Monthly Archives: May 2021

Mujhko Apne Gale Laga Lo Aye Mere Hamrahi

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

In my reviews of old Bollywood movies like Dooj Ka Chand (1964), Duniya (1968), Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke (1969) etc.; I have underscored this fact related to the Hindi movies made during the sixties that the script-writers used to insert … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged Agha, Dhumal, Hasrat Jaipuri, Jamuna, Karke Jiska Intezaar, Lalita Pawar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mann Re Tu Hi Bata Kya Gaaoon, Mehmood, Mohammed Rafi, Movie Review - Hamrahi (1963), Mubarak Begum, Mujhko Apne Gale Laga Lo Aye Mere Hamrahi, Nazir Hussain, O.P. Ralhan, Rajendra Kumar, Rajendra Nath, Shailendra, Shankar Jaikishan, Shashikala, Shubha Khote, T. Prakasa Rao, Ye Aansoo Mere Dil Ki Jubaan Hain | 8 Comments

Not Baazigar SRK, it’s Shikari Govinda

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

In 1993, the self-proclaimed Alfred Hitchcock(s) of Bollywood, i.e., director-duo Abbas Mustan presented young romantic hero – Shah Rukh Khan who was till then considered a newcomer only, in a very bold role which was not just some anti-hero kinda … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged A Kiss Before Dying, Aadesh Shrivastava, Abbas Mustan, Baazigar (1993), Bahut Khoobsurat Ghazal Likh Raha Hoon, Cape Town, Govinda, Ira Levin, Karishma Kapoor, Kiran Kumar, Movie Review - Shikari (2000), N. Chandra, Nirmal Pandey, Shah Rukh Khan, Tabu | 4 Comments

Revisiting the era of Hrishi Da and Basu Da

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

During the seventies and early eighties, amidst several action-dominated flicks, the Hindi cinema intermittently presented low budget, neat and clean and simple movies too which provided light and rib-tickling entertainment and could be watched by a whole family together. Hrishikesh … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged Basu Chatterjee, Genelia, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Movie Review - Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012), Ritesh, Sachin-Jigar | 5 Comments

Second rate tales of the second sex

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

On 7th July 1999, Siya Dulari, a lower caste woman was burnt alive (after a supposed gang-rape) in Bhawanipur, a small village in Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur Dehaat). As per the statement issued by the police, she was abducted and held … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged Aarti Chhabria, Ajay Devgan, Anil Kapoor, Anu Malik, Illaiyaraaja, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Mahima Chaudhary, Manisha Koirala, Movie Review- Lajja (2001), Raj Kumar Santoshi, Rekha, Sharman Joshi, Sita, Siya Dulari | 4 Comments

A mystery in Lonavala

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

Maut Aaee Dabe Paaon (death came silently) is a murder mystery penned by eminent Hindi mystery writer Surendra Mohan Pathak. The story is set in the Hilly town of Maharasthra – Lonavala. The murder victim is an aged rich person … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | Tagged Book Review - Maut Aaee Dabe Paaon (by Surendra Mohan Pathak), Lonavala, murder mystery, traditional whodunit | 2 Comments

Revisiting Hip Hip Hurray and Chak De India

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

Yash Raj Films’ Shimit Amin directed movie – Chak De India (2007) can deservingly claim to be the best sports movie made in Bollywood. If we set aside the biopics of the Indian sportspersons released during the past few years, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Movie Review - Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007), Vivek Agnihotri, Football movie, sports movie, Chak De India (2007), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), racism | Leave a comment

Blending many wines to make a political cocktail

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

Madam Chief Minister is a movie whose makers (perhaps) perceived themselves as someone akin to a skilled cocktail-maker. Hence they picked many ingredients from the real (North) Indian politics (during the last decade of the twentieth century and the inaugural decade … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Review | Tagged Bahujan Samaj Party, Chidi Chidi, Kanshi Ram, Manav Kaul, Mangesh Dhakde, Mayawati, Movie Review - Madam Chief Minister, Prakash Jha, Raajneeti (2010), Richa Chadha, Saurabh Shukla, Subhash Kapoor, Swanand Kirkire, Tilak Tarazu Aur Talwar | 5 Comments

The cinders of racial hatred devastating a nation

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Jitendra Mathur

The constitution of India guarantees every citizen immunity from any kind of discrimination based on race, religion, caste, sex or place of birth. This guarantee is from the side of the state but the founding fathers of this nation-state had … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | Tagged Black Lives Matter, Book Review - Maang Mein Angaare (by Ved Prakash Sharma), Hindi novel, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Operation Blue Star, racial hatred, Sikh militancy in Punjab, suspense thriller, Ved Prakash Sharma | 4 Comments

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Monthly Archives: May 2021

Mujhko Apne Gale Laga Lo Aye Mere Hamrahi

Not Baazigar SRK, it’s Shikari Govinda

Revisiting the era of Hrishi Da and Basu Da

Second rate tales of the second sex

A mystery in Lonavala

Revisiting Hip Hip Hurray and Chak De India

Blending many wines to make a political cocktail

The cinders of racial hatred devastating a nation

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