Posts Tagged ‘Dilip Kumar’

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    Rishi Kapoor : Mein ab bachcha nahin hoon!
    First part of Mera Naam Joker was heavily dependent on the acting skills of a young boy Rishi Kapoor, who had made his debut with this film. There is a scene in MNJ and any teenager actor has yet to supersede or even match the performance given by Rishi Kapoor in that particular scene. Raju, a young boy is confessing before the statue of Jesus in a church and his teacher,...
    by Rk at October 21st, 2009 at 07:10 pm
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    Wake Up Sid: Bombay to Mumbai : A matter of Love
    There are two love stories that progress in the Wake Up Sid. And these two love stories can not be given any first and second order ranking as they both happen simultaneously. When an outsider Aisha (Konkana Sen) comes to the city then it is Bombay for her and like this city Sid (Ranbir Kapoor) is also a stranger but Sid (a born Bombay walla who now lives in Mumbai)...
    by Rk at October 4th, 2009 at 11:10 am
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    Taxi Driver : An odd scene in the diary of Travis Bickle
    Somebody occupies the omnipresent’s role in a film and this unknown/unseen shows the film to the audience. This “somebody” uses the camera to show a tale. Even if there is a complete darkness on screen this darkness comes via camera to the audience. This somebody could be director whose presence, though invisible, is present in all the frames of a film....
    by Rk at September 2nd, 2009 at 03:09 pm
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    Chaudhvin ka chand ho : A tribute to Shakeel Badayuni
    iView Author: Akshay Manwani (New Delhi, India) Email: akshay.manwani [at]gmail[dot]com Content : Chaudhvin ka chand ho : A tribute to Shakeel Badayuni The word ‘Shakeel’ in the Urdu language literally translates to beauty. No coincidence then that in 1960, Shakeel Badayuni, the great lyricist from yesteryear, penned perhaps the finest ode to the feminine form through...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 20th, 2009 at 08:04 am
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    Amitabh Bachchan – A look at the personalities behind the persona
    iView Author: Akshay Manwani (New Delhi, India) Email: akshay.manwani[at]gmail[dot]com ‘Amitabh Bachchan – A look at the personalities behind the persona At the risk of courting infamy, I write this piece. For what else can be expected to come ones’ way when you critique Amitabh Bachchan – arguably the biggest superstar ever to have appeared on the Indian...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 15th, 2009 at 03:04 am
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    Modern World and Modern Cinema
    iView Author: Abhijeet Kumar Singh (Lucknow, India) Email:abhi.aks.singh [at] gmail [dot]com Modern World and Modern Cinema I Think it’s after a very long time that no films were released on this friday & hence no crowds in the multiplex.My grandfather used to tell me the kind of crowd he had seen in front of the theater’s of Mughl-e-Azam. So much so...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
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    And God created Madhubala
    It is  fittingly  appropriate  that  Valentines  Day,  the  day  dedicated to  love,  should  also be  the  day on  which  Madhubala  was born in 1933.   She  was  the  one  who  defiantly   dared  an  Emperor  singing  “Pyaar Kiya to Darna  Kya”,  for  whom a  Prince dared  to revolt.  And  yet  she  could  be  the ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at February 14th, 2009 at 07:02 am
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    Tapan Sinha : Ek Director Ki Maut
    Dada Saheb Phalke recipient, director Tapan Sinha died today. He made some wonderful films in his long career. It may happen that few people who claim to be having passion for cinema or mad about cinema did not know about him and his films on their own and once in a while whenever his name was printed in newspapers or spoken by electronic media because an award was bestowed...
    by Rk at January 15th, 2009 at 04:01 am
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    B.R.Chopra- A Legend Ahead of his time.
    My first B.R.Chopra movie was Dhund. I was just a kid of 12 that time, when i saw it on video. Honestly i had no clue about the movie, except the fact that it starred Zeenat Aman, on whom i was having a major crush( matter of fact I still do). The starting scene, was pretty much eerie too, showing off mist covered landscape, and Naveen Nischol walking to a bungalow,...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 5th, 2008 at 07:11 am
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    Death : An absolute truth that changes everything
    Every second of every day we are approaching towards the death. We can ignore anything and everything in the life but we can not ignore this fact that one day death will finish this cycle of our activities and we will have to go from this planet. Before that event happens death shows us its face many times in our life time through death of people living around us. It does...
    by Rk at October 7th, 2008 at 08:10 am
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    Naya Daur : Gandhian philosophy about man, machine and trusteeship
    Naya Daur begins with two of the Gandhian thoughts about man and machine. We are all leaves of a majestic tree whose trunk can not be shaken off its roots which are deep down in the bowels of the earth. In this there is no room for machinery that would displace human labour and concentrate power in a few hands. Labour has its unique place in a cultured human family. Dead...
    by Rk at October 2nd, 2008 at 06:10 am
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    Love pervades in silence
    Some genius mind has written/said “ Shabd to shor hain tamasha hai, Maun hee prem ki bhasha hai ” [ Spoken words are nothing but exhibition of a noise, Silence is the real language of love ] A Poet has written You smiled, You did not talk to me, But I felt that I was waiting for long for this moment only Another brilliant and highly constructive...
    by Rk at July 11th, 2008 at 06:07 am
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    Lead Hero Syndrome
    iView Author:Santosh (Mumbai, India ) Email:withheld Indian Cinema is LHS + …i.e. Lead Hero Syndrome. Kamal Hassan’s latest release, Dashavataram, once again brought the epidemic to fore. The disease however is an age old one and heroes, more so superstars have an extremely high rate of susceptibility. So what’s Dashavataram about? If you think it’s about some...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at June 16th, 2008 at 06:06 am
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    On-Screen Dads
    As always, June features Father’s Day—while you are busy honoring and paying tribute to your daddy dearest, let’s also take a quick look at some of the top Bollywood actors who have portrayed the role of a father on-screen (list in no particular order, and, no, this list is NOT comprehensive). 1. Anupam Kher—Anupam Kher certainly knows how to excel in the...
    by Amanda Sodhi at June 15th, 2008 at 10:06 am
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    Ameesha, Kareena, Soha : Whose intellect is needed on screen in Hindi cinema ?
    Some time ago a famous Director who has earned his reputation as an intellectual director also, said, during a private talk with someone, while asked to give his take on two actresses, that he can not have a conversation with a certain famous actress as she is too dumb for that. Its immaterial who he was and about whom he had said but important thing is this that a wise...
    by Rk at June 5th, 2008 at 06:06 am
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    Imagine Bollywood Without Bhaiyyas & Biharis !
    He was trembling, no shivering– no, no quivering– no,no shaking !..“Moss, I am leaving ! Moley toh, idhar bahut risk ho gaya hai!! Mete, ye shahar ab rehne kay liye theek nahin!!!” I was wondering at his nervousness but wondered more about the gibberish he was mumbling..And then he expressed his real fears..He was earlier scared by Raj Thackeray’s tirade...
    by krysh at May 22nd, 2008 at 01:05 pm
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    Always Being Born!
    iView Author: Nirad B. Bhattacharjee (Mumbai, India) EMAIL: k niradbaran [At]gmail [Dot]com Always Being Born The Indian new wave started almost a decade later than the Italian new wave with Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali‘. This film ignited the imagination of a wave of budding filmmakers. Two other Bengali directors followed Ray and soon they became the...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at May 9th, 2008 at 02:05 am
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    Dev Anand :: A Never Ending Enthusiasm, A never fading star !
    Many many congratulations to Dev Saab on his 84/85th Birthday. In his case it really does not matter which Birthday he is celebrating, he has obtained a legendary status which is not less than the image of a mythological figure. We often see him in media but different people are familiar with some different parts of a huge image of Dev Saab. He has inscribed his name in...
    by Rk at September 27th, 2007 at 07:09 am
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    Lamhe:: Story eclipsed the fate of one of the best films of Yash Chopra
    Lamhe is a beautiful film in looks. It has got Sri Devi at her best in hindi films. Anil Kapur, too brings a good performance and Lamhe surely added to his reputation of being a good actor. Music is wonderful. Direction is fantastic. Screen play deals with various human emotions and comedy, tragedy, separation, union, tears, laughing etc so many elements are the part of...
    by Rk at April 17th, 2007 at 04:04 am
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    India also needs to make films with veteran actors in lead roles!
    After reading Anurag’s post where he has mentioned that he is searching for an actor who could play Gabbar Singh in No Smoking. An actor who should be between 50 and 60 years old. Danny was the most natural choice with obvious reasons. and as soon as Danny’s name flashed in mind, I was filled with a thirst to see this amazing actor in a meaningful role. I saw...
    by Rk at October 19th, 2006 at 04:10 am
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    Bollywood : A right word for Indian Hindi cineworld ?
    Indian hindi cinema has been given word Bollywood and it’s accepted that Amit Khanna of Plus channel had used this word first time some 25 years ago. Amitabh Bachchan does not like this word and thinks this word is just there to ridicule the hindi cine world and Salman Khan has also joined this team of people who don’t like the word “bollywood“....
    by Rk at October 12th, 2006 at 07:10 am
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