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Monthly Archives: September 2020
Heartache makes a star ! Really ?
In Gulshan Nanda’s Hindi novel – Sisakate Saaz (on which Hindi movie ‘Mehbooba’ was made in 1976 starring Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini in lead roles), the singer hero, Prakash tells the heroine (she is also a singer), Ratna -‘Aapki Aawaaz … Continue reading
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Tagged A.R. Rehman, Aapki Aawaaz Mein Kashish Hai Lekin Dard Ki Kamee Hai, Gulshan Nanda, Imtiaz Ali, Irshad Kamil, Jab We Met (2007), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Kumud Mishra, Love Aaj Kal (2009), Mehbooba (1976), Movie Review - Rockstar (2011), Naadaan Parinde, Nargis Fakhri, Ranbir Kapoor, Saahir Ludhiyanvi, Shammi Kapoor, Sisakate Saaz, Socha Na Tha (2005)
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The intoxication of pain in a lover’s heart
The title of the album is apt because pain and tears also contain a kind of intoxication for the gloomy lover who has lost something invaluable (for him / her). I know how intoxicant it can be to shed tears … Continue reading
Posted in Music Review
Tagged Bas Farz Ada Karoonga Maine Faisla Kiya Hai, Haay Tera Pyar Mujhe Raas Na Aaya, Jeetu Tapan, Kis Se Baat Karen, Kisi Ki Yaad Saataye Sharaab Pee Lena, Koi Na Geet Pyar Ke Gaaye Andheri Raaton Mein, Music Revuew - Nasha (by Kumar Sanu), Na Kabhi Wafa Karoonga Maine Faisla Kiya Hai, Nazar Milaayi Tune Dil Na Milaaya, pain and tears also contain a kind of intoxication for the gloomy lover, Pandit K. Razdan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Prabhu Laal Prajapati, Tu Hamen Kuchh Bhi Na De Hum To Wafa Hee Denge, Tumne Roka Nahin Hum Ruke Bhi Nahin, Waqt Ne Hum Se Kaisa Liya Imtihaan, Zindagi Tujhko Naye Mod Pe La Hee Denge
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Thrill but no suspense
Right Yaaa Wrong (2010) is a Hindi movie under the thriller genre. However it is not the routine run-of the-mill Bollywood suspense thriller. It is not an original story either. The filmmaker has lifted the story from a Hollywood movie … Continue reading
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Tagged A Perfect Murder (1998), Above Suspicion (1995), answers are not easy, Be Reham 1980, cat and mouse game, cold-blooded murder, courtroom drama, Deepal Shaw, food for thought, Govind Namdeo, howdunnit, Humraaz (2002), Irrfan, Isha Koppikar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Maharathi 2008, moral dilemma of deciding what is right and what is wrong, Movie Review - Right Yaa Wrong (2010), mystery, Neeraj Pathak, Qatl 1986, run-of-the-mill suspense thriller, Suhasini Mulay, suspense, suspense thriller, thriller, thriller genre, Vaada (2005), whodunnit
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Don’t tell it to anybody that I know English
Today on the occasion of Hindi Day (14th September), I am posting the review of a movie which debates on the utility of English in India. The debate of Hindi (with the other vernaculars) vs. English is more than a … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th September, a movie which debates on the utility of English in India, against the imposition of English, Chupke Chupke (1975), Deepti Naval, every language is divine, Farooq Sheikh, Farooq-Deepti starrer, Hindi Day, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, India is a multilingual country, inner piety, Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983), laugh-riot, lovely on-screen pair, mother tongue is just like mother to a human-being, Movie Review - Kissise Na Kehna (1983), National Language of India, required balance in our outlook and behaviour, Saath-Saath (1982), Saeed Jaffrey, Utpal Dutt
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Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah
Today is the Teachers’ Day (Shikshak Divas), the birthday of the great teacher and ex-president of India, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. Last year I had written a blog on this day paying my regards to my ex-English teacher Late Shri Surendra … Continue reading
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Tagged Aarakshan (2011), Balihaari Guru Aapne Govind Diyo Milaay, Brihadaranyak Upanishad, Dhruvashtakam of Brihadaranyak Upanishad, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Guru Saakshaat Parambrahma, Gururbrahma Gururvishnu Gururdevomaheshvaraah, Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Imtihan (1974), Jagriti (1954), Naaradanandji, Nartakee (1963), Parichay (1972), Payal Ki Jhankaar (1980), Shikshak Divas, Surendra Kumar Mishra, Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah, Teachers' Day
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