One time Superstars
Aaj gar main zad pe hoon to koi khusguman kyun ho..
One time Superstars
Ramgopal varma claim to fame : films like Satya, Shiva, Rangeela, Company, Jungle, Bhoot, Sarkar Ram gopal varma made mark with films depicting the mumbai underworld with its gang wars, the glamour associated and not to speak of its dark underbelly. A promising directorial debut Shiva (1989) sparked expectations and films on subject continued to be made.. we can say a “trend” making films on crime was set. close reality check on victimization of student politics, shiva emerged winner. It focused the grey prevailing in college campuses. Film underlined Right needs Power to deal. Crime, underworld, psychological thrillers, horror have always remained Ram Gopal Varma’s way.
RGV is a banner now. With nearly two decades of movie world experience, Ramu could have been worth more what he is today. Overconfidence and attitude has done the damage.
Rangeela With a strong and commendable cast likes Aamir, Urmila and Jackie shroff and music by Rahman made “rangeela” a musical genius and there was no looking back for the fearless visionary. His Satya, Company and D, the Indian gangster trilogies are so realistically made that they are often seen as cinematic reference-point to crime and underworld. He would be long remembered for his unusual and first of its kind take on Crime. However, nowadays seems to completely lost his golden touch as films like Go, Darling, Aag, Contract suggest, these and others faded very quickly.last seen : His latest offering Agyaat is not up to mark and lags behind from earlier Ram gopal varma ventures, the golden Ramgopal varma touch is missing…Come on RGV!
Kumar Sanu (singer) : Kumar Sanu would be long revisited for melodious songs of an era bygone. Passing of legendary Kishore Kumar as we all know had created sense of talent hunt to repay the space, arrival of Singers like Kumar Sanu and Udit narayan matched the expectations to a good level. Sanu showed commitment and loyalty to the profession. Listener friendly Sanu stormed into the bollywood fame with Aashiqui and soon became a regular voice to many leading stars. His velvety voice is still a treat to listen. Numbers like…tu aashiqui hai, mera dil bhi kitna pagal, jab kisi ki traf nazar jhukne lage, kuch na kaho, Ek ladki ko dekha, dil hai ki maanta nahin and many chartbusters are testimonial to the experience. He is not regular in Hindi film industry now unlike his counterpart Udit narayan and is doing Bhojpuri songs. His voice is missing from Hindi films. It is perhaps days for fresh stars. Kumar sanu is talented singer and is capable of making comebacks. Give him space , he is all the way sanu…Teri chunariyaaaa!
S.P Balasubramanium (singer): S P would be long remembered as former Salman khan playback voice, singer has sung some of his best songs for Salman khan . In the lines of Udit narayan for Aamir khan SP was for salman khan.He was also voice to superstar Kamal Hassan. Earlier to singer becoming synonym for Salman khan, SP became known as playback voice to kamal Hassan ek duje ke liye is a remarkable example.
Films like Ek dujeke liye, Tohfa, Himmatwala, Maine pyar kiya, Patthar ke Phool, Roja,Bombay, Hum hain aapke kaun, Saajan and many others best describe the talent of singer. Balasubramanium a recipient of “Sivaji Award” is now busy with south Indian film circles and is a recognized voice. S P Balasubramanium has bagged the filmfare award for “Best playback singer” category 2006, award was given for the song ‘Adagadigo Bhadragri ‘ from the telugu film ‘Sri ramadasu. SP is a more popular entity in south film circles.
SPB’s multi-language concert 2009 at Palghat suggests revival, hope the singer sings for Hindi films someday again …Yeh hasin wadiyaan yeh khula aasmaan
Arvind swami (actor) Claim to fame: He is perfect candidate to figure in the given ode. One time eye candy to Mani Ratnam Arwind swami is nowhere in film circles. Swami is not a regular face. Audiences have not seen the actor on the big screen for long. Currently doing something good for the society and social services, arvind swami is not ready for a comeback… Audiences certainly miss the Roja and Bombay star. He was last seen as a chief guest at a school function.
Anu Agrawal (actress) runaway debut success Aashiqui opposite Rahul Roy, the dusky queen earned fame with her very first film. Post a successful debut a string of bad selection of unfair roles occurred. Anu agrawal never achieved “Aashiqui”form again. As it is largely seen fading “Hindi” options guide one to small screen and south Indian movie world; Anu opted south films. Post 1996 the actress focuses there only. The return of jewel thief way back in mid 90’s stand as anu agrawal’s last Hindi movie. For “unlucky actress” things never seemed settled, Anu met an accident…sustained injuries. Her promising cinematic run met a shocking end. Anu is out of trauma and is running a yoga school.
Meenakshi Sheshadri (actress) claim to fame : Subhash ghai’s Hero opposite Jackie shroff placed her into instant stardom. Musical hit “Hero” acted as ideal launching pad for the fresher . Meenakshi never opted for stereotypical easy going rather always looked for competitive roles. Critically acclaimed performance in Damini opposite sunny deol showcased the potential in her. The “Damini” character gave her awards, She is a suitable candidate as One time Superstar. One of the most educated actresses of her time, her pairing with co-star Sunny Deol was quite good . Meenakshi sheshadri complimented the performances of Sunny in most of their films, Ghayal where the actress played an emotional balance to “Ajay”of sunny deol is also quite good. Meenakshi played the role of a journalist. Her role Opposite amitabh bachchan in Shanshah is worthy too. She was looking good for longer innigs but somehow lost her stardom, the talented dancer has said good bye to films and is living a happy married life with banker Harish. She left films in the mid-90s
Ayesha Jhulka(actress):Popular hits like Khiladi(Akshay kumar), Jo jeeta wahi sikandar(Aamir khan), Kurbaan(Salman khan) with contemporary leading Heroes of bollywood give stardom to the bubbly actress. Her film with Avinash wadhawan Balmaa is also quite appreciable, post Waqt humara hai she gone missing. After disappearing long from silver frame, ayesha resumed her acting career as supporting actress and cameo appearences. She did small roles in films like Socha Na tha, Run, Umrao Jaan. Ayesha was seen recently at the Gulzar book launch…time and tide wait for no one…cinema replaced her with fresh faces.
Rahul Roy (actor): claim to fame: Rahul Roy’s debut appearance for aashiqui placed him into certain stardom, rahul soon became a familiar face to indian audiences. Rahul and Anu made a welcome pair, they were well received. The Mahesh bhatt film generated name and identity for freshers such as Rahul, Anu and Deepak tijori.Tijori who essayed rahul’s friend in the popular Aashiqui is film maker now. Anu agrawal who played “Anu” has said goodbye to acting. She runs a yoga school.
dil ka aalam main kya bataun tujhe
ek chehre ne bahut pyar se dekha mujhe
Still recreates the Rahul-Tijori magic. aashiqui pals symbolizes the perfect loveable Hindi screen friendship. For aashiqui most of things fell in right order and proportion and in rahul roy’s favor too, it worked wonder. Phenomenal debut however didn’t insure a longer good run for the actor. Post aashiqui nothing sort of happening took place, films like Gumraah, Is raat ki subah nahi, Junoon, Gazab tamasha didn’t worked. At the end of day one can say wrong film selections, the fragile roles and runtime error limited Rahul roy’s carrier growth. Like many yesteryear stars the actor too switched to television reality shows. Rahul roy is Big boss season1 winner… zindagi ji lenge hum.
Manoj Bajpai claim to fame: promising television break forswabhimaan booked a potential bollywood star in Manoj bajpai. Mahesh bhatt’s television serial also placed ashutosh rana , sharad Kapoor in league of television-silver screen Actors. Manoj bajpai initiated his film carrier with small roles in films like Tamanna, Bandit queen, Drohkaal. He showed potential and thus a big bollywood break was in contention. Ram gopal varma’s Satya happened, film is often looked upon as trend –setting movie on Crime and Underworld nexus. A trend setting character satya’s Bhiku Mhatre….mumbai ka king kaun? Bhiku mhatre is still a piece. Bhiku mahtre’s role placed manoj bajpai in comfortable position, a position of star. With likes of Vinod khanna, Shatrughan sinha, Shahrukh Khan who switched to” Hero” post their negative role selection. Everyone expected a same phenomenon happening with manoj bajpai too, they saw their “Hero” in manoj bajpai’s bhiku. Bihar based Shool : challenging role as inspector Samar Pratap Singh gave bajpai a strong critical acclaim, he won awards…hero was born.
Manoj bajpai continued to do films…limited potions, Film selection, non availability of carved out Roles, Runtime error poised threat to much deserving cinematic carrier… Road, Zubeida, Veerzara, Fareb, Money hai to honey hai, Acid factory didn’t help star’s revival to distinct league sanjay gupta’s dus kahaniyaan and madhur bhandarkar’s latest offering Jail somehow places the actor once again in the contention. Manoj bajpai is a great actor . He deserves a role of caliber, place him in his league. He is always there…mumbai ka king Kaun?
Kumar Gaurav (actor) claim to fame: son of superstar Rajendra Kumar, Kumar gaurav being the fortune with him entertained a reserved slot as boy next door. Positive facial attributes moved the charming debutant close to bollywood contention. father Rajendra launched his promising, good-looking young son with Love story. film set the new trend of love stories ie; boy meets the girl and girl meets the boy films… Maine pyar kiya, Qayamat se qayamat tak, Aashqui, Phool aur kaante, Jaan tere naam, Jab we met, Kaho na pyar hai and many signify the trend set by the Kumar gaurav’s debut film.
Overwhelming debut made Kumar a star, mahesh bhatt offered him a cast in naam. story about mother and two loving sons, Film symbolizes perfect brother-brother relations. Nutan, Kumar gaurav, Sanjay dutt, Amrita singh, Paresh rawal played their part to success. Kumar gaurav and Sanjay Dutt played brothers, humane elegance made naam success. To gaurav’s fortune most of the credits for naam went co-star Sanjay dutt, credits must also go to kumar gaurav the “wrongly placed actor” . I personally see Kumar deserved accolades. Janam added another feather in kumar gaurav’s cap. janam is a story about a family, kumar gaurav is son rahul to parents Anupam kher and Anita kanwal. In “Janam” he is rahul, a caring son to mother but is rebel for father…Janam is well versed sample performance to kumar gaurav. With passage of time and era bygone his film appearances became less and rare . In spite of being a gifted personality, Kumar Gaurav remained a rare screen name…Phool effortlessly tried to bring kumar gaurav into silver frame again , film relaunched Kumar opposite happening Madhuri dixit. It however proved to be a late effort .The actor lately switched to foreign tinsel destinations and has done Guiana 1838. Sanjay gupta’s Kaante stands as kumar gaurav’s last bollywood appearance.
Ashutosh Rana(Actor) : claim to fame : promising television debut as tyagi of Swabhimaan booked ashutosh rana as potential bollywood star. In the lines of Manoj bajpai, Sharad kapoor, Ronit Roy : Swabhimaan co- actors ashutosh rana also switched to wider screen format , rana had already won over audiences with television. He stormed into the silver screen bastion with tanuja Chandra’s dushman. He however didn’t appeared as Hero ,actor’s acting credentials cannot be overlooked. Best performances in negative role for films like Dushman, Sangharsh, Haasil won him many accolades. Ashutosh rana’s gokul pandit disturbed audiences with his psyche. Rana’s character for dushman is an average everyday guy one would encounter; appearance wise, But scratch him deep inside and you are shocked . For a hardcore cult character like gokul you need someone like ashutosh –a prolific hindi speaker. Rana’s character study, never seen before with maverick skills and underlining dialogue delivery makes him one of the favorite baddies. Tanuja chandra’s celluloid offering placed him in a different league“Dushman” where he played a psychopath killer. Post this film rana got negative roles mostly. He is still doing films but memories and impressions however fall for breaking-in-performances only, Who would forget lajja shankar…frightening deadly voice.
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Ur title is SO WRONG for the people uve mentioned…………
They were at one time shining entity in bollywood..with passage of time,they are only familiar names..from where they began to WHERE they are NOW
Its applicable for everybody…even rajesh khanna, dev anand were one time shining entity in bollywood…wut they were thn, and wut they are now doesnt justifies it.
About Arvind Swami, my friend is his nephew and he said that he never really wanted to become an actor and he is happy with how life is now. So i guess ur comment is not justified.
if ur sying “quote” please.it makes easier to cross-examine
good tribute 2 some lost ones…bang on about RGV…although I’m not sure about some of the choices…anu agarwal or rahul roy etc can be safely discarded as one time wonders…don’t think they were great actors capable of delivering constant success….
& about Kumar Sanu…no matter how popular he was, he tormented my childhood with his monotonous nasal crooning…i always wondered why he was so popular and why he won so many awards…on hindsight he seems more like a predecessor of Himesh rather than a successor Kishor…
But again, yes I do miss ppl like SPB & Meenakshi…& given worthy roles, ppl like Manoj can still make a comeback…
Manoj Bajpai is capable…I say filwallah’s should give him challenging roles,He can deliver..but again choices..?
nice article…lots of anwers can be found at http://passionforcinema.com/kahan-gaye-woh-log/ an article with a similar theme written some time back…. the comments contain a lot of info about these onetime superstars….
me is concerned about their non-performance..at a time they delivered,now living a little-unkknown carrier.
me is concerned about their PRESENT..from where they began to where they are..not looking for ANSWERS..i say they could have been worth more
Sorry to point this out, but the language in this article is very inadequate, making it a strain to understand what you are trying to convey.
okk..have you got the CONCERN iam conveying?
Dilnawaz, if you can’t write properly in English, send it to the Editors in Hindi with an english translation. Hell I don’t know if the language is fake or your content is and I’m aligning towards the later, if you “Got the Concern iam conveying” (in your own words) and whatever that means.
Aligning towards the “latter”….
Hitting the nail on the head…I am still wondering what the article is all about…Need to read something worthwhile or i may not be able to convey anything after this….If he is concerned, further articles should not be published.
Oz Bhai – it vil be of no help…the start of the post says “Aaj gar main “ZAD” pe hoon to koi khusguman kyun ho.. “…do you have any idea WTF this ZAD means?? I think the correct line is Aaj gar me ZID pe hoon…..
@ DN – yay teja teja…oops ZAD ZAD kya hai..yeh ZAD ZAD.
Ashu bhai post was of trash…Manoj Bajpai and Rahul Roy in same bracket…hey bhagwan..
.. but if I am not wrong ZAD means loss..i think.. BTW Ashu Bhai aap kaafi din baad dikhe.. 
@ Akash – Oops, my mistake. I really dunno the meaning of ZAD.
I was busy in some of my ad projects..but i do keep on checking wuts happening at PFC.
@aashbhai…bhai..aashu…”zad” is urdu word.
there is vast dissimilarity among “zid”and “zad”
one time superstars(read it “once”) is an effort to express concern about actors/artists who initiated quite brilliantly.
i think…he/she meant…. superstars of one time!!!
Lot of names you mentioned were never a super star and we dont miss them at all. e.g. Arwind Swami, Anu A and rahul Roy. But yes, we feel for those who were really good and then lost their track like RGV, Manoj bajpeyi and Ashutosh Rana. What talented people are they(MB, AR) and are surviving on waste roles.
Did Rahul Roy act in Is Raat Ki subah Nahi ??
Yes…his Ghost from Junoon was in Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin. It is he who makes Nirmal Pandey do strange things..like slapping the don in the bar.
I don’t think you can really say that SPB has faded out. Yes, he had limited innings in Hindi Cinema but continues to do strong in Telugu and Tamil Cinema. He has been working there for almost 25-30 years , so i guess including him in the above list is not right.
And other names that you mentioned were never superstars.
What’s your definition of “One time Superstar”? Is it one movie? or Once upon a time superstar (in which case that’s a gross English error on your part calling Once – One)
Assuming you mean one movie super star – how can RGV be in this? He’s been making films since many of the young readers chaddi days. If his films are going cuckoo it’s only in the recent few years, besides the sporadic ones in the 90s.
Your statement “Overconfidence and attitude has done the damage”
My statement “Bad grammer and english have made your thoughts utterly unreadable”
S.P. Balasubramanium. Dude wtf! How aware are you of his work in cinema or do you restrict yourself to Hindi cinema? It’s a shame to call oneself a cine buff if you are going to talk about SPB in such lists. But then a keyboard and an internet connection gives ultimate power to anyone to say anything about even great achievers like SPB.
Your statement “Manoj bajpai continued to do films…limited potions”
My question: “What the f is limited potions?” Are you talking alcohol, drugs or making way for Aladin this Friday?
Your statement “Anu agrawal who played “Anu” has said goodbye to acting. She runs a yoga school.”
My question: Why are the last names of every actor in your blog in small caps? Surely some stretching in yoga could help you capitalize at appropriate places.
Your statement “Love story. film set the new trend of love stories ie; boy meets the girl and girl meets the boy films… Maine pyar kiya, Qayamat se qayamat tak, Aashqui, Phool aur kaante, Jaan tere naam, Jab we met, Kaho na pyar hai ”
My retort: This is untrue and a gross misrepresentation of facts down the 80s history of movies, before and thereafter. Do you know what year did Love Story release? And how many years after Love Story did QSQT and Maine Pyar Kiya release. Do you mean to say that people waited 8 years after 1981 (the year Love Story released) to catch on to the trend of making love stories in 1988 (the year QSQT released).
Can you tell me how many years BEFORE Love Story was there a movie on romance? Or can you tell me when was the next movie on romance released after Love Story?
This is outrageous. If you think Love Story started a trend 8 years later.
For your information. Love Story was directed by Rahul Rawail but a fallout with the producer Rajendra Kumar led to his name being removed as the director. Rahul went on to make another romance based subject. It was called Betaab. And it launched Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh.
Yes Love Story in my opinion did start a trend (if it did not pre exist). It started the trend of launching the children of people in the movie business, in romance based movies. After Kumar Gaurav, many the then stars and movie professionals have their kids jump starting their career in love stories – Sunny and Bobby Deol, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgan, Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapur and so many more… it kind of created a thumb rule that if you are in the movie business and your kid wants to act then create a love story based movie.
Such half baked knowledge being stretched out like a chewing gum… dude comeon!
also, i would not write-off manoj bajpai and rgv yet. they do have the fire in them and a good part of career is still ahead.
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and yes, the post is as fuzzy as the title itself :(
me is concerned about their PRESENT..they initiated brilliantly,could not capitalize on their potential.ONE TIME SUPERSTARS:I say threz is quite similiarity among the list of STARS i mentioned..
Firstly why is it your “concern” about “their” present. And if you are concerned why would you run some of them down in this post and have no clue because of language barriers (in my opinion) of what you’ve done wrong. Before anything else, shouldn’t you be concerned about communicating properly your thoughts in a clear manner?
What the FUCK does “threz” mean? What similarity among the stars in your list??? WHAT similarity do SPB and Rahul Roy have on any MOFU LEVEL?
Or for that matter what is the utter invisible similarity on any level between Anu Agarwal and Ashutosh Raina?
If there are they exist in your head and why the hell should that be our problem that we need to be bombarded 7 times with this rejected post and helplessly have to publish it so you could leave my poor overworked editors in peace.
“If there are they exist in your head and why the hell should that be our problem that we need to be bombarded 7 times with this rejected post and helplessly have to publish it so you could leave my poor overworked editors in peace” Iam thankful to editors..PFC is a dedicated workplace..PFC is surely one of “the best” place to learn and update urself.
OZ…your valuable contribution and cross-checking stlye is..good..READER is free to interpret their meanings.The list of stars is an effort to create concern about NON perfomance..given fresh faces,non availability of carved-out roles,accidental turn-out to cinematic carrier,Bollywood appearences/services..Love story can be regarded as reference-point to producer/director while making similar theme..RGV is great film-maker, recent films narrate other story..i am not disappointed the way Agyaat was handled,it could have been worth.
I think it should be the writer who has a responsibility towards the reader, as does a creative artist towards his receiver. On what plane, interpretation, world, is upto between the artist and the receiver. But somethings are just left and meant to be shot at. It provides a clear dividing line between the mad and the manic
oz, why did the article get published anyway?
IMO only Kumar Gaurav to some extent fits in this post.
Dont think you are dilnawaz. I think you are dazedandconfused.
ITs a good list. But you might want to remove SPB, RGV, Manoj Bajpai. I find the rest of the list apt.
yeah..dazed and confused,with a dil to write about stars who fetched stardom with their very first film
Arrey guru there’s a writer/commenter by that name here on PFC
Names like RGV, Meenakshi Seshadri,SPB etc have no reason to be listed here.And Arvind Swamy is a successful businessman who dallied in films briefly.And its not like its the end of the road for people like Manoj Bajpai and Ashutosh Rana.Wish the post could have focussed on people more relevant to the issue.
Rahul Roy and RGV in the same list!!!!!!!!!
RGV initiated brilliantly with his very first film..Rahul roy(actor) had also a decent beginning,could not capitalize on good break. RGV continued to do better work,film after film.
Does this post MEAN anything? SPB and Kumar Sanu in one post is bad enough, but SPB AND Rahul Roy AND Kumar Sanu AND Ayesha Jhulka AND Anu Agarwal all mentioned in the same breath?
WTF! One of the most disgusting posts I have ever read in PFC. The very mention of SPB, RGV and Manoj Bajpai shows the shallow knowledge of the author. It would be great if the author could come out of his Hindi/Bollywood cocoon to know what people like SPB, Aravind Swamy have done in their lives… I can’t believe PFC is giving a free license to post such “stupid” articles… Is there anything called moderation in PFC nowadays?
aaj gar main zad pe hun to koi khusguman kyun ho..shristi ka ahwaan.
Dilnawaz, I can see you offended cinematic sensibilities of quite many lovers of films (Including me).
On a lighter note I am sure if world cinema is bollywood cinema, you would like to add this to your list : (WOuld like to write as if me is you, as you would have said) (for others, sarcasm is intended)
1. Shekhar Kapoor : Widely known for his work Mr. India and his wife, no one knows where exactly he has gone. Last we saw him was on some TV Talent hunt. He could have won Oscars had he had made more Indian movies.
2. Om Puri : Known for his intense acting in Drohkaal and films like “Dulhan hum le jayenge” the man seems to ahve missed the train in 90s. Where was he? A career lost amongst the fighting films (we call them action flicks).
3. Yesudas : I cant even recall good songs he sang.
4. Lata Mangeshkar : SHe ruled the silver screen for more than 40 years, but is difficult to be seen around these days. Her younger sister, Ashaji seems to be a promising future star.
5. Mithun Chakraborty : Once called Jimmy is now recognized as the Dance India Dance Judge with limited capabilities to dance and is father of another flop actor who is well called Jimmy.
6. Mohanlal : I think he had a lot of potential after I saw Saza-e-kalapani, just needed to shed some weight.
7. Kamal Hasan : Yes our very own VASU from ek duje ke lie, he tried many hindi films but didnot succeed, played second lead in films like Saagar. He even tried with a flop comeback movie HEY RAM, A talent lost.
8. Rajnikant : The present age folks might just know him like a juggler of cigarretes and bidis but he had done very good films like John Johnny Janardan, only if it werent inspired from another film called Naseeb.
9. Divya Bharti : She was too good in Deewana. Why is she not working in movies these days?
And I can think of some 475 other names but would rest my case here
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Take it light. Enjoy.
Bro Jay, your comment was the most redeeming part of this lame post. I am laughin real hard at how u carried forward the legendary *concerns* of DilNawaz. Made my day! Chak de phatte!
This comment makes way more sense than the post !! Loved the part about Divyabharati !
There was a time when all clicked,somehow couldn’t capitalize on “decent beginnings”.”maintainance/regualarity” always help.
I bow down to thee my lord.
You have got some insight there!
(I don’t think I have much to say, and I rest my sarcasm and my thoughts and my likes and my disklikes to shed away my desires of what someone in these comments said “Washing hands in flowing Ganga”)
Jay that was a fantastic spark of creative genius..i have not laughed so much and so hard in ages..most hilarious..thanks tons for this amazing comment..made my day totally…If you ever choose to add to this list more names from the 475 that am sure you can, i think many here will be delighted..
dilnawaz, dude, you rock! loved the post, and loving the way you’re defending it. never mind the criticism. keep writing. they’ll get your *concerns* some day.
Barring Amitabh Bachchan, everyone would be a part of this list.. he is ofcourse, All Time Superstar :-)
Abt RGV – he is not a One-Time-Superstar…he is still a super star. He is still making films and some of the great stuff is still to come from him. Wait for Rann.
Abt Kumar Sanu – You say that you have a dil to write about stars who fetched stardom with their very first film. Do you know tht kumar din got success from his first film. he started it in 1987 with a movie called Aandhiyan (Shatrughan Sinha – Mumtaz). And thn he did films like Kabza, Mujrim, Jadugar, etc etc. He was one of the leading singer of T-series and re-sung many kishor da’s song for gulshan kumar. Aashique was his first breakthrough, in which he sang all but one songs of the movie. He has won 5 consicutive filmfare awards for aashiqui (1990), Saajan (1991), Deewana (92), Bazigar (93) and 1942: A love story (94).
Abt SPB – I dont want to comment anything on this. Oz bahi has said it and tht is it.
Abt Arvind – Did u bother to know why he was present at some school function. He is currently the Chairman and MD of Talent Maximus. Talent Maximus is engaged in Payroll Processing and Employee administration. It is the fastest growing service provider in its domain.
Its sad to see tht you have mentioned wutever name came in your mind..oops DIL….but before tht, atleast chk the credentials. And some of the stars mentioned in the post are still active in cinema like Manoj, Ashutosh Rana, Kumar Gaurav (he has started his own production company and soon will be coming up with new films as a producer).
And if you want to say that they were superstars at some point of time, but they are not anymore…even AB has gone through the same face when people thought that his career is finished now with a series of flop films like toofan, jadugar, ajooba, indrajeet, lal badshaah, mritudaata etc…but he came back and proved that the best is yet to come out of him…
I am not comparing manoj or ashutosh or for tht matter anybody with AB, but the kind of actors they are, you never know they can again mark their presence on the silver screen. They just need another Satya or Dushman.
I wud love to give you some info about all the mentioned names…but always keep your facts right. Its easy to write “Dil jo bhi kahe”…but before writing, u shud be sure of wut you are writing…and not just for the sake of your dil, yuo write anything
@Jay – you may include rajesh khanna, dev anand, ravina tondon, karishma kapoor, sushmita sen, etc etc.
And dude, divya bharti?? tht was very sarcastic and rude of you…lolz.
@ Oz Bhai – I have never sent any of my rejected post again…shud i keep on sending so that its published…Just jokin, but your comments were awesome. U have always inspired me of digging more and more before writing anything. Thans for tht.
~Cheers
Ashu Bhai MAPRM Wale
read the “intention” along with content.
read it as ur passion.
Mr.Jay, Divya BhartiOn April 5, 1993 at the age of only 19, Divya fell to her death off a 5-storey apartment building, Tulsi 2 in Mumbai tragically ending a potentially successful career.
Till this day nobody knows exactly if she fell accidentally or was pushed. Police finally closed the case after five years.
@ Stone, not sure why you are laughing at this piece of news from Venky. He’s right. Divya Bharti fell from her apartment building while sitting on the window sill at around late night while talking to two of her friends (I think they were a doctor couple). As far as I remember the reports said she was drinking wine around that time. Her boyfriend at that time – is the producer of Kambakth Ishq and he dedicated Divya’s last movie produced by him in memory of Divya Bharti.
he made sure her picture was put up at the beginning for a lot of his movies in the later years…
May be because Jay had written that sentence in sarcasm, and Venky’s response was sort of replying to a rhetoric!
She was married to Sajid Nadidwala. She married as soon as she turned 18 and died at the age of 19.
Her early death surely affected commercial films of 90s. She was supposed to star in many big films of those years.
I think her first big instalment of fame came via this song.
Venky are you dilnawaz?
@Jay – why are u asking this. Was this answer expected only for DilNawaz cos the answer is straight from the heart…Dil Se !
wow venky…we never knew that she’s dead in 93…we were just wondering where has she disappeared.
Thanks for telling.
@ Jay – hope u got the answer bro…don forget to thank venky for the information.
~Cheers
Ashu Bhia MAPRM Wale
@Venky
Thanks for enlightening us.
“PFC ki chakki chali ek daana phas gaya tum phase tho kya phase dilnawaz saara zamanaa phas gaya—- well shairi apart Article was very Immature and without any Homework!
Nice Funny Post. And i bet, no matter how much FILMY GYAAN one has, he/she just can not predict the next name in the list. RGV, Kumar Shanu, SP Bala, Arvind…i thought OK, may be mustache is the common link. Just then came, Anu Agar. Then Meenakshi, Jhulka, MB. I stopped wondering and started enjoying.
“funny” this what u expect..showing concern/attachment can be funny?
I though one needs to go through strict quality check before writing in PFC…I believe there is an evaluation system for the same…I wonder how this piece got published…are the editors and moderators sleeping?
Wasnt Gang Kumar Gaurav’s last appearance? He was brilliant in it. I felt he was a very underrated actor and was just plain unlucky.
Gang came before Kaante…& I don’t exactly remember who was there in that film…I vaguely remember Jacky Shroff…& probably Juhi Chawla
GANG… wow one of my lost guilt pleasure movies… watched it purely for how the guys keep changing in every frame… the movie took some 8+ years to get completed … jackie Shroff, Nana patekar, Kumar Gaurav, Javed Jaffery … guess a lot was expected off the 4 actors when the movie was kickstarted…. somewhere along the way KG and JJ started losing out on the racing track, NP took a different route altogether, and JS had already finished his race and now was sitting in the audience looking at the new breed of athletes…
Mazhar Khan who was directing the movie died during the production of Gang. The movie got completed after so many hassles. Mazhar Khan was Zeenat Aman’s husband if I remember correctly. That was second incidence of 90s, where an actor of the yesteryear’s passed away midway during the production of his movie, the first being Vinod Mehra and the movie being Gurudev.
Time taken in the making has surely affected the Gang. Film lacks in continuity. But if he had lived for more years Mazhar Khan would have proved to be a good and stylish director.
His handling of the portions where he presents the villain, Inayat Khan (Amjad Khan’s brother) was very good. He played very well there with light, darkness and shadows. His work there provokes audience to notice the overall cinematography.
Even back ground music was very good. and it shows his distinctive vision as a director considering the fact that every other gangster film of that era used to have an almost a noisy kind of BGM.
GANG..Kumar gaurav,javed jafri,jackie shroff,juhi chawla
He’s (Kumar Gaurav) done a movie the last I heard of was three odd years ago. An indie movie based on British taking Indians to the West Indies to work as slaves. I don’t have much info on this. If anyone does please do share.
Guiana1838,
Now they have a trailer on You Tube.
For DVD they have their own website.
thanks RK!
arrey dont let all this criticism bog u down dilnawaaz bhai. mast ho ke likhte raho. vaise bhi, dil se toh shayad oz ne hi comments diye hain.., baaki sab toh saale behti ganga mein haath dho rahe hain!!
BTW how come so many runtime errors in the post?
We need more posts like these at PFC.. after all Zindagi mein hasne hasaane ka alag hi maza hai..!!
@Dilnawaz: On a more serious note, i dont doubt your intentions, but please understand that in its present form both your thought pattern and writing style seems rather foolish. Learn and improve: that should be your first priority if you wanna write at PFC. you could be forgiven for the grammar but not for the idea..think more wisely.
He needs to get the concern that you are conveying…And please read his intention along with the content….This was one post where some hilarious comments flew in…. But Venky’s knowledge about Divya Bharti was a killer…
Hello dilnawaz saab…i think u made 2 wrong choices..SPB. and Ramu..cmon maan…SPB is a legend singer…and Ramu has lost his form thats it…
choices…they are mine way of interpretation…u may differ
SPB is a legend..RGV sir is capable of making great comebacks.
post is an effort to “link’ initial stage to “present” standing.
On a serious note, what happened to the cinematographer of Aamir, Alphonse Roy? There were three things great about Aamir, the music, the cinematography and the acting.
What happened to Saket Chaudhary of Pyaar Ke Side Effects? It was a wonderful light comedy but the director has not worked on anything after that in my memory.
Dilnawaz – you could have worked a little more carefully on your list.
…industry could have produced more good-entertaining films…why it happens few films only.
Do not forget Kumar Sanu won Filmfare for consecutive five years…from Aashiqui to Pardes…wot happened to him, happens to every singer as the trend of Music changes….its happening to Sonu Nigam now which has made him frustrated about the music industry giving nonsense public comments about his colleagues. It had also been happened to Rafisaab and Mukesh when the trend changed to Kishor Kumar.
And please do not underestimate Ramu who gave so many back to back cults to the industry…he is unpredictable…he can rise anytime!!!
Hello,
My concern is not about the blog by dilnawaz, its more about the quality of discussion following it.
Its absolutely possible that we PFC readers have different/contradicting views on various subjects but then we can always have a healthy discussion about it. Lets assume for a minute that the post is really bad may be in terms of content and or in terms of language. then my question is why was this post allowed to be published?
@ Oz – I respect your knowledge about movies. Stuff you have written about the movie Love Story and related stuff shows that you do know a lot. I don’t think you need to continuously the F word or write in a condescending tone to some one to prove your point. I don’t think this is a forum where we are meant to act as grammar tutors for each other. The primary objective is to talk and discuss about cinema. If there is someone who does have a problem in writing effectively I feel that he should be helped out instead of being made fun by a bunch of people.
Lets try to make these discussions more constructive!!!
That’s Oz’a style, man. Don’t try to change an old horse. We love him for it :-)
@ nitin,post is an effort to “link” the “present” to point of “initiation/debut”