A thought most aficionados of Bollywood’s Golden Age, in 50’s & 60’s, would at some point ‘ve wondered aloud, “If all films showcased in this era were so poetic, refined & high class svp’, were audiences of that era the same as well? The data presented certainly led us to believe that alone, till today,Continue reading “THE MOST POPULAR ACTOR IN THE HISTORY OF HINDI CINEMA…BEFORE & AFTER RAJESH KHANNA, THAT YOU’D NEVER HAVE KNOWN! …THE ‘GOD V/S GOD’ RACE YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT! …FINALLY UNEARTHING ‘THE MISSING MASSES’ OF HIN CIN’S GOLDEN AGE! …OF THE ‘BHAGWAN’ OF THE INDIAN BO!”
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THE 15 YEAR UNDERGROUND FILM NETWORK OF BOLLYWOOD .
#Indie Review: ‘Cinema Marte Dum Tak’ (2023) ! Indie Rating: 4.7/5 ! An ode to the most peculiar ‘C grade cinema’ phase of Bollywood,spanning 15-16 yrs,post the Ramsay Brothers,from late 80’s- early 90’s to beginnings of multiplex era in mid 2000’s. In particular on some o’ most known names of this parallel cottage industry –Continue reading “THE 15 YEAR UNDERGROUND FILM NETWORK OF BOLLYWOOD .”
INDIES 300 BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS/ BOX-OFFICE SMASHERS OF ALL TIME !!!!! (INDIES INFLATION-ADJUSTED WORLDWIDE GROSS COLLECTIONS AT BOX OFFICE)! (1912 – 2022)
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- MULTIPLYING NO OF TKTS SOLD AT WORLD BO WITH ONE TKT PRICE ACROSS THE BOARD. Fair. . . AND HERE ARE THE MOST POPULARContinue reading “INDIES 300 BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS/ BOX-OFFICE SMASHERS OF ALL TIME !!!!! (INDIES INFLATION-ADJUSTED WORLDWIDE GROSS COLLECTIONS AT BOX OFFICE)! (1912 – 2022)”
INDIES 200 BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS/ BOX-OFFICE SMASHERS OF ALL TIME !!!!! (INDIES INFLATION-ADJUSTED WORLDWIDE GROSS COLLECTIONS AT BOX OFFICE)! (1912 – 2022)
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- MULTIPLYING NO OF TKTS SOLD AT WORLD BO WITH ONE TKT PRICE ACROSS THE BOARD. Fair. ..AND HERE ARE THE MOST POPULAR 200 BOLLYWOOD FILMSContinue reading “INDIES 200 BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS/ BOX-OFFICE SMASHERS OF ALL TIME !!!!! (INDIES INFLATION-ADJUSTED WORLDWIDE GROSS COLLECTIONS AT BOX OFFICE)! (1912 – 2022)”
THE BINACA-INDIES ALL-TIME TOP 1251 SUPERHIT SONGS OF BOLLYWOOD!
1. Jyoti kalash chhalke – Bhabhi ki chudiyan2. Dekh chand ki aur – Aag3. Kehna hi kya – Bombay4. O sajna barkha bahar – Parakh5. Ganga ki lahren – Ganga ki lahren6. Dil lootne wale jadoogar7. Kahin deep jale kahin dil – Bees saal baad8. Satyam Shivam Sundaram – Satyam Shivam Sundaram9. O o oContinue reading “THE BINACA-INDIES ALL-TIME TOP 1251 SUPERHIT SONGS OF BOLLYWOOD!”
”THE ONLY ‘DA VINCI OF CINEMA’, & HIS DA VINCI CODE ! – THE LOST 20 YRS OF THE GOD OF CINEMA!” …MARKING 36 YEARS INTO THE BIGGEST WILD DETOUR IN CINEMA TREK ! …THE STORY OF THE HOLY GRAVE UPON WHICH MODERN BOLLYWOOD STANDS!
The public story of the greatest one, Rajesh Khanna, can be told in 3 parts – The first 45-50 yrs of his life & his glorious never-before never-after film achievements, which is the reason we, the generations before us, & the several generations ahead of us will keep raising him, to the skies. The 2ndContinue reading “”THE ONLY ‘DA VINCI OF CINEMA’, & HIS DA VINCI CODE ! – THE LOST 20 YRS OF THE GOD OF CINEMA!” …MARKING 36 YEARS INTO THE BIGGEST WILD DETOUR IN CINEMA TREK ! …THE STORY OF THE HOLY GRAVE UPON WHICH MODERN BOLLYWOOD STANDS!”
Verbatim Transcriptions of Rajesh Khanna’s last (audio & video) recorded messages for his fans, released after his death. – Rajesh Khanna’s Actual ‘Aakhri Khat’ !
Here are the video links: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFRAmhufMo Here’s another same link: 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oitcCU4W4Q0 And here’s the transcription: Mere pyare doston, bhaiyon aur behnon. Nostalgia mein rehne ki aadat nahi hai mujhe. Hamesha bhavishya ke baare mein hi sochna padta hai. Jo din guzar gaye, beet gaye, uske baare mein kya sochna hai! Par jab jaane pehchaane seContinue reading “Verbatim Transcriptions of Rajesh Khanna’s last (audio & video) recorded messages for his fans, released after his death. – Rajesh Khanna’s Actual ‘Aakhri Khat’ !”
RELIGIONS – ORIGINS & PATHS AHEAD – A GENERAL OUTLINE
A ‘philosophy’ or ‘deeper core thought structure’, that teaches to thresh thoughts & ideas, creates POTENTIAL for finer insight & understanding & analysis. A discipline of thresh, however, if left unchecked & not brought under a unifying scheme of larger goals & visions, festers danger in regressing to the same outer ‘survival of the fittest’Continue reading “RELIGIONS – ORIGINS & PATHS AHEAD – A GENERAL OUTLINE”
ATTEMPTS AT INDIAN EDUCATION REFORM
More influential power to people like Mr. Upadhyay, trying to bring about unifying policy reforms by Govt in EDUCATION. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0DkH8Cs-O0 It is high time, 75 yrs post Independence from colonial rule, that Bharat has a ‘One Nation One (Education) Board’, where unifying education, that, especially in modern times, aside bringing tangible education under one comprehensiveContinue reading “ATTEMPTS AT INDIAN EDUCATION REFORM”
“MERA NAAM..BLOCKBUSTER”! A BLOCKBUSTER THAT WAS DECLARED A SUPER FLOP…IN 1970!
A BLOCKBUSTER THAT WAS DECLARED A SUPER FLOP…IN 1970! There’ve been tales upon tales weaved over how Raj Kapoor’s exorbitantly expensive ‘Mera Naam Joker’ that took 6 yrs in making, was the biggest flop of his career, & near totally financially crippled him, till his next film, & among Hindi Cinema’s Top 20 Biggest Blockbusters,Continue reading ““MERA NAAM..BLOCKBUSTER”! A BLOCKBUSTER THAT WAS DECLARED A SUPER FLOP…IN 1970!”