Manoj Kumar was sublime in horror thriller Gumnaam.

Manoj Kumar, Nanda in Gumnaam The film Gumnaam was the eighth biggest blockbuster of bollywood films of 1965. The film was directed by Raja Nawathe. The music of the film was composed by Shankar Jaikishan and the music created havoc. Manoj Kumar and Nanda were excellent in their roles. The film was based on the horror story of Agatha Christie titled “And then there were none”. In the film Tarun Bose was a criminal who called up seven persons to an unknown island in a chartered flight to take revenge on the act of the uncle of Nanda. He cheated Tarun Bose, send him in prison and did not give him his share of smuggled money. It was not possible for anyone of the them to swim across the sea to reach Mumbai back. Tarun Bose killed Madan Puri, Manmohan, Dhumaal, Helen, Pran one after the other. At the end of the film Manoj Kumar, the CID inspector arrested Tarun Bose after he disclosed the truth relating to each and every murder. Mehmood and his sister Chand Usmani came to the island by boat. Mehmood played the role of a butler and did a great job. All the artists Tarun Bose, Helen, Pran, Dhumaal did an excellent job. The music of Shankar Jaikishan made everyone mad. The first song of Mohammad Rafi “jaan pehchaan ho” was used by Hollywood film Ghost World. All the songs in the film created magic. Rafi’s solo “ek ladki hai jisne jeena mushkil kar diya”, “hum kale hai to kya hua dilwale hai” created magic. The duet song of Rafi and Sharda “jaane chaman shola badan” had intoxicating effect. Lata’s songs “gumnaam hai koi”, “is duniya me jeena hai to” became smash hit. Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar’s song “peeke hum tum” became big hit. Manoj Kumar excelled in crime thrillers like Wo Kaun Thi. Gumnaam was one of his greatest hits in his illustrious career. Shankar Jaikishan always had created magic. Gumnaam was no exception. Viewers should see the film.

Moushumi Saha stormed Zee Bangla Rannaghar Program. M

Moushumi Saha. Bengali actress Moushumi Saha stormed Zee Bangla Rannaghar Program. She had been a successful actress both in Bengali stage and also Bengali cinema. Sudipa Mukherjee hosts the show. She asked Moushumi Saha what is the difference of acting in Bengali theatre and Bengali cinema. She said that both the forms of acting is absolutely different. In films or teleserials close shots are given. There is scope of speaking softly. There is scope of showing less amounts of mannerisms. When the same thing is done in theatre it is a different ballgame. The performance requires passion. Dialogues should be loud. The expression should be accompanied by body movement. She also said that she came from a middle class family. She struggled a lot before reaching the level where she got roles in bengali films and teleserials. The actors and actresses in the theater should remember they are performing for the visitors in the last row also. It is more challenging to perform in theatre than cinema or serials. In the show Moushumi Saha taught the art of cooking the dish “patal posto”. It is a dish prepared for native bengalies. The dish is also very popular during the summer months. Sudipa Mukherjee repeated the manner and procedure of preparing the dish after Moushumi Saha finished cooking the dish.

Bratati Banerjee stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Bratati Banerjee stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Bratati Banerjee Bratati Banerjee stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 28th March, 2012 with her poetry and recitation. She was invited as guest judge in the program along with the judges Paran Banerjee, Srilekha Mitra and Rajatavo Dutta. Mir Afsar Ali asked Bratati Banerjee do the children come to her to learn professionally how to do recitation. He also asked that the urge of learning the language was it due to interest of performing of TV channels. Bratati Banerjee said that was the consideration of one section of the students of Bengal. The majority of parents in Bengal had sent their children to Bratati Banerjee because due to dominance of English medium schools in Bengal, the children are not learning their native language Bengali which they should learn. The performers in the program did a great job in the program. Fatik Purokayet (Maduli) told his jokes. The one that he devoted to Srilekha Mitra was not liked by Srilekha Mitra at all. He said that 50% of women have very little intelligence. Bratati Banerjee also said that for the purpose of joke it was fine but she never agreed with the statement. Palash Adhikari did a great job with his two puppets. He always had shown that stories can be told with 3 voices, one of was his own voice, where as the other two voices are the voices of himself made to suit the puppets. Vicky and Partho were excellent. They recreated the court scene of Kamalakanto, a scene which was written in the novel of Sahitya Samrat Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Vicky played the role of the lawyer while Partho played the role of the client who was examined in the Court of law. Rajatavo Dutta stood up to give standing obsession to the performers. Bratati Banerjee was moved to hear their performance. Mir Afsar Ali anchored the program in style.

Dhruba and Rimjhim stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Dhruba and Rimjhim Mitra stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program. Popular actor and actress of Zee Bangla serial Agniparikkha namely Dhruba and Rimjhim Mitra stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 26th March, 2012. Both the actor and the actresses came as guest judges in the show. Rimjhim Mitra

Rimjhim Mitra. also acted in other successful Bengali serials like Sasuri Zindabad. The judges of the program Paran Banerjee, Rajatavo Dutta and Srilekha Mitra welcomed Rimjhim and Dhruva in the show. The performers did excellent job in the show. Fatik Purokayet (Maduli) started the show with his comedy performance. His joke dedicated to Srilekha Mitra was not liked by her but Rimjhim appreciated the performance. Apurbo played the character of a wood-cutter and he made everyone spellbound. He mentioned in the performance that these days wood-cutters are losing livelihood because forests are conserved and cutting of wood from forests are banned. Apurbo Roy danced with Rimjhim and Mir in the show. Vicky, Partho and mentor Subhadeep did a great job at the end of the show. Vicky played the character of Amitabh, Partho played the role of Abhishek Bacchan, and Subhadeep played the role of Govinda. It was an excellent performance. Mir said an interview was taken in radio mirchi where Big B was asked how come Govinda had overshadowed him in the film Bade Miya Chote Miya. In reply Big B said if he could have 10% of talent of Govinda he would have been happy. That showed the greatness of Big B. A veteran parody singer Dilip Chatterjee did a great parody at the end of the show. Mir anchored the show in style.

Happy birthday to Madhu.

Happy birthday to Madhu. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Madhu on 26th March, 2012. Madhu, also known as Madhubala Raghunath had contributed a lot to the bollywood industry especially in the 90s. During the 90s, terrorism became an important issue in India. Many directors addressed the problem by revealing them in films. Director Mani Ratnam addressed the issue relating to terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir in his Roja. Roj

Madhu and Arvind Swami, Roza. a was probably the most successful film of Madhu. It had been shown that Madhu was married to Arvind Swami after he rejected Madhu’s sister for marriage. In fact Madhu’s sister had an affair with another person and told Arvind Swami about it. Arvind Swami was a renowned computer engineer and his senior officer asked him to take an assignment and go to Kashmir. Arvind Swami took Madhu and went to Kashmir. Over there Arvind Swamy was kidnapped by the terrorists led by Pankaj Kapoor. They demanded the release of their leader who was arrested and kept in custody. Madhu went to all the officers present over there for the release of the terrorist leader for the sake of her husband. At the end of the film Arvind Swamy freed himself and came and met Madhu after being tortured by the terrorists. The film became super hit, with powerful direction, brilliant music of AR Rehman and powerful acting of mainly Arvind Swami, Madhu and Pankaj Kapoor. Madhu’s romantic appeal was balanced by her brilliant performance in the film. The songs “roja janeman”, “rukmini rukmini”, “dil hai chota sa” stormed bollywood films in mid-90s. Madhu did well even in action films like Phool Aur Kaante, opposite Ajay Devgan. The film was related to the romantic story between Ajay Devgan and Madhu and the barriers created by anti-socials in their way. The music given in that film by Nadeem Shravan was also successful. The songs “premi pagal”, ‘tumse milne ko dil karta hai”, etc., sung by mainly Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik, became very successful. Phool Aur Kaante became a trend setter in the world of films based on college romance. Madhu was also sublime in other films like Hum Hai Bemisaal, Diljaale, Return of the Jewel Thief, etc. She had acted with Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar and other leading stars of bollywood films. She was sublime in the film Yashwant opposite Nana Patekar. Her husband was adamant police of officer and she became a successful officer after passing civil service exam. She compromised with the uncompromising character played by Nana Patekar who gave her shelter and married her. She acted in a number of Tamil and Malayalam films like Ottaya Pattalam as well. In the late 90s, all of a sudden she faded out of the bollywood industry. The viewers expect her to make a comeback very soon.

Singer Raghab Chatterjee rocked Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Raghab Chatterjee. Successful Bengali singer Raghab Chatterjee rocked Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 21st March, 2012. Raghab Chatterjee had been invited to be the guest judge in Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program. He had achieved a lot at a very early age. Raghab Chatterjee had successful albums released in the last 10 years including Bhorer Alo, Tumi Nei Bole, Amar Akash, Shamiana, etc. He had sung songs in successful bollywood films like Parineeta, Raincoat, Tere Naam, Devdas, etc. He glorified Bengali films with his successful songs in Patalghor, Subhadrishti, Bandan, Chaturanga, to name a few. Mir Afsar Ali asked him about his experience in singing in stage shows in India and abroad. In reply Raghab Chatterjee said that whenever he had sung in stage shows in India, people generally considered him a close person and a good singer. When he did shows in USA, Hongkong and other countries, there was a different experience. Indians and especially bengalies thought he had been a relative of eminent classical singer Manobendra Mukherjee or Dhananjoy Bhattacharya who glorified Bengali classical songs during the golden age that is 50s and 60s. Raghab Chatterjee a lot of classical touch, so the Indians abroad used to thing unless he had music in his genes it was not possible to sing with classical touch in these days when classical singers had got outdated. Raghab Chatterjee appreciated all the performers in the program including Sangeet Tiwary, Palash Adhikari, Fatik Purokayet (Maduli) and others. The other judges Paran Banerjee, Rajatavo Dutta and Srilekha Mitra appreciated Raghab Chatterjee’s singing in the show.

Abir Chatterjee stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Abir Chatterjee in Abar Byomkesh. Popular Bengali actor Abir Chatterjee stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 20th March, 2012. He came as guest judge in the program. All the judges in the program including Srilekha Mitra, Paran Banerjee and Rajatavo Dutta welcomed him in the Program. Mir Afsar Ali asked him questions about his newly released film Abar Byomkesh. Abir Chatterjee played the role of Byomkesh in the film. Byomkesh is a very popular detective character created by Saradindu Banerjee which is liked by bengalies a lot. Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray made his film Chiriakhana with Uttam Kumar using the character Byomkesh Bakshi. Abir Chatterjee said Anjan Dutta had directed the film and he had done a great job. Abir Chatterjee had been busy with his job in Kolkata and along with that he had acted in the films. So it had been a tiring job. In recent times Abir Chatterjee had gained popularity by playing the role of the husband of Vidya Balan in the super hit film Kahaani. The film had created sensation all over India. Although Abir Chatterjee had very small role to play his presence opposite brilliant actress Vidya Balan created attention. Abir Chatterjee appreciated all the performers in Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program including Palash Adhikari, Apurbo Roy, Vicky Partho, Sangeet Tiwary, etc.

Sona and Kiranmala stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Ipshita Mukherjee, Debottam Sona and Kiranmala of Keya Patar Nouka stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 19th March, 2012. The role of Sona had been played by Debottam and the role of Kironmala had been played by Ipshita Mukherjee. Mir Afsar Ali asked where the shooting of Keya Patar Nouka used to take place. In reply Sona and Kironmala said sometimes, the shooting takes place in India Bangladesh, sometimes in the place called Taki. Mir said it is so strange that Sona and Kironmala had to shoot in boats across rivers which started in India and ended in Bangladesh. The borders have even divided the rivers. The performers in the show did a great job before Sona and Kironmala. Fatik Purokayet (Maduli), Mohammad Zamil Hussain, Vicky Partho all had showed their skills in displaying the short stories before the judges Srilekha Mitra, Rajatavo Dutta and Paran Banerjee. Mir asked Sona and Kironmala about the new turn that the serial Keya Patar Nouka is going to take in the future. They talked about civil war in Bangladesh. The serial in Zee Bangla Channel had already gained a lot of popularity and will do well in future.

Happy birthday to Rani Mukherjee.

Rani Mukherjee The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Rani Mukherjee on 21st March, 2012. Born on 21st March, 1978, she started her career with the film Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat. She ruled bollywood films from 2002 to 2006. After that all of a sudden her stardom got affected. She rose to stardom with brilliant performance in Karan Johar’s film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. She acted opposite Kajol and Shahrukh Khan and superseded both of them in the film. She received the filmfare best supporting actress award for her performance in the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. After reaching stardom she acted opposite all the leading stars of bollywood films. Her films Badal and Bichhu opposite Bobby Deol, which involved terrorism and narcotics respectively, did great business. Her film Ghulam opposite Aamir Khan was successful. Her lips in the song “aati kya khandala” were well appreciated. She got critical acclamation for powerful performance in the film Saathiya opposite Vivek Oberoi. All the songs composed by AR Rehman were super hit and film took Rani Mukherjee’s career to a different dimension. She played significant roles in other films like Nayak opposite Anil Kapoor, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke opposite Salman Khan, Chalte Chalte opposite Shahrukh Khan. She played the role of her life in Black. In the film she played the character of a blind girl. The entire process rediscovering herself earned her the filmfare award under the category of both best actress and best actress under critic’s choice. Then her combination with Abhishek Bacchan was well received by the viewers. Films like Bunty Aur Bably and Yuva was well received by the viewers. Rani Mukherjee started showing her versatility in any type of role, including the role of surrogate mother, aspiring model, etc. Her other successful films included Mujhse Dosti Karoge opposite Hrithik Roshan, Veer Zara opposite Shahrukh Khan, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega opposite Salman Khan, to name a few. Her attachment with the Yash Raj Banner had led to downfall after 2007. None of the films like Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic, Ta Ra Rum Pum, did good business, and Rani Mukherjee lost out of competition with successful actresses of the present period like Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, etc. In 2011, her film No One Killed Jessica did well. She acted opposite Vidya Balan and the performance of both the actresses was well appreciated by the audience and the critics. She received awards also for the brilliant performance in the film No One Killed Jessica. The viewers expect Rani Mukherjee to make come back in character roles because a lot of acting is still left in her.

Moushumi, Nibedita, Pompa and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Moushumi, Shreya, Nibedita, Pompa and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Moushumi, Nibedita, Pompa, Shreya

and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program on 15th March, 2012. Very significantly all of them are famous for being the wives of noted Bengali actors Biswanath Bose, Neel, Anindya Banerjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Jaijeet Banerjee, etc. Superstar Mithun Chakravarty conducted the program. He asked the wife of Saswata Chatterjee a number of questions. He said did she remember anything about her father –in-law Subhendu Chatterjee who was renowned Bengali actor acting in films like Chowrangee. The wife of Saswata Chatterjee said Subhendu Chatterjee was a patient reader. He was also a doctor. Whenever he found time he used to always read books. He loved in granddaughter very much. Once he went to Japan. He brought a lot of toys for the granddaughter. Anindya Banerjee’s wife said that her husband knows nothing about going to market, purchasing vegetables, rice, wheat, etc. But he is a very good father. He takes care of the child. Jayjeet Banerjee’s wife jokingly said her husband did not have a bath for more than 5 days. Jayjit Banerjee asked Mithun Chakravarty who did cut his hair in the film Nobel Chor? Mithun said he got the hair cut in Mumbai, but told the barber to give a “saracut”, but the barber messed up everything. Everyone laughed at Mithun’s words. He anchored the show excellently.

Happy birthday to Shashi Kapoor.

Shashi Kapoor. Happy birthday to Shashi Kapoor. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Shashi Kapoor on 18th March, 2012. In 2011 he received the filmfare lifetime achievement award. In 2011, he received Padmabhushan, the civilian award for his excellence in bollywood films. His sickness prevents him from freely walking, but he receives most of his awards on wheel chair. Born in 1938, Shashi Kapoor started his acting career in the film Aag in 1948 directed by his elder brother Raj Kapoor. He also showed his acting skills as a child artist in the film Awara in 1951. The film won different awards in international film festivals and ended up being super hit. Shashi Kapoor acted in off-beat films at the beginning of his career like Prempatra opposite Sadhna. He entertained the audience with the film Jab Jab Phool Khilen in 1965. All the songs of Rafi composed by Kalyanji Anandji in the film became super hit like “pardesiyon se na”, “yahan mai ajnabee hoon”, “na na karke pyar”, etc. From that time Shashi Kapoor acted with Nanda in a number of films like Muhabbat Is Ko Kehte Hai, Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhari, etc. Rafi’s songs in many Shashi Kapoor films did magic including “o dilbar janiye”, “dilbar dilbar”, “bekhudi me sanam”, to name a few. In the late 60s Shashi Kapoor acted in many romantic films like Pyar Kiye Jaa, Kanyadaan, Abhinetri, Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati, etc. In Pyar Kiye Ja, he acted opposite actress Nanda, in Kanyadan he acted opposite Asha Parekh, in Abhinetri he acted opposite Hema Malini, in Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati he acted opposite Babita. In the 70s, Shashi Kapoor acted in action films along with Amitabh Bacchan, at a time when action films dominated either types of films in bollywood. His dialogue in the film Dewaar opposite Big B titled “mere paas ma hai” became immortal over the years. He acted in many films opposite Big B like Shaan, Do Aur Do Paanch, Iman Dharam, Namakhalal, Suhaag, Kala Pathhar, Kabhi Kabhi,Trishul, Silsila, etc., and most of those films ended up being blockbusters. Some of these films were multi-starred in nature. For example in Shaan and Kala Patthar he acted opposite Big B and Shatrughun Sinha. It was his sheer talent, that he could adapt himself in the new regime of anti-establishment films in the 70s, starting from Dewaar, which were quite different from the society shown in the romantic films of the 60s. He acted with other bollywood actors like Shatrughun Sinha in films like Gautam Govinda. He was a close friend of Ismail Merchant and featured in many of his English films like Siddharta. He produced impressive films like Junoon directed by Shyam Benegal and Vijeta directed by Govind Nihalini. His sons Kunal Kapoor and Karan Kapoor acted in many films. In the 1990s, Shashi Kapoor put on a lot of weight and stopped acting. He was in tears to receive the filmfare lifetime achievement award. The viewers pay homage to the veteran actor.

Happy birthday to Mr. Perfectionist Star Amir Khan.

Amir Khan ist Star Amir Khan. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Mr. Perfectionist and Committed Star Amir Khan on 14th of March, 2012. He has proved himself as one of the most committed actors of modern bollywood films. He also carried on the legacy of Tragedy King Dilip Kumar of acting in less number of films and meaningful films. In 2012, the viewers are eagerly waiting for his new film Talaash. These days whenever Amir Khan’s films are released they end up being blockbusters. He started his career with the hit film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1988 opposite Juhi Chawla. His film had brought back the era of romantic films, after bollywood was loaded with action films for more than 20 years. The music of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak composed by Anand Milind and majority of songs sung by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik created history. The popular songs included “aye mere humsafar”, “papa kehte hai”, etc. The film did excellent business and Amir Khan became a star at the early part of his career. From that time onwards Amir Khan acted in many romantic films like Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke, opposite Juhi Chawla, Ishq opposite Juhi Chawla, Dil opposite Madhuri Dixit, Mann opposite Manisha Koirala. Being a relative of Nasir Hussain, Amir Khan showed his acting skills from the beginning of his career. He gave able lips in most of the songs of Udit Narayan and with passage of time showed his versatility in different types of films. He did extremely well in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film Lagaan. Lagaan was based on the story of Indian farmers entering into a challenge with the British Govt. during the colonial rule. A cricket match was held between the British team and the Indian peasants. The condition was that if the Indians won it, the farmers would be excused of the share of produce that they supposed to give the landlords and the British Govt. of such. Amir Khan gave training to the rural Indians and ultimately won the match amidst odds. Amir Khan was sublime in his performance in patriotic film based on the life Mangal Pandey and he did an excellent job in the film Sarfarosh. Even as a director he showed innovative vision by making a film on the subject related to children. The film Taren Zameen Par showed that every child in the world is special. They have their innovative qualities. The job of the teachers and the academicians should be to unearth their skills The songs in the film composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy were also sensational. Even in 2008, Amir Khan’s film Ghajini was remarkable in nature. He played the role of a person who lost his memory every 20 minutes. He took revenge against the murder of his girlfriend, but he did it with his limitation in respect of the lost memory. He had played probably the role of his career. He came out with even greater hit film in 2009, The 3 idiots. The film had done more than 200 crores business till now. Even more than that the film directed by Raj Kumar Hirani, had a serious social message to give. The message is that the parents should not overburden the students with their own choices. Students should be allowed to specialize in the line they love and enjoy. Although filmfare awards had not been fare to Amir Khan, it does not matter for Amir Khan at all. He is the actor of the refined section of audience and will remain there for periods to come. In 2010, his venture Peepli Live had been ably appreciated by the critics and the audience as a whole. In 2011, his film Dhobi Ghaat did well in most part of India. He had acted well in the film. He also requested hall owners not to give break in the film, because it takes away the concentration in the film. Talash has a lot in store for the viewers. Amir Khan will also be seen in Dhoom 3 to be released in 2013. He is a very cultured actor and the viewers have lot of hope on the thoughtful personality for innovative ventures in the years to come.

Joy Mukherjee will be remembered for his romantic films with excellent music.

Renowned romantic actor Joy Mukherjee died on 7th March, 2012. He will always be remembered for his immense contribution to bollywood films during the 60s. For at least 5 years, his films used to feature in the top 10 hit films of bollywood, between 1962 to 1966. Exotic locations in his films also brought a lot audience to the theatres. His film Love in Tokyo was shot in Japan and the film did excellent business. Shankar Jaikishan’s music and Mohammad Rafi’s songs “o mere shahekhuba”, “japan, love in Tokyo”, “aja re aa zara aa” had mesmerized the audience in 1966. Joy Mukherjee gave hits after hits during 60s films and became extremely popular in an age when inspite of domination of Showman Raj Kapoor and Tragedy King Dilip Kumar, stars of various capabilities displayed their individual skills which include Rajender Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan, Shammi Kapoor and others. The music of the films of Joy Mukherjee played a very significant role in their success and in that context OP Nayyar’s name comes without hesitation. Joy Mukherjee’s film Ek Musafir Ek Hasina did brilliant business in the early 60s. Raj Khosla’s musical thriller addressed every section of the society with romantic performance of Joy Mukherjee and Sadhna. All the songs of Rafi and Asha picturized on Joy Mukherjee and Sadhna became super hit. It includes songs like “aap yuhin agar humse milte rahe”, “mujhe dekhkar aapka muskurana”, “phir tere shahar me”, “mai pyar ka rahi hoon”, “bahut shukhriya, bari meherbani”, “humko tumhari isqh ne”, to name a few. OP Nayyar was probably at his best in the film and his blend of eastern and western music created the romantic mood for the film. Joy Mukherjee, Rafi and OP Nayyar’s magical combination continued in the film Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon. Most part of the film was shot at picturesque locations of Jammu & Kashmir and the landscape was as romantic as the songs sung by Rafi and Asha in the film. The prominent songs included “banda parwar, thamlo jigar”, “lakho hai nigahon me”, “nazneen bara rangeen hai wada tera”, “aanchal me sajalena kaliyan”, “zulf ke chayon me chehere ka ujala lekar”, to name a few. Asha Parekh showed her dancing skills to perfection in the film. Rajender Nath played the role of the relief character in the film. In fact OP Nayyar maintained the same standard of music in Shammi Kapoor’s film Kashmir Ki Kali and Biswajeet’s film Mere Sanam which were made after Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon. Joy Mukherjee’s combination with OP Nayyar continued in the film Humsaya. In that film Sharmila Tagore got the lead role opposite Joy Mukherjee. By that time due to emergence on new actors and actresses in bollywood films, Joy Mukherjee’s popularity declined and the film also did moderate business. In respect of the songs, Rafi’s song “dil ki awaaz bhi sun” became hit. But OP Nayyar gave a number of songs to Mahendra Kapoor was well which did not strike gold in the box –office. In the 70s, with the advent of action films led by Big B, Vinod Khanna and others, Joy Mukherjee faded away from the film arena. Even OP Nayyar’s music in films like Ek Baar Muskurado did not create storms the way it did in the 60s. The films of Joy Mukherjee and combination with OP Nayyar, Shankar Jaikishan, SD Burman and others should be preserved for their immense musical value.

Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar and Nadira were outstanding in Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi.

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi. Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar and Nadira were outstanding in the film Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi. The film was released in 1960. It was directed by Kishore Sahu. In the film Raj Kumar played the role of a notable doctor. Meena Kumari was a nurse in his hospital with whom Raj Kumar fell in love. But his mother asked him to marry Nadira against the wishes of Raj Kumar. The reason was that Nadira’s father had contributed a lot for higher education of Raj Kumar. Nadira suspected Raj Kumar to still have affair with Meena Kumari. Due to Nadira’s insistence Raj Kumar failed to go to hospital to treat Om Prakash, who died out of cancer. Meena Kumari left the hospital to avoid scandal. But Nadira came back and to take revenge boarded Meena Kumari and took her in long drive and the car met with an accident. Nadira fell in water and drowned. Raj Kumar saved Meena Kumar in the water. The fell ended up being one of the best 6 super hit films of 1960. The music of Shankar Jaikishan made everyone spellbound. Shankar Jaikishan received filmfare award for the best composer in 1960 for the composition of music in this film. Lata’s songs “sheeshe-e-dil itna na uchalo”, “dil apna aur preet parayi”, “mera dil ab tera ho sajna”, “ajeeb dastan hai yeh” and Rafi’s song “jane kahan gayi” became immortal hits. Excellent performance of Raj Kumar and Meena Kumari and Nadira made the film immoral. If Nadira’s villanish performance caught attention, Meena Kumari’s soft spoken aristocratic performance made the viewers mesmerized. The character artists in the film Om Prakash, Shammi, Baby Naaz, Tuntun and others require special mention. The film should be restored.

Happy birthday to Fardeen Khan.

Fardeen Khan. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Fardeen Khan on 8th March, 2012. He had created an identity for himself inspite of being the son of popular bollywood star Feroz Khan. Most of the sons and daughters of the celebrities of bollywood films had always struggled due to comparison of them with their parents. In case of Fardeen Khan, he never tried to imitate Feroz Khan. Feroz Khan was famous for his stylish performance in action films including Oonche Log, Apradh, Dharmatma, Khote Sikke, Qurbani, Jaanbaaz, Yalgaar, etc. In most of these films he introduced Hollywood style of acting in Indian films. Fardeen Khan instead of imitating his father created a simple style of acting which suited different types of films. His performance in the film No Entry in 2005, requires special mention. He played the character of a journalist in the film in the company of Anil Kapoor. He had an affair with Celina Jaitley, but just because he had to save Anil Kapoor, he told a lie to Lara Dutta that Bipasha Basu was his wife. From that time onwards he just went on telling one lie after the other. He went to Mauritious for honeymoon. Even there he found Anil Kapoor and Lara Dutta and his relationship with Bipasha Basu was revealed. Both Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley filed divorce suits against Anil Kapoor and Fardeen Khan respectively due to their relationship with Bipasha Basu. Salman Khan had to come all the way from abroad to save the situation. His playacting with Esha Deol had helped both Fardeen Khan and Anil Kapoor to ease out their relationship with their wives. Fardeen Khan’s lips in the song “kahan ho tum” was very impressive. The film had excellent songs and the comedy sequences appealed to the viewers. The film ended up being a blockbuster. The other notable films of Fardeen Khan included Bhoot with Urmila Matondkar, Jungle with Urmila Matondkar, etc. In Bhoot he played a negative character but expressed the horror feelings to perfection when Urmila Matondkar’s spirits haunted him. The film Jungle was based on the story of Veerappan in the forests of Karnataka where he became a smuggling don. Fardeen Khan’s performance in the film Dev was also worth mentioning. In 2009, Fardeen Khan’s film All The Best with Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan did business worth 60 crore rupees. He played the role of the brother of Sanjay Dutt who used the pocket money to do weird acts. His friend Ajay Devgan used to give him ideas but it created more trouble for Fardeen Khan. When Sanjay Dutt came for sudden visit to his house as his flight got delayed, the chaos and confusion entertained the viewers. Fardeen Khan’s docile image in the film balanced the aggressive image of Sanjay Dutt. Bipasha Basu and Mugdha Godse complimented the stars in the film. It is difficult for Fardeen Khan to match the popularity of Salmaan Khan or Shahrukh Khan or Hrithik Roshan in the present time. But even with his limited popularity he has created an identity with which he can be categorized. The viewers expect Fardeen Khan to explore himself further in bollywood films in future.

Imon Chatterjee, Biswanath Basu and others stormed Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 Program.

Biswanath Basu. Imon Chatterjee and his wife Ananya Chatterjee, Biswanath Basu and his wife Devika Basu, Rupankar Bagchi and his wife Chaitali Lahiri, Jaijeet Banerjee and his wife Shreya Banerjee, stormed Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 program on holi special on 8th March, 2012. All these guests were called by the anchor June Malia. In the first round Imon Chatterjee, Biswanath Basu, Rupankar Bagchi and Jaijeet Banerjee were asked to stand on a platform and their wives were asked to throw balloons full of coloured water. It was very funny. In the second round, Anindya Chatterjee of Chandrabindu band came and sang the song “taker jatna nin”. All the celebrities were asked to sing songs. Imon Chatterjee sang the song “aloker oi jharna dharae”. Biswanath Basu sang the song “dum maro dum”. Rupankar Bagchi and Jaijeet Banerjee also sang their holi numbers. In the third round, Biswanath Basu and his wife Devika Basu were asked to do play acting. They acted out Big B’s performance in the song “rang barse” from the film Silsila. At the end of the show, Biswanath Basu and Devika Basu won the title by answering maximum number of questions. It was fun and colour everywhere. June Malia anchored the program in style.

Sharmila Tagore said Uttam Kumar was the greatest Bengali star ever born.

Sharmila Tagore. Sharmila Tagore once again came as guest judge in Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 6th March, 2012. Mir Afsar Ali asked him her experience of acting with Uttam Kumar. She said that Satyajit Ray said that if Uttam Kumar would have declined to act in the film Nayak, he would not have made the film at all. She said her first commercial film in Bengal was Shesh Anka, opposite superstar Uttam Kumar. She said was amazed to see Uttam Kumar’s directorial capability in the film Kalangini Kankabati. She was spellbound in the way Uttam Kumar explained the character in the film Kalangini Kankabati. The respect for Uttam Kumar just increased and increased. At the end she said Uttam Kumar was the greatest Bengali actor ever to have been born. Mir asked her which was the best shooting spot in India where Sharmila had acted. Sharmila answered that Shillong was the best place. She acted with Dev Anand in the film Ye Gulistan Hamara and the shooting took place in Shillong. She could not forget the experience. She said she would have been happy if the film Safar would have been remade. If it was remade then Vidya Balan would have been the ideal actress who could have acted in the film.

Sharmila Tagore stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Sharmila Tagore. Successful actress Sharmila Tagore stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program on 5th March, 2012. Mir Afsar Ali asked him whether any actors were mad about her. She said there was no actor as such. But she herself was big admirer of Shashi Kapoor. When Shashi Kapoor came in the sets of Kashmir Ki Kali, she forgot her dialogue. As a result director Shakti Samanta asked Shashi Kapoor to leave. His elder brother Shammi Kapoor was the hero of the film. Mir even sang Mohammad Rafi’s song “yeh chand sa roushan chehera” before Sharmila Tagore. Mir asked Sharmila Tagore whether she was the direct descendant of Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila said she came from the clan of Gaganendranath Tagore, the relative of Rabindranath Tagore. Mir also asked that the scene of toy train in Aradhana was done in Studio or not. She said yes. She said that Satyajit Ray was shooting for Aranyer Dinratri, while Shakti Shamanta was shooting for Aradhana. The days coincided. So she went for Aranyer Dinratri. Rajesh Khanna gave live shot for the song “mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi tu”. But her scene was shot inside studio separately. Sharmila added that it was good that the film Aradhana became hit. Otherwise Shakti Shamanta would have filed suit against her. Sharmila was also asked whether she was in the sets of the shooting of the film Chupke Chupke in 1975, when the song “saregama” was sung. She said she was with both Dharmender and Amitabh Bacchan in the sets. She was also asked about her first shot in Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sangsar. She said she was only 13 years old when she gave the shot. But Ray made the scene very easy. She also mentioned that recently she had met Rajesh Khanna and he was fine.

Rajender Kumar and Raj Kumar were outstanding in the film Dil Ek Mandir.

Rajender Kumar and Raj Kumar were outstanding in the film Dil Ek Mandir. Dil Ek Mandir was a super hit film released in 1963. It was directed by C.V. Sridhar. It was a remake of Tamil film Nenjil Ore Alayam which was released in 1962. It was produced by Chitralaya.

Rajender Kumar, Meena Kumari. In Dil Ek Mandir, Raj Kumar, Rajender Kumar and Meena Kumari played the major roles. Rajender Kumar loved Meena Kumari. When he went abroad for higher studies relating to medical profession, Meena Kumari’s father faced criminal charges in relation to theft in bank. Raj Kumar’s father paid the money to save Meena Kumari’s father. In return he gave marriage of Raj Kumar with Meena Kumari. Raj Kumar’s father knew that Raj Kumar had cancer. But Raj Kumar never knew. Raj Kumar was treated by Rajender Kumar in respect of cancer. Although he could not save a young girl also suffering from cancer, his operation relating to lung cancer of Raj Kumar was successful. But for helping the cause of Raj Kumar, Rajender Kumar himself died at the end of the film. Excellent performances of Raj Kumar, Rajender Kumar and Meena Kumari made the audience spellbound. Raj Kumar received filmfare award for best supporting actor. Both Rajender Kumar and Meena Kumari deserved the best actor and actress awards which they did not get. The other aspect of the film which made viewers spellbound was the excellent music of Shankar Jaikishan. All the songs composed by SJ touched the souls of numerous Indians including “juhi ki kali meri laadli” sung by Suman Kalyanpur, “yaad na jaye”, “jahan koi nahi” sung by Mohammad Rafi, “ruk ja raat”, “hum tere pyar me sara alam” sung by Lata, to mention a few. Rafi and Suman’s duet song “dil ek mandir hai” brought tears in the eyes of numerous Indians. Shankar Jaikishan deserved the best composer award for the film Dil Ek Mandir. It went to Roshanlal Nagrath for his excellent composition in the film Tajmahal in 1963. Viewers should watch the film.

Brilliant dancers Dipanwita Kundu, Jeet Das stormed Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 program.

Dipanwita Kundu. Brilliant dancers Dinpanwita Kundu, Jeet Das, Shalini Maitra and Akshat Singh stormed Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 program held on 2nd March, 2012. All these child dancers were winners in Dance Bangla Dance program. The anchor June Malia called their mothers Paramita Kundu, Rita Maitra, Dipali Das and Uma Singh. In the first round the mothers of the great dancers had to destroy balloons to get the sweets. In the second round singer Debojit came. He asked the celebrities to sing the songs “kuch na kaho kuch bhi na kaho”, and other songs. Dipanwita Kundu danced in the song of Sandhya Mukherjee “shonkho bajiye make ghare enechi”. She did an excellent job. Superstar Mithun Chakravarty who was the judge of Dance Bangla Dance program used to appreciated Dipanwita Kundu’s excellent dance performance and used to call her “panta bhater kundu”. June Malia even called up the mothers and fathers of the child dancers to dance along with their children. All the other dancers like Shalini Maitra, Jeet Das, Akshat Singh danced excellently in the program. In the third round June Malia asked a participant to play out the role of Salman Khan. She did so. June Malia anchored the program in an excellent way.

Happy birthday to Anupam Kher. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Anupam Kher on 7th March, 2012. He had been indispensable during the 80s and 90s and contributed both in commercial films and parallel cinema. In 2010, he acted in his brilliant style in Salman Khan’s super hit film Dabaang. He initially attracted the attention of critics by performing well in the film Surhansh. He played the role of an old person who had served the nation but was neglected after retirement. At that time he got the offer of playing the role old persons one after the other at a young age. His performance in the films Daddy, Janam, etc., were well appreciated by the thoughtful viewers. But the film that had made him a star was Karma. The film Karma directed by Subhash Ghai was released in 1985 and after that Anupam Kher never looked back. Anupam Kher acted opposite Dilip Kumar in Subhash Ghai’s multi-starrer venture Karma. He played the role of a terrorist leader named Dr. Dang. He was arrested by Dilip Kumar, but his men blew up the prison and released him. He then took revenge by killing the family members of Dilip Kumar. Dilip Kumar created an army full of prisoners who were suffering life sentences including Anil Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah and Jackie Shroff. He fought against the men of Anupam Kher and addressed terrorism with style. From that time onwards, commercial directors started casting Anupam Kher either in villainous roles or comedy roles. He successfully acted in comedy roles in the film Ram Lakhan, as the father of Madhuri Dixit, Jamai Raja as the brother of Hema Malini, Khel, as the partner of Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. He received the maximum number of filmfare awards for comedy performance in the history of bollywood cinema. He showed his comedy instincts also in the film Apna Sapna Money Money opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. Apart from relief characters, Anupam Kher acted in serious films and his performance was very natural over there. His performance in the film Kahona Pyar Hai, in the role of the father of Amisha Patel was very impressive. He sent killers to murder Hrithik Roshan, yet he concealed his own involvement in the plan to his daughter in style. He did very well in the film A Wednesday opposite Naseeruddin Shah. His performance also in the film 1942 A Love Story, in the role of the father of Manisha Koirala also require special mention. His performance in the film China Gate, Khosla Ka Ghoshla, Akhree Rasta, requires special mention. He had acted in more than 300 films in a span of 25 years. In that respect no other actor other than Amrish Puri, Kader Khan and Paresh Rawal, had such a huge contribution in bollywood films like Anupam Kher. He was very impressive in 2009 in the films God Tussi Great Ho, where he played the role of the father of Salman Khan, A Wednesday, etc. Still critics feel that had he not got typecast in comedy roles, he was more versatile and could have contributed more in serious roles. The viewers expect him to continue the good work in 2012 and in the years to come.

Happy birthday to Anupam Kher. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Anupam Kher on 7th March, 2012. He had been indispensable during the 80s and 90s and contributed both in commercial films and parallel cinema. In 2010, he acted in his brilliant style in Salman Khan’s super hit film Dabaang. He initially attracted the attention of critics by performing well in the film Surhansh. He played the role of an old person who had served the nation but was neglected after retirement. At that time he got the offer of playing the role old persons one after the other at a young age. His performance in the films Daddy, Janam, etc., were well appreciated by the thoughtful viewers. But the film that had made him a star was Karma. The film Karma directed by Subhash Ghai was released in 1985 and after that Anupam Kher never looked back. Anupam Kher acted opposite Dilip Kumar in Subhash Ghai’s multi-starrer venture Karma. He played the role of a terrorist leader named Dr. Dang. He was arrested by Dilip Kumar, but his men blew up the prison and released him. He then took revenge by killing the family members of Dilip Kumar. Dilip Kumar created an army full of prisoners who were suffering life sentences including Anil Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah and Jackie Shroff. He fought against the men of Anupam Kher and addressed terrorism with style. From that time onwards, commercial directors started casting Anupam Kher either in villainous roles or comedy roles. He successfully acted in comedy roles in the film Ram Lakhan, as the father of Madhuri Dixit, Jamai Raja as the brother of Hema Malini, Khel, as the partner of Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. He received the maximum number of filmfare awards for comedy performance in the history of bollywood cinema. He showed his comedy instincts also in the film Apna Sapna Money Money opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. Apart from relief characters, Anupam Kher acted in serious films and his performance was very natural over there. His performance in the film Kahona Pyar Hai, in the role of the father of Amisha Patel was very impressive. He sent killers to murder Hrithik Roshan, yet he concealed his own involvement in the plan to his daughter in style. He did very well in the film A Wednesday opposite Naseeruddin Shah. His performance also in the film 1942 A Love Story, in the role of the father of Manisha Koirala also require special mention. His performance in the film China Gate, Khosla Ka Ghoshla, Akhree Rasta, requires special mention. He had acted in more than 300 films in a span of 25 years. In that respect no other actor other than Amrish Puri, Kader Khan and Paresh Rawal, had such a huge contribution in bollywood films like Anupam Kher. He was very impressive in 2009 in the films God Tussi Great Ho, where he played the role of the father of Salman Khan, A Wednesday, etc. Still critics feel that had he not got typecast in comedy roles, he was more versatile and could have contributed more in serious roles. The viewers expect him to continue the good work in 2012 and in the years to come.

Anupam Kher. The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Anupam Kher on 7th March, 2012. He had been indispensable during the 80s and 90s and contributed both in commercial films and parallel cinema. In 2010, he acted in his brilliant style in Salman Khan’s super hit film Dabaang. He initially attracted the attention of critics by performing well in the film Surhansh. He played the role of an old person who had served the nation but was neglected after retirement. At that time he got the offer of playing the role old persons one after the other at a young age. His performance in the films Daddy, Janam, etc., were well appreciated by the thoughtful viewers. But the film that had made him a star was Karma. The film Karma directed by Subhash Ghai was released in 1985 and after that Anupam Kher never looked back. Anupam Kher acted opposite Dilip Kumar in Subhash Ghai’s multi-starrer venture Karma. He played the role of a terrorist leader named Dr. Dang. He was arrested by Dilip Kumar, but his men blew up the prison and released him. He then took revenge by killing the family members of Dilip Kumar. Dilip Kumar created an army full of prisoners who were suffering life sentences including Anil Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah and Jackie Shroff. He fought against the men of Anupam Kher and addressed terrorism with style. From that time onwards, commercial directors started casting Anupam Kher either in villainous roles or comedy roles. He successfully acted in comedy roles in the film Ram Lakhan, as the father of Madhuri Dixit, Jamai Raja as the brother of Hema Malini, Khel, as the partner of Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. He received the maximum number of filmfare awards for comedy performance in the history of bollywood cinema. He showed his comedy instincts also in the film Apna Sapna Money Money opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. Apart from relief characters, Anupam Kher acted in serious films and his performance was very natural over there. His performance in the film Kahona Pyar Hai, in the role of the father of Amisha Patel was very impressive. He sent killers to murder Hrithik Roshan, yet he concealed his own involvement in the plan to his daughter in style. He did very well in the film A Wednesday opposite Naseeruddin Shah. His performance also in the film 1942 A Love Story, in the role of the father of Manisha Koirala also require special mention. His performance in the film China Gate, Khosla Ka Ghoshla, Akhree Rasta, requires special mention. He had acted in more than 300 films in a span of 25 years. In that respect no other actor other than Amrish Puri, Kader Khan and Paresh Rawal, had such a huge contribution in bollywood films like Anupam Kher. He was very impressive in 2009 in the films God Tussi Great Ho, where he played the role of the father of Salman Khan, A Wednesday, etc. Still critics feel that had he not got typecast in comedy roles, he was more versatile and could have contributed more in serious roles. The viewers expect him to continue the good work in 2012 and in the years to come.