Posts Tagged ‘Pran’

  • 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
  • Film Biographies – A call to arms
    Ever since I became a passionate fan of Hindi Cinema, I also felt the tingling desire to know these dream merchants who light up the canvas, up close and personal. The idiosyncrasies associated with each actor, the journey to fame for every artist and the real woman behind every starlet intrigued me. Was Shammi Kapoor who engendered the image of the rebel hero in the 1960’s,...
    by Akshay Manwani at July 15th, 2009 at 03:07 pm
  • Yaari Hai Imaan Mera, Yaar Meri Zindagi- Friendship as depicted in Bollywood Films
    On behalf of Ashwin I dedicate this post to Vrushali, who according to Ashwin is the best friend in the world. Friendship is an integral part of our emotions and friends occupy an important part of our lives. In some cases friends often are given the same status as that of family members when it comes to certain crunch situations. For someone who has been brought up over...
    by Sethumadhavan at June 1st, 2009 at 03:06 am
  • Manna Dey- An Underrated Genius
    When you listen to Mehmood going into a perfect Carnatic classical tune in the zany chaos of “Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar” from Padosan, you could actually make out the Carnatic feel. When you heard a group of singers in “Teesri Kasam”, belt out “Chalath Musafir Mo liyo Re”, you were...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at April 15th, 2009 at 02:04 am
  • THE ‘SHOE’ MUST GO ON
    Got a call from my cousin Titu in Amritsar..And I braced myself up for some fundoo gyan from him.. “ Oye ki haal hai Yaara”, his first words to me as I answered with a tentative sounding Hello.. I said I am fine but what is this Yaara business..What happened to good old Paapey or Boss? He said Yaara is the new flavor of the season courtesy RNBDJ.. “...
    by krysh at December 31st, 2008 at 08:12 am
  • Purab Aur Paschim : Dulhan Chali Pehan Chali teen rang ki Choli
    Some thing changes the course of direction in the life. Manoj Kumar did Shaheed and made Bhagat Singh’s character immortal on screen. No other actor could play the role of Bhagat Singh as convincingly as Manoj Kumar played in Shaheed. Watch the Manoj Kumar as Bhagat Singh in Shaheed singing the song Ai Watan Ai Watan humko teri kasam and recall the famous posters...
    by Rk at August 14th, 2008 at 08:08 pm
  • AapKe Deewane : Ram and Raheem love Sameera in the debut film of Hritik Roshan
    Aapke Deewane is a romantic comedy film having love triangle in the plot. AKD was the debut film for Rakesh Roshan as a Producer. AKD is a fun film like other films of Rishi Kapoor, came out in the 70s. Influences of films like Khel Khel Mein and Rafoo Chakkar can be found in AKD. Campus based fun of KKM is present in AKD also and like Rafoo chakkar, male character...
    by Rk at August 5th, 2008 at 09:08 am
  • Prakash Jha : Hrishikesh Mukharjee cried after watching my film
    To continue the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from an interview of Director Prakash Jha, taken by Ajay Brahmatmaj , are presented here. Ajay writes I had started my interview series with the interview of Prakash Jha. He is my elder and to some extent my guide also. Perhaps it is difficult, at present, to evaluate the contribution of Prakash Jha to...
    by Rk at July 2nd, 2008 at 09:07 am
  • Ashutosh Gowarikar : I missed the Prem’s role in Maine Pyar Kiya
    As informed in the post Director is like a God walking on earth : Shyam Benegal a new series “Initial Steps” is started with this interview of Director Ashutosh Gowarikar. Thanks a lot to Ajay Brahmatmaj who provided his detailed Interview with Ashutosh Gowarikar to PFC. Here is the first part of the interview. From now onwards Ajay Bramatmaj will be...
    by Rk at June 10th, 2008 at 05:06 am