect cast! simply mesmerizing!

On one side it was the successful reunion of Ranbir Kapoor and young talented, director Ayan Mukerji, after WAKE UP SID, but it was more in the news for its lead stars, real life ex-couple, Ranbir-Deepika, were back together on the big screen.This was the second film of the two actors together. Their first film together was Bachana Ae Haseeno, which was released in 2008, when the two were dating. Later, they called it quits in 2009. Reports were ripe that the increasing closeness of Katrina Kaif with Ranbir was the main reason behind this breakup, but they two actors remained tight lipped about the same.
But we see Deepika & Ranbir successfully buried their hatchet and gave their fullest to this project.

While ‘YJHD’ is a very normal movie based on bollywood formulae but it is got enriched with Ayan’s narrative’s style and flair.

On music front,Badtameez Dil reminds you of some earlier compositions but the energy in the song keeps you hooked. Balam Pichkari is sureshot chartbuster.Kabira is an absolute gem everything was perfect.

Faaroq Sheikh is a genius who gives the best moment in his 5 min role. All the four actors-Ranbir, Deepika, Kalki and Aditya Roy Kapoor perform fabulously. Kalki did a good job.Infact she was great in her role. Aditya Roy Kapoor played his part rather well.Ranbir Kapoor acted quite fine.This role doesn’t need any superlative acting and hence his acting is quite regular but fortunately for him fits the character. Deepika Padukone is the best of the lot for me. Her performance in the final minutes is also applause worthy.

Ayan Mukherjee has made a fine film. He tell us how jawaani is deewani but when it reaches its peak then it should get formalised with the responsibilities.

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Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

While having tea today in evening I heard "Mere Khwabon Mein" song.It immediately struck me about DDLJ movie .Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge - Come Fall in Love("Again"). It was Aditya Chopra's debut film as a director. This film remains an iconic Bollywood love story even today.Those were the days...I don't know if they would ever do romance like this on the big screen ever again!

The story revolves around Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) a rich Londoner, who wishes to go to Europe for a month's vacation and Simran (Kajol), also from London, does the same. After Raj and Simran play jokes on each other, Raj finally makes her miss her train and they are stuck alone in the mountains of Europe. By the time they both come back, the both fall in love with each other. But Simran's marriage has been arranged with another person in India, Kamaljeet (Parmeet Sethi). The movie depicts the struggle of Raj to win Simran from her father, Chaudhry Baldev Singh (Amrish Puri).

I remember terrific performances from Kajol, Shahrukh, and the supporting cast. Anupam’s comical and affectionate acting, Amrish’s stern, forbidding and yet a loving father touches heart. Mandira Bedi is very sweet as the girl in India who falls for Shahrukh. Farida potrays a caring mother role very convincingly and gives a memorable turn.


The music was uniformly wonderful with the centrepiece being Tujhe Dekha a beautiful and haunting tune  in which Kajol and Shahrukh admit their feelings for one another. Other standouts are Mere Khwabon Mein with Kajol .Much of the choreography though is surprisingly not extraordinary and only the lively Mehndi Lagake really hits home with its call and response scenario between the men and the women at the engagement party.

Aditya Chopra has balanced his film well and delivered a memorable film. He has filled the film with several memorable scenes, like Raj's meetings with Simran's father and the climax which throws in a little action to the mix. A superlative feather in the Chopra's enviable cap!

The film won National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.The film is so good one can see as it has been running for 17 years, released in 1995 and is still running at Maratha Mandir in South Mumbai.The owner of maratha Mandir says the hall has screened DDLJ for the past 10 years, plans to let it stay for another 100 weeks. He says that inspite of running for a decade, the movie still pulls in crowds and creates bouts of optimism and romance.

DDLJ out-stand all the flaws, and by all means is a masterpiece.I loved the songs, the background music and guitar sound which made this movie more perfect. There were no plot holes and it make you stick throughout the movies. DDLJ had those typical ingredients to get popular among masses and achieve cult status.It has a more gripping love story everseen before.

An international record breaker : "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge".It is voted as the favourite indian film of the past 100 years.

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2 States..A Story of making Love an Arranged Marriage...

"2 States" the Story of Most of Indians who do inter-caste/interstate marriage.Its an acquaintance most talked about and deserve a watch.Its an book-adapted movie (a book by Chetan Bhagat).

The movie is directed by Abhishek Varman.Its a story about a MBA couple who were from different states and different brought-ups.They fell in love and wanted to have an love come arrange marriage where everyone is happy.The movie is the journey of how these young lads convince their parents to have their magical union with everyone consent.

Arjun Kapoor's  performance was very realistic and superb. It was nice to see Arjun playing a different role proving everyone who doubted his ability to portray Krish.

Alia's pretty face, in saris and suits, grabs attention but it would have been better if any Tamil actress would have been taken to add gold standard in regional sensitivity & mass stereotyping.

Ronit was consistent in his demeanor all through, no over-acting like the main characters including his wife, and actually made the audience empathize with him, well done RR!

Revathi as Ananya's graceful Tamil mother is also outstanding and her music performance was totally heart stealing.
Amrita was hilarious. The punches were funny though I read most of them in the book, but still it was very nice to revisit the book.

Mast Magan has a slight Sufi touch though it is inherently a Bollywood number.Overall an entertaining movie.


In 1950’s and 1960’s among the couples who had love marriages, 90% of those love marriages had failed. So many parents don't support love marriage. Of course now in present times, this has changed for better and we see many love marriages are working fine.

I too had a love marriage and a very successful one touch-wood. According to me in our society, marriages which are inter-caste, inter-religion or totally from different culture seems to be going on rocks and are living happily right from beginning because couple have total faith in each other and both are very flexible and adjust their behavior so as to take care of other partner even if it means a sacrifice. And when family members see this, they also start supporting such couples even though the family members may have opposed such marriages to begin with. And once you get support from other family members, the foundation of marriage becomes solid. And such marriages succeed totally.

A parent support is required totally for anything we do then our marriage which is a completely new phase of our life.How can it be successful without the blessing of our parents who brought us in this world.The movie completely touches my heart and will be close to me.

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Sulakshana Pandit.....Does love destroys life?

Once Victor Hugo said "Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves.".This quote suits the very charming singer and actress Sulakshana Pandit. Her serenity lent to the songs are commendable.This isn't a surprise as she comes from a musical family with Pandit Jasraj as her uncle.First singer-actress after Noor Jehan and Suraiya.

She is unparalleled in “tu  hi sagar hai’ of Sankalp in 1975 for which she got Filmfare and Miyan Tansen award. As an actor she did movies like Apnapan, Hera pheri, Uljhan, Sankoj ,Raaj, Salakhein, Dharam kanta, Gora, Do waqt ki roti, Kala suraj, Bundaal baaz, Thief of Baghdad and Khandan. She sang in Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi and Oriya movies. She took part in live concerts along with the legends – Mohd.Rafi and Kishore Kumar.
She also played the lead opposite the top-most stars of the 1970s including Jeetendra (Khandaan, Sankoch) and Sanjeev Kumar (Uljhan).

Her début movie was the suspense thriller Uljhan in 1975 opposite Sanjeev Kumar. She has acted in a Bengali movie opposite super star Utham Kumar.

She madly fell in love with Sanjeev Kumar during the shooting of  film Uljhan (1975). But Sanjeev Kumar loved (Hema Malini).They worked in a lot of films — Waqt Ki Deewar, Chehre Pe Chehra, Uljhan, Apnapan. They acted in seven films altogether. Sanjeev kumar was addicted to drinking which led to his death in 1985.After Sanjeevji died, she went into acute depression. She has not yet recovered totally. She has locked the connecting door of her room and outside world.She will be in her room whole day and watch beautiful films, listen to beautiful music and write poetry.Spurned in love, Sulakshana's world became empty. She lost all her money and fame. Worst of all, the siblings whom she mothered into success refused to support her, rendering her emotionally robbed of and homeless.

At times Love becomes too much overrated, commercialized, and way too unpredictable. "Love isn't something you feel. It's something you commit to." We all are "emotional creatures", and are always in search of an emotional fix. So we should stop being a victim, get out of victim mentality, take steps towards you own maturity, self-development, and self-respect. There are no victims, only volunteers.

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Abhi Na Jaao Chod Kar Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahin....The Magical Song

Abhi Na Jaao Chod Kar Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahin
Abhi Abhi To Aayi Hoo Abhi Abhi To
Abhi Abhi To Aayi Ho Bahar Banke Chhayi Ho
Hawa Zara Mahak To Le Nazar Jara Bahek To Le
Ye Shaam Dhal To Le Zara
Main Thorhi Der Jee Too Lun Nashe Ke Ghuunt Pi To Lun
Nash Eke Ghunt Pi To Lun Abhi To Kuchh Kuchh Kaha Nahin
Abhi To Kuchh Suna Nahin
Abhi Na Jaao Chod Kar Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahin

A most romantic , immortal & the best duet song which will enthrall the music lovers. A stylish Dev Anand imploring a terrific beauty Sadhana not to leave him as his heart is not yet filled with joy.

A very romantic song written by Sahir who was a romantic poet. This song is cast in separation mold as he had failed love relationships. His poem has amazing canvas of romantic shades.The poetry is conversational.
"Aaapke likhne ka andaz, bas ab mein kya kahoon..Bemisaal....Bemisaal."

Jaidev gave music for this fabulous piece.He is expert in classical and folk music.

In Sanskrit there is a saying "Na bhuto na bhavishyati" mean "There is no one like Rafi sahab in the past and there will be no one like him in the future".He can capture every mood and every nuance of songs.He had this unique talent of varying his voice to suit the persona of the star he was singing for. In Abhi na jao, he paints a picture of Dev Anand through his singing. While listening to this song, you can visualize Dev Anand’s drawl, his style and his mannerisms. This was the mastery of Rafi.

Asha has a dulcet vocals. She seduces you with her teasing ways. Her voice has intensity and lure. It is a  blend of silk, velvet and honey. Asha is renowned for getting into the mood of the song in a jiffy. She imports the song with what the poet wants to convey and what the scene demands and gives that something extra-the X-factor.

Nearly years after its release, I watched the song unblinkingly.

The sheer hard work of Sahir, Jaidev and above all Rafi Saab & Asha Bhonsale made this song indeed a magical piece.Thank you all of you for taking us on joyous ride of experiencing the romance in the form of song.

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Dilip sahab....the ultimate method Actor

Dilip kumar whose real name is Yusuf Khan is one of the finest actor Indian Cinema can ever have. He is also known as The Tragedy King. He is a class personified — full of dignity who was born to a dry fruit merchant.He got chance in Bollywood with the help of Devika Rani and Himanshu Rai (owner of Bombay Talkies).

His first movie which came to floor was Bombay Talkies’ Jwar Bhata. It didn't do great at box office. He was basically recognized with his third film Milan released in 1946. After this his career spanned till 50 years with his last release Qila in 1998.

His all the work is masterpiece in itself but some which was appreciated by most of his fans were Andaz (1949) in which he worked with Raj Kapoor,
Bimal Roy's Devdas another memorable work by Dilip Sahab with Suchitra Sen and Vyjayanthimala,Naya Daur (1957) which got him commercial and critical success. This movie was also in news for director B.R. Chopra taking legal action against actress Madhubala for backing out from Naya Daur.Herbreakup with Dilip made compelled her to leave the movie. Love in olden days were pasionate isn't it??
Heart stealing performace which owed many applaudes was Prince Salim in Mughal-e-Azam (1960) which broke all records.
Ganga Jamuna was the first movie produced by him.

Ram Aur Shyam (1967) was another hit movie added to his pocket. After Bairaag in year 1976 this great legend took a long sabatical.

He did his comeback with Manoj Kumar's Kranti in 1981. He played Sanjay Dutt's father in Subash Ghai's Vidhaata and joined Amitabh Bachchan in Ramesh Sippy's Shakti winning the Filmfare Best Movie Award. He did Subash Ghai's Karma (1986).

The year 1991 saw Dilip Kumar in Saudagar with Rajkumar. He was seen again in Qila (1998) which is his last movie to date. He played a negative role.

Awards:
Dilip Kumar has been awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1994) and Nishan-e-Pakistan by the Pakistani Government in 1998. He entered politics in 2000 and was a Member of Parliament.

Dilip Kumar received the Filmfare Best Actor Award for Daag, Azaad, Devdas, Naya Daur, Kohinoor, Leader, Ram Aur Shyam and Shakti. He was the first actor who won the Filmfare Best Actor Award. He also had a record number of nominations and wins. He won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
Personal Life:
On personal front Dilip Sahab's first fling was Kamini Kaushal from film Arzoo. Then came the beautiful, lively, giggly Madhubala with her million-dollar smile. But Madhu Mam's dad interference led to their breakup.

Finally Dilip Kumar got married at the age of 45 to filmstar Saira Banu.

Celebrity marriages are never a straight road it always has curves and holes. Dilip Kumar too got entangled in a controversial love affair plus marriage with Asma, a Pakistani lady. It does tarnished his image. But after learning that she is in touch with her ex-husband and is leaking out the news to the press they separated. And finally Saira and Dilip reconciled again.

Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu doesn't have their own kid but their romance is endless. They still love and care for each other. Saira Banu has mentioned in one of her interviews that she fell in love with Dilip Kumar when she was 12 years old. Their age difference between Saira and Dilip is 22 years and was always a talk of town but the couple is in perfect harmony with each other and look blissfully happy with each other.

This is an enless story which can go on and on...i just tried to gather bits from here and there of his life and pay my heartly tribute.

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One of the gem of Hindi cinema "Mere Mehboob"...

Hi Folks!!!

I just saw "Mere Mehboob" movie.After seeing that i felt we guys have become so much casual.Movie depicts so much of mannerisms and the culture of the contemporary Muslim society.I felt so refreshed with the Urdu poetry competition ,Rajendra kumar Sherwani and Sadhana Shivdasani burka.

Also there is a lovely tickling romance between the so handsome Ashok Kumar and pretty Nimmi.

The beauty and elegance of silent love will touch your heart.The story stresses on a person inner beauty not on his/her external beauty.Obstacles and misunderstandings are seasoned with funny-man Johnny Walker’s antics.

When you see this you will feel you need to see more ! The ambiance is of a time and culture which is difficult to find now—For people who live in history and romance will love this.

This movie was released in 1963.The scene where nawab sits around smoking his hookah gives so much lucknavi taste. Nawab house looks like some Mughal Palace.

After watching the movie you will not forget Husna and her flowing ghagras.I felt as if Anwar actually existed who speaks such eloquent Urdu.I loved the grace that was depicted in this movie.It was really an golden era which is now gone with the wind.


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