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First thing first, KHUSHBOO is a PERIOD film, based upon the story of Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. So no new definitions can be imposed on the characterisation/s. It is set in an old time and hence has to be seen in that manner only.

Once selected a story, the thing which matters is the fact how convincingly a director has shown his chosen story. Story may not look convincing in a period film because times are changed but good directors have that skill where they keep grip on the visual story telling factor and audiences are soaked deeply in to the visual watching of the film and whether story is feasible in the present circumstances or not, ceases to matter for audiences.

Practices like Childhood marriages or fixing the marriages for children are not in the fashion now a days but this absence can not stop audience to enjoy the films …

There have been many good female singers in the hindi cinema right from the days of Noorjahan and Suraiya. Geeta Dutt, Suman Kalyanpur and Sudha Malhotra all gave good and hit songs and their songs were able to compete with the songs of any good female singers active in those years. They all have many songs where question of comparison with other singers does not arise and listener is fully satisfied with their singing only. They have got many songs of their own.

Even it is hard to imagine that any other female singer could have sung Afsana Likh Rahee hoon dil e bekarar ka (Dard 1947), better than the Uma Devi, who later became famous in her new incarnation of Tun Tun-the famous female comedian.

Inspite of the fact that so many good female singers always remained active in …

Better late than never. Capturing R.D. Burman’s life in a documentary. And when it finally came out, what a way to do it! Brahmanand Singh does complete justice to the boss. We saw Pancham Unmixed at IFFLA 2007 and were blown away. Its the simplicity with which Brahmanand unfolds the flow of the documentary.

Following are two videos. The first is a 4 minute trailer of the documentary. The second is a 25 minute discussion we had with Brahmanand after watching the doc.

We’ve got to see one of highly engrossing and moving documentary in such a long time. Now if only you could… the rest of the world doesn’t know what it’s missing.

PANCHAM UNMIXED : The Promo

 
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Padosan is a sure shot killer of sad and depressive mood. With the height of buffoonery, but a classy one, involved in the film, its success rate as a mood enhancer is very high.

Padosan is to enjoy and laugh without any inhibition.

Padosan has got good dialogues and lyrics by famous poet and author Rajendra Krishan, good acting by Kishoir Kumar, Mehmood, Sunil Dutt, Om Prakash and Saira Bano and other actors, good music by R D Burman and good direction by Jyoti Swaroop. Jyoti Swaroop has got a good thriller film Parwana also to his credit.

Padosan is a gift of Producer Mehmood to the hindi cine lovers.

Mehmood was one of the first persons who gave independent charge to R D Burman to create music for his films in 60s.

Just 5-10 minutes in to the film and a wonderful song is there….

Amitabh Bachchan has already been appeared in 5 films during the first six months of 2007 and no wonder he may appear in 5 more films in the rest 6 months. Among his contemporaries he is the only actor whose acting career is still enjoying so active phase.

Recently Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna also have been able to show their presence in films released in the first half of the year 2007. Both the actors have shown promises and have proved that they have not lost their calibre, command over the craft and hunger to perform better.

Such comebacks are welcomed as they may open new vistas in hindi cinema. Leave alone exceptions but on an average hindi cinema has been shying away in making films dealing with aged people in lead roles.

These capable and still popular actors may start a new and matured phase in Hindi cinema. There is …