Friends, dya know which Bollywood film holds the inglorious record, of taking by far the longest time in making?? A. Pakeezah (1972) err or perhaps equally truthfully told, Pakeezah (1957) … a masterpiece of a film, that as destiny had it, took 16 yrs in shooting, that’s leaving all post-production & release time aside !Continue reading “PAKEEZAH – A UNENDING LEGACY!”
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THE INCEPTION OF : ‘KAAGAZ KE PHOOL’
Where art starts imitating life, or life starts imitating art, ’tis said can never really be known. And no more perfect example to establish the above adage, than the anecdote you’re about to hear. .. Also as surrounds one of the most iconic climax scenes of Hindi Films (& whether inspired from it or not,Continue reading “THE INCEPTION OF : ‘KAAGAZ KE PHOOL’”
WHO BEGAN BOLLYWOOD , EXACTLY?
INDIES FILM INSIGHTS : Veering on controversial terrain, yet as of huge interest to film lovers across India. Did you know, the answer to the question , ‘Who is The Father of Indian Cinema?’, isn’t as easy as might appear?! For while most to all of us have been taught since childhood of Dadasaheb PhalkeContinue reading “WHO BEGAN BOLLYWOOD , EXACTLY?”
A FAIR & TRANSPARENT LOOK AT MODERN ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
India thru history, has at several times encountered periods, where Empires presided & overlorded over it’s very many small self-satisfied kingdoms. Such supremacy of these Empires established on basis of one their one trump card or unanswerable or unbeatable weapon. Many of such small kingdoms, if banded together, that could very well have presented aContinue reading “A FAIR & TRANSPARENT LOOK AT MODERN ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY”
MVP’s ! – INDIES TOP 40 MOST VALUABLE & INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA!
This analysis is based on the Indies assessment of, the people that have made the most important contribution to Indian cinema, in their quality of work, as also equally importantly it’s timeliness, against what all challenges & odds, to build, preserve & raise Indian culture, the Indian arts, & our collective Sanatani/eternal (used as all-encompassinglyContinue reading “MVP’s ! – INDIES TOP 40 MOST VALUABLE & INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA!”
OF THE “CHOICE” YOU CAN’T DO AWAY WITH
When the world was created, love and hate were created at exactly the same time. The joint offsprings, if not joint inheritors, of Father Creation. Choose to call them “Aadmi aur “Shaitan”, or “Man and Devil”, or simply the “Positive & Negative force”, & “Protons & Electrons” of Nature, literally teaming up to keep thingsContinue reading “OF THE “CHOICE” YOU CAN’T DO AWAY WITH”
DILIP KUMAR FILMS – REANALYZED
Was chafing thru Dilip Kumar’s filmography just now, when a most startling fact appeared to me outta nowhere, something none of us had cared to look deeper into. Out of his 60 released films, only 11 films ie 1/5th career work, bear a subliminal theme or core subject matter, which isn’t heavily based on himContinue reading “DILIP KUMAR FILMS – REANALYZED”
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR — EXACTLY A YEAR ON….CAN WE MOVE FORWARD, PLEASE!?
Been a year since the Rus-Ukr war began, & since media,incl us in Sm, played our roles in trying to influence peaceful resolution, till just began dragging too far, for most to not get back to life.. One year on…bombshell of a revelation by then Israeli PM Neftali Bennett on his own YT channel, 2Continue reading “RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR — EXACTLY A YEAR ON….CAN WE MOVE FORWARD, PLEASE!?”
INDIES (FUN/IMAGINARY) TOP- EARNERS OF 21st c. SOUTH INDIAN CINEMA!
INDIES (FUN/IMAGINARY) TOP- EARNERS OF 21st c. SOUTH INDIAN CINEMA!(COMPARED TO OFFICIAL LIST! >https://www.checkmybudget.in/article/highest-grossing-south-indian-movies ) (IN (IMAGINARY) GROSS WORLDWIDE TICKET COLLECTIONS WRT EXCHANGE RATE OF EACH TIME)! (Serial order below, is per serial order in above official/true 100 cr Club list) (10s of them). So how’d South Indian Cinema’s All-Time most money-earning films look like,if putContinue reading “INDIES (FUN/IMAGINARY) TOP- EARNERS OF 21st c. SOUTH INDIAN CINEMA!”
INDIES FAKE/IMAGINARY 😀BOX-OFFICE REPORT OF BOLLYWOOD’S OFFICIAL TOP EARNING FILMS (PER GOING EXCHANGE RATE OF EACH YEAR) !
INDIES (FUN/IMAGINARY) BOLLYWOOD TOP- EARNERS OF 21st c. !(COMPARED TO OFFICIAL LIST! > https://www.sacnilk.com/entertainmenttopbar/Bollywood_100_Cr_Club_All_Time ) (IN (IMAGINARY) GROSS WORLDWIDE TICKET COLLECTIONS WRT EXCHANGE RATE OF EACH TIME)! (Serial order below, is per serial order in above official/true 100 cr Club list) (10s of them). So how’d Bolly’s All-Time most money-earning films look like,if put thru the IndieContinue reading “INDIES FAKE/IMAGINARY 😀BOX-OFFICE REPORT OF BOLLYWOOD’S OFFICIAL TOP EARNING FILMS (PER GOING EXCHANGE RATE OF EACH YEAR) !”
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