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-UNVEILING NETAJI’S 2 MOST FAMOUS DEPUTIES-LT. COL SHAUKAT ALI MALIK & MAJOR GEN DR. A.C. CHATTERJI ! Let’s begin this story from last week of Jan 1942, when Indian recruits to the British army, incl Dr. Binoy Kumar Nandy & Dr. A.C. Chattterji, then fighting for the Allied Powers in WW2, reach Singapore via jetty,Continue reading “INDIA’S KEY & UNTOLD 4 YEAR ARMED FREEDOM STRUGGLE, FROM FEB 1942 TO FEB 1946, IN A NUTSHELL! ……………………………………… …………..- NETAJI’S GREATEST & KEY-MOST 2 YEAR ACTION ROLE FROM AUG 1943 (& ESTT OF PROVISIONAL AZAD HIND GOVT-IN-EXILE IN SINGAPORE), TO AUG 1945 (& US’S ATOM-BOMBING OF JAPAN)! ……………………………………………………- THE FIRST TRICOLOR, ‘THE AZAD HIND TRICOLOR’ (WITH SPRINGING TIGER INSTEAD OF WHEEL AT CENTRE) HOISTED ON INDIAN SOIL (THEN & NOW), AT MOIRANG, MANIPUR, ON 14TH APRIL 1944…1.75 YRS BEFORE DECISIVE FEB 1946 ROYAL NAVAL MUTINY !-“

A FEW (TOP TO BOTTOM) STAR REPORT CARDS ALONG THE WAY TO OUR ‘BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER FILMS EVER’ LIST, FOR FUN ! >>>A. https://indiezone.home.blog/2023/03/15/star-report-cards-at-the-indies-all-time-bollywood-blockbusters-2/ B. https://www.tumblr.com/indiejones/709779127656448000/star-reports-at-the-indies-all-time-bollywood?source=share Advantage of Indie inflation adjusted guesstimate if so accept, is- 1.Eliminate huge skew from 21st c,with 500+ times tkt price.2.V.IMP-Remove intermediary in process.. So bring all on level playing field- MULTIPLYINGContinue reading “BOLLYWOOD’S TOP 100 MOST POPULAR ACTORS & ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME – THE OFFICIAL LIST ! (PER INDIES INFLATION-ADJUSTED BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS ANALYSIS!>>> http://www.imdb.com/list/ls564758654/ )”

One thing that this All-Time Bollywood Blockbusters List shows is-The ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend since last year, doesn’t necessarily have it’s origins in outside or political machinations, rather most likely to have been an organic grass-roots people/crowd-driven movement itself (as long suspected).For what these ‘All-Time Most Popular Bollywood Films list’ throws up is that the large-scaleContinue reading “FRESH BOLLYWOOD AUDIENCE INSIGHTS – & SOME BOLLYWOOD PSEPHOLOGY, FOR A CHANGE!”

Indies research reveals, believe it or not, each of these (truly) great actors, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Balrah Sahni, Sunil Dutt, delivering not more than 7-8 superhits/blockbusters each to their overall credit ! Hence that, w/o meaning to offend anyone, Indies continues to ask to just how 50’s media couldn’t see the comparatively PHENOMENAL SUCCESSContinue reading “BAFFLING BLOCKBUSTER/SUPERHIT REPORT CARD OF 50’S STALWARTS –”

This blog is not to belittle the truly great Nargis ji’s stature as an artist in any way, an artist we at Indies ourselves have selected as the 3rd greatest actress of Hindi Cinema in our qualitative analysis done few months back.But this is to try understand the disparity in facts, the so-called official figuresContinue reading “HISTORY OF STATE HAND IN BOLLYWOOD ‘SUCCESS’?”

A) THE NEHRU CHAPTER. First let’s get the MOST DIRECT APOLOGY LETTER WRITTEN BY JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TO THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES, WHEN LODGED IN A TOUGH JAIL NOT TO HIS LIKING, outta the way, before we get to the great Savarkar. Here’s an account by fellow prison-mate M.K. Santhanam in his famous memoir ‘Handcuffed with Jawaharlal”,Continue reading “THE MISLEADING POLITICS OF APOLOGIES – NEHRU V/S SAVARKAR”

Position Name1 Barbara Stanwyck2 Olivia de Havilland3 Meena Kumari4 Geraldine Page5 Audrey Hepburn6 Suchitra Sen7 Vivien Leigh8 Ginger Rogers9 Elizabeth Taylor10 Katharine Hepburn11 Kate Winslet12 Julia Roberts13 Norma Shearer14 Nathalie Lissenko15 Hasmik Agopyan16 Catherine Deneuve17 Chulpan Khamatova18 Nataliya Vdovina19 Elena Solovey20 Brigitte Bardot21 Aleksandra Khokhlova22 Jeanne Moreau23 Anna Karina24 Isabelle Adjani25 Romy Schneider26 Léa Seydoux27Continue reading “WORLD CINEMA’S TOP 236 ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME! (@INDIES)”

How do you begin introducing a man whose career begins or coincides with the quantum rise of Indian Cinema as a whole, & ends in it’s enmasse tailspin..a full 60 yrs later! How do you start explaining the contribution of a man to Indian popular arts, who’s amassed an unheard of 336 films in leadContinue reading “ASHOK KUMAR’S TOP 175 FILMS OF ALL TIME !”

Building this story from Indies’ just discovered news of the year! By metrics of sheer magnitude of popularity!…The 2 most popular actors in Bollywood History! RAJESH KHANNA & RAJ KUMAR. One with 36 Films in Top 100, & the other with a full 11 ! Do you know what else brings these 2 biggest ofContinue reading “WHEN THE 2 MOST POPULAR ACTORS IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY, FOUGHT OVER THE SAME FILM….& HAPPILY WORKED AGAIN THEREAFTER.”