Posts Tagged ‘Exclusive’

  • Blast From The Past – Meeting Usha Khanna
    Author with Usha Khanna Remember the popular soundtracks like ‘Dil Deke Dekho’, ‘Hum Hindustani’, ‘Aao Pyar Kare’, ‘Hawas’ , ‘Saajan Bina Suhagan’ and ‘Sautan’? Remember the chart-buster classics like Rafi’s ‘Hum Tumse Juda Hoke Mar Jaayenge Ro Ro Ke’, Lata’s ‘Maanjhi...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at October 2nd, 2009 at 02:10 am
  • Blast From The Past: Meeting O.P. Nayyar!
    June 6, 2003. It’s almost 9.30 p.m. The goal is simple. We want to meet O.P.Nayyar – the legendary music maestro, the creator of some of the most scintillating tunes in Hindi film music. The setting is extremely informal. We have gathered in the drawing room of Shobhana and Chandramohan-Dubai-based singers-cum-event organizers. Me, my dear friend Shekhar (Dr.Chandrashekhar)...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at August 4th, 2009 at 09:08 am
  • Sanjeev Kohli: From Veer Zaara to Tere Bagair
    Sanjeev KohliThe name ‘Sanjeev Kohli’ has been on my interview- radar since quite a few years. As a hard core movie- music buff, it is but natural to be curious about a man who not only happens to be legendary composer Madan Mohan’s eldest son but who has also played an important role in shaping the corporate identities of India’s biggest entertainment banners-...
    by Dr. Mandar V. Bichu at June 20th, 2009 at 12:06 am
  • Aamne Samne
    Vipin Handa exclusively interviews Shivajee Chandrabhushan, Director of Frozen,due releasing on the 1st of May Shivajee Chandrabhushan. The name knells a bell in your head, and yes after 18 months of turmoil and struggle, after 18 prestigious awards, and touring 30 festivals, and blogging on our very own PFC, his baby Frozen is finally out for a release. Yes I repeat,...
    by Vipin Handa at April 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
  • Melted by Frozen
    Vipin Handa, film critic and filmmaker, is back to reviewing films, as he reviews ‘Frozen’ exclusively for PFC. Sometimes you are numb, sometimes you are robbed of words, and sometimes you are baffled. All three emotions struck me in a row, when after 25 years of reviewing films, nonsensical films, powerful films, beautiful films, and ‘run of the mill’...
    by Vipin Handa at March 28th, 2009 at 10:03 am
  • MUMBAI CUTTING – IFFLA Exclusive
    Mumbai Cutting A city that tells thousands of stories each day, a city that weaves the magic for a million people everyday and a city that creates as much as it destroys each day – it was logical that something would pay tribute to its various layers and shades in typical Bollywood fashion but with a hint of betrayal – replace the glitz and the pseudonyms with gleams...
    by ravptor at May 13th, 2008 at 06:05 pm