Monday, September 2, 2013

Happy birthday to sizzling actress Sadhna.


Sadhna remained sizzling actress in the 60s. The viewers of Bollywood films wish happy birthday to Sadhna on 2nd September, 2013. Sadhna Shivdasani remained sizzling actress in the 60s. Born on 2nd September, 1941, her name was given by her father due to his fascination for the actress Sadhana Bose. She acted in a Sindhi film Abana in 1958 where she played the role of the sister of the heroine in the film. Then Subodh Mukherjee did cast her opposite Joy Mukherjee in the film Love in Simla in 1959. The music was composed by Iqbal Qureshi and the songs of the film became big hits. She acted in successful films one after the other after that including Parakh, Hum Dono, Prem Patra. In 1962, her film Ek Musafir Ek Haseena opposite Joy Mukherjee became musical blockbuster. Raj Khosla’s hit became known for the songs composed by OP Nayyar, including Rafi’s songs “aap yuhi agar”, “bahut shukhriya”, “phir tere shahar me”, etc. She also acted in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Asli Nakli in 1962, opposite Dev Anand which was also another musical hit. Shankar Jaikishan’s composition became super hit including Lata’s “tera mera pyara amar”, Rafi’s song “tujhe jeevan ki dor me”, etc. Mere Mehboob was the greatest hit of Sadhna opposite Jubilee Kumar Rajender Kumar in 1963. The romantic film created the pair of Rajender Kumar Sadhna who remained sublime during the 60s. Naushad’s composition was brilliant including Rafi’s title song “mere mehboob tujhe meri muhobbat ki kasam”. The other super hit films of Sadhna opposite Rajender Kumar including Aarzoo and Aap Aye Bahar Aye. In 1965 she was married to RK Nayyar. She became famous for her spooky performance in Raj Khosla’s suspense thrillers like Wo Kaun Thi, Mera Saya and Anita. For Wo Kaun Thi she received filmfare nomination for best actress. Her other successful films including Dulha Dulhan opposite Raj Kapoor, Waqt opposite Sunil Dutt, Battamees and Raj Kumar opposite Shammi Kapoor, Ek Phool Do Mali opposite Sanjay Khan, etc. She faded away from the industry in the 70s, as her films Geeta Mera Naam, Ishq Par Zor Nahin, did not do adequate business. Her films should be preserved and restored.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Abhijeet stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.


Abhijeet stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program. Singer Abhijeet stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Little Champs Program on 31st September, 2013. He came as guest judge in the program. The other judges Kumar Shanu, Koushiki, Joy Sarkar and Akriti Kakkar welcomed him in the show. The anchor Jishu Sengupta and the child contestants also welcomed him. The child contestants sang his songs to welcome him like “jab bhi koi ladki dekhi”, “mai koi aisa geet gayun”, etc. Abhijeet was very impressed with the effort of the child contestants.When the individual child contestants performed on their part, all judges gave their comments. Kumar Shanu said "jomiye dili gane gane". Koushiki gave them tips in respect of sticking to the scales in which the child contestants found most comfort specially in classical songs.
In the program the child participants sang their songs very well. Then Jishu Sengupta and Joy Sarkar requested Abhijeet to sing the song “wada raha sanam” from the film Khiladi. Abhijeet sang it with Alka Yagnik in the original film. He sang in the Zee Bangla Little Champs Program and everyone was extremely pleased with his song. He was also asked to sing the song “badi mushkil hai” from the film Anjaam. At one point of time Abhijeet became the voice of Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Shetty and others. The other judges and the child contestants were overjoyed to hear the song. Abhijeet was also asked to sing the songs from his other films. There was one of the admirers of Kumar Shanu who drew a portrait of Kumar Shanu and came on stage to show that. Kumar Shanu appreciated the effort of the admirer. Abhijeet disclosed that he also had adjudicated many other musical competitions devoted to the children before and found them very entertaining. He also talked about the demise of his mother. He sang one song that was devoted to his deceased mother. He will also perform and adjudicate the child contestants on 5th September, 2013.

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Happy birthday to Item –queen Malaika Arora.


The viewers of bollyood films wish happy birthday to Item-queen Malaika Arora on 23rd August, 2013. She had been an important figure in the bollywood industry for the last 10 years. Her father worked in Merchant Navy. She was selected as one of the MTV VJs when MTV started operation in India. She also did shine in the modeling world. After that she became number one item dancer in bollywood films. Her dance in the film Dil Se stormed bollywood. She danced in the song “chaiya chaiya” opposite Shahrukh Khan in the film. The cameos in bollywood films in the item numbers continued. She made a special appearance in Bobby Deol’s film Bicchu. She got a bigger role in the film Kaante. Her item number titled “kaal dhamaal” in the film Kaal again created attention. She also danced in item numbers in the film Om Shanti Om and Hey Babby in 2005. Then again in the film Welcome, her item number in the song “hoont rasiley” became the most popular song of the entire film. She danced opposite Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar in the film. She married Arbaaz Khan and has a son named Arhaan. She acted in the film Housefull. In 2010, she stormed bollywood again in Arbaaz Khan’s film Dabaang, in the item song “munni badnaam hui”. The film was the most successful song of the year. The major credit goes to the high class of dancing of Malaika Arora Khan. As far as her dancing capabilities are concerned she had established herself in bollywood. But she requires to play notable roles in social films to prove her acting capability. Helen, who initially got roles of vamps, later on when acted in films like Khamoshi, had shown the viewers that she had lot of acting talent. Malaika Arora Khan was the co-producer of the super hit film Dabaang 2. She danced in one of the songs of the film as well. Due to Salman Khan magic the film did business of more than 158 crores. The co-production and direction of Arbaaz Khan had been well appreciated by the viewers. Viewers expect Malaika Arora to act in prominent roles in future and expect that 2013 will be a successful year for year.