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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, and then seeing Danny’s dead body. It made me think, this was some kind of horror movie. But egged on by my friend, i kept watching, and a couple of reels later, was totally drawn into the movie, right up to the ending.

I would rate Dhund as one of the best thrillers ever made in Indian cinema. Dhund is basically the story of Rani( Zeenat Aman) , who claims to have murdered her abusive husband …

Met this legend for the first time exactly three years back and you can find an account of the meeting here.. Our local music group SurYatra had felicitated him earlier and Ravi ji always showers his blessings on us.. So every time we get the news of his coming to town, we always catch him for a discussion and he always oblige..

chehare pe khushi chhaa jaati hai aa.Nkho.n me.n suruur aa jaataa hai
jab tum mujhe apanaa kahate ho, apane pe Guruur aa jaataa hai!

At 83, he is still going strong and still working.. A man whose energy levels can even beat a forty plus worker today… He is one of the living legends of golden era of hindi film music. Here is an account of our meet held on October …

Mahendra Kapoor is no more.. One of the most powerful voices in hindi, punjabi and marathi film music passed away today due to a heart attack. He was 74. He would be remembered for putting up amazing energy levels in his songs. Considered a Rafi clone by many, he could prove he was the best when it comes to singers of Rafi-genre… Here are a few interesting nuggets on his prolific career :

*Not many people know that he was a big big fan of Rafi saab and ran away from the home to meet him as he wanted to learn music from Rafi saab and Rafi saab accepted him as a formal shishya (infact his only formal student).

* Rafi saab did train him for sometime but then asked him to learn classical music. [caption id="attachment_7044" align="alignright" width="200" caption="One of his recent Pics "]…

Ram Maheshwari made four films, namely Kaajal, Neelkamal, Karmayogi and Chambal Ki kasam, having Raaj Kumar, either in lead roles or in a substantial role and Kaajal was his first directorial venture and for any new and that too first time director, star cast consisting of big names like Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Padmini, Durga Khote and Mehmood should have been a matter of proud. Dharmendra too had become a rising star by then, riding over the success of films like Anpadh, Bandini, Neela Akash, Ayi Milan Ki bela and Haqiqat. Thoughh he had not played there main lead but a side hero but in all the films he had got open praises from audience and critics alike.

Kaajal’s story written by famous novelist Gulshan Nanda and it was quite a circular story and plot consisted of many rounded twists.

Song - Tora man darpan kahlaye…