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Did you know that the Dilip Kumar- Raj Kapoor friendship goes back not just to their childhoods growing up close by in Peshawar, but to literally several generations back, with Dilip’s Dad being best friends with Raj’s Grand-Dad ie Prithviraj Kapoor’s father, their ancestors in fact having grown up in the same locality all life.Continue reading “OF 1940’S BOLLYWOOD’S CHILDHOOD FRIENDS -TURNED- (DIRECTIONLESS & LITERALLY NAMELESS) NEW PESHAWARI KIDS ON THE BLOCK!- OF VASUDEV & RANBIR! … OOPS … YUSUF KHAN & SHRISHTI NATH! … OOPS … DILIP KUMAR & RAJ KAPOOR!”

Here’s a memory of the lovely Raj Kapoor, that Mom recounts with great fervor & whenever in great mood! (& that I recollect vaguely too) 😊 Of an unforgettable afternoon from 36 yrs back. (When he must’ve been 60+ yrs old) So Mom went visiting a bff near RK Studios..with lil Mr.Walking Tomato me (allContinue reading “MY ENCOUNTER WITH RAJ KAPOOR, 36 YRS AGO !- #INDIEDIARIES”

An interesting fact, trivia for some, yet goldmine for others, appeared in front of me, & thot to share it for interest of viewers & fans alike: Rajesh Khanna’s only 3 known ‘qawwali’ numbers from his entire career-

Doston, did you know that a small part of India got it’s actual Independence from British rule, & started functioning under full Indian control, on Dec 30 1943 itself, a full ~4 yrs before the official declaration of (so-called) Independence in August 1947?! So in a sense, NEW YEAR’S EVE EVERYWHERE, IS ALSO PART INDEPENDENCEContinue reading “THE FIRST GOVT, FIRST FLAG, & FIRST HEAD OF GOVT, OF FREE INDIA – IN PART ! – THE AZAD HIND FAUJ GOVT, THE AZAD HIND FLAG, & NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE !”

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 !”

Per accounts of many known industry insiders, who may even have seen & certainly heard first hand of it, from those heady days of the mid 70s! Rajesh Khanna was getting ready as usual for another shot for another upcoming, & soon to be superhit per norm, another new film, on studio sets this oneContinue reading “WHEN THE BEST OF THEM SAID, “AUTOGRAPH PLEASE!””

Wishing The King on His 11th Death Anniversary, by sharing one of the millions of ‘premiere stories’, that I’m sure his fans from then can recount. FIRST GLIMPSE OF WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE ROUTINE ‘DEADLY CRAZE’ FOR RAJESH KHANNA IN INDIA! This first story made even more special, as recounted by the legendary AsraniContinue reading “HAPPY 11TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY, TO THE IMMORTAL 1 ! – RECALLING THE 2 ROADS THAT LED TO METRO CINEMA & TO HISTORY, IN THE DYING DAYS OF 1969….TO THE NIGHT OF ‘DO RAASTE’!”

A shocking & eye-opening discussion on the huge ill-effects that Ram Mohan Roy (rightly lauded for his pioneering activism in helping rid Indian society of the hugely regressive dastardly age-old ‘sati’/ widow self-immolation practice in Hindu culture), allegedly had on Indian civilization & culture, vis a vis his propagation of the replacement of Indian SanskritContinue reading “19TH C.’S POLITICS..LANGUAGE .”

Just 3 accounts that will turn history on its head, or atleast make you realize that there’s much more research & historical truth available, over & above the truth of history you’ve been taught all your life! Here’s an alternate version, from another truly eminent scholar & historian.

In deserved tributes to the ever-mindblowing Rafi-Shammi combo, a wonderfully humorous tale comes to mind- Shammi Kapoor was on holiday abroad, when song recording for one of his, what was to be, big superhit songs, happened. When he realized what’d eventuated upon coming back home, got extremely angry at all the people involved, as wasContinue reading “AASMAAN SE AYA FARISHTA – SHAMMI KAPOOR & MOHD RAFI !”