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Thakur Jernail Singh (1966)

I love a good daku-drama, and Dara Singh makes one very satisfyingly manly dacoit (I mean, he is the guy who later carved “MARD” into his infant son’s chest). This film is surprising… more →

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Duniya paagalon ka baazaar — 8 comments

Atul wrote 5 months ago: This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukeh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regul … more →

Tags: Guest Posts, Rafi Songs, Post by Arunkumar Deshmukh, Mental asylum song, rafi, Rajinder Krishan, Madan Mohan, 1953, Chacha Chaudhary

Photographer:Shyam Kumar Entry 7.

Ramesh Nayak wrote 7 months ago: Sriranganataswamy Temple Srirangapatna  Mysore   … more →

Tags: Talent Exhibition, Photographs

CNN: Unlikely teachers find purpose in the classroom

devrick wrote 7 months ago: I love stories like this. Sure, some of the article reads like a commercial for Teach for America, b … more →

Tags: Teaching, Community, Teaching, School, Education, Football, Georgia, Sports, CNN

Photographer:Shyam Kumar Entry 4.

Ramesh Nayak wrote 8 months ago: Location: Alapuzha, Kerala       … more →

Tags: Talent Exhibition, Photographs, Blog

Achcha sanam karle sitam — 4 comments

Atul wrote 1 year ago: “Teesra Kaun” (1965) was a Bindu Kala Mandir Production. The movie was directed by Moham … more →

Tags: Cabaret song, Lyrics contributed by readers, Lyrics by Prakashchandra, Anand Bakshi, R D Burman, 1965, Asha Bhonsle, Feroz Khan, Shashikala

Ham pyaar kiye jaayenge koi rok sakey to rok le — 11 comments

Atul wrote 1 year ago: Most music directors of B grade movies tend to remain confined to B grade music throughout their car … more →

Tags: dance song, "Helen" song, Lyrics contributed by readers, Lyrics by Prakashchandra, lata, 1964, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Asad Bhopali, Helen

Insaan Jaag Utha (1959) — 48 comments

dustedoff wrote 1 year ago: The main reason I rented this film was that the credits were so absolutely mouthwatering. A cast tha … more →

Tags: Bollywood, Madan Puri, Shakti Samanta, Madhubala, Praveen Paul, Nasir Hussain, Sunil Dutt, Film Review, S D Burman

Bekhabar jaag zaraa — 6 comments

Atul wrote 1 year ago: When it comes to artists of 1940s, there was a plethora of two names. One name was Khursheed and ano … more →

Tags: Patriotic Song, inspirational song, Song with a message, Naushad, 1944, D N Madhok, Pehle Aap

Rustom-e-Hind (1965) — 44 comments

dustedoff wrote 1 year ago: Mumtaz, as I mentioned in my last post, was one of the best things that happened to Mere Sanam. She … more →

Tags: Bollywood, Helen, tuntun, Laxmi Chhaya, Praveen Paul, Mridula Rani, Mohan choti, K N Singh, Film Review

O jaane waale baalamwaa laut ke aa laut ke aa — 4 comments

Atul wrote 2 years ago: I have mentioned in the past that “Ratan” (1944), officially known as “Rattan … more →

Tags: dance song, Ameerbai Karnataki songs, Naushad, 1944, D N Madhok, Amirbai Karnataki, Ratan

Vintage film : Rattan (1944) — 20 comments

indianraga wrote 3 years ago: The film Rattan, released in 1944 and starring Amir Banu, Karan Dewan and Swarnalata was a landmark … more →

Tags: 1940-1949, vintage hindi film music, vintage film, Amirbai Karnataki, Karan Dewan, rattan 1944, zohrabai ambalawali

Chale dil ki duniya barbaad kar ke — 1 comment

Atul wrote 3 years ago: The movie “Dard” (1947) was a movie full of nice songs. The most popular song from this … more →

Tags: Sad Song, Actor-Singer, Naushad, Shakeel Badayuni, 1947, Dard, Suraiyya

Ek Phool Do Maali (1969) — 29 comments

dustedoff wrote 4 years ago: A very frank admission: I am not intellectual. I cannot summon up the brainpower to analyse a film a … more →

Tags: Bollywood, David, Manorama, Brahm Bhardwaj, Praveen Paul, Balraj Sahni, Sadhana, Ek Phool Do Maali, Sanjay Khan


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