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- Blast from the Past: Karan Johar Filmfare Interview from 2002 (9)
{ After 10-15 years, Karan will be ashamed of why he made Agneepath remake. Just to cash... } – May 25, 10:05 PM
{ MNIK is inarguably his best work by margin and one of the best movies of the last... } – May 25, 9:50 PM
{ a couple of family scenes could not make agneepath acceptable to kjo’s family... } – May 25, 9:21 PM
- Movies You Watched This Month – May 2013 (57)
{ Insomnia – Watch it just for Al Pachino’s performance. The film is slow paced... } – May 25, 3:49 PM
{ Saw it sometime back. Agree it raised some very unsettling questions. As a normal... } – May 25, 5:00 AM
{ Watched Unthinkable A psychological thriller centered around a black-ops... } – May 24, 12:06 PM
- Mallika Sherawat’s India bashing Interview at Cannes (18)
{ Mazaa aa gaya iss ‘FreeDevi’ ka intrvw sun kar… Now She will be big... } – May 25, 1:58 PM
{ She is completely wrong in all her statements. 1. I agree about male dominated society... } – May 25, 1:24 PM
{ Poor thing! She’s lost it completely. } – May 25, 11:29 AM
- D-Day Theatrical Trailer (26)
{ Add Maya of SOAL, Anna of Parinda and Bhikhu Mhatre of Satya in the list too. And how... } – May 25, 1:15 PM
{ I did not like the trailer..Nothing special…Irrfan seems to be doing one of... } – May 25, 11:11 AM
{ Ok dost, criminals ka boss keh lo, ek hi baat he.
Lekin ek hisaab se to wo bhi don... } – May 25, 10:14 AM
- Chennai Express Title Song Copied from “Meri Pant Bhi Sexy” (43)
{ Yeah good one. } – May 25, 12:45 PM
{ Yeh mate, they seem to have lot of fun
Its shetty film anyways } – May 25, 10:36 AM
{ Yeh video to achi he.
} – May 25, 10:17 AM
- Vindoo introduced to Meiyappan by Dhoni’s friend: Police sources (11)
{ pura jhol jhaal khul raha hai , iam laughing at loud those who didnt believed... } – May 25, 10:09 AM
{ @ baba ” dhoni is being framed . he is a player of “impeccable... } – May 25, 4:46 AM
{ It is turning out to be a shadow boxing between DMK ( Srinivasan ) , NCP ( Mumbai... } – May 25, 4:44 AM
- SOTD: Tujhe Dekha To – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (12)
{ “.It wasn’t a full-blooded script as such, it was an attempt at a thriller... } – May 25, 8:11 AM
{ LOL. I find this a very cliched style of picturisation – herione running all the... } – May 25, 8:05 AM
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Theatrical Trailer (15)
{ More Dialogue Promos } – May 25, 2:58 AM
- Blast from the Past: Feroz Khan Filmfare Interview from April 2001 (3)
{ What a charismatic actor. I m sure he might have had a long list of love affairs to... } – May 25, 2:33 AM
- My Issues with Ranbir Kapoor (89)
{ LOL! } – May 25, 2:08 AM
{ Ranbir Kapoor plays a street fighter in Bombay Velvet Veering away from the romantic... } – May 25, 1:35 AM
- Aurangzeb Boxoffice Collections Thread (9)
{ Ishq In Paris Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke First Day Business Saturday 25th May 2013 10.00... } – May 25, 1:40 AM
- IPL: Sreesanth, two other Rajasthan Royals’ players arrested for spot-fixing (6)
{ Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep 9m Srinivasan abuses our correspondent who asks him... } – May 24, 4:00 PM
{ Mumbai Police arrests Meiyappan, CSK faces threat of termination } – May 24, 3:20 PM
- Ghagra Song – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (26)
{ Personal choice Baba. } – May 24, 2:40 PM
{ i dont really like the bouncing of obese women. :-/ there is difference between being... } – May 24, 8:20 AM
- Ishkq In Paris Movie Review by Taran Adarsh (4)
{ Rajeev Masand’s Review 1.5 Stars http://www.rajeevmasand.com... } – May 24, 1:36 PM
- Blast from the Past: Karan Johar Filmfare Interview from 2002 (9)
Tag Archives: Amitabh Bachchan
Follow that Star – Documentary on Amitabh Bachchan
Check out Follow that Star – Documentary on Amitabh Bachchan by Nasreen Munni Kabir with interviews by Ramesh Sippy, Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, Mukul Anand and Javed Akhtar. Thanks to yakuza for the link.
Posted in Exclusive, Retro
Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Blast from the Past, Exclusive, Follow that Star, Hum, Interviews, Javed Akhtar, Jaya Bachchan, Manmohan Desai, Mukul Anand, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Prakash Mehra, Retro
Scene of the Week: Satta Pe Satta
Check out this excellent scene from Satta Pe Satta which has no dialogues but just Amitabh’s evil look and the background music. Thanks to Baba Ji for reminding me of this scene a few days back.
Posted in SOTW
Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini, R.D. Burman, Raj N. Sippy, Ranjeeta, Satta Pe Satta, Scene of the Week, Shakti Kapoor, SOTW
The Other Side Of Amitabh Bachchan
Well I don’t know how many of you are aware of these facts or let me say the Other side of Amitabh Bachchan.
Amitabh Bachchan had given 12 consecutive flops before Zanjeer.
Sunil Dutt signed him for a mute’s role in Reshma Aur Shera because of a letter of introduction from then PM Indira Gandhi to friend Nargis.
Kalyanji-Anandji helped him in his struggling days and even introduced him to Prakash Mehra
Comedian Mehmood was also a mentor to Mr Bachchan in his days of struggle and offered him place to stay in his own home.
Kader Khan - Former Mentor and dialogue writer of many films starring Amitabh
Bachchan lashes out at Amitabh Bachchan in an interview. “Kader Khan told that Amitabh Bachchan discouraged him to join politics, while he himself became M.P. He said that Amitabh told me, ‘if people will approach you for politics, then I would tell them that you are not the right person, I would discourage them to vote for you, I will ensure that you don’t win’. Kader Khan, who wrote dialogues for Amitabh’s hit films like Satte Pe Satta, Naseeb, Muqadder Ka Sikander, says that Amitabh was ruined by politics. Kader Khan further added ‘My relationship with Amitabh got ruined after he became MP.
Posted in Articles, Exclusive
Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Articles, Exclusive, Jaya Bhaduri, Kader khan, Mohabbatein, Nargis, Parveen Babi, Rekha, Silsila, Sunil Dutt, Yash Chopra, Zanjeer
Blast from the Past: Boxoffice Report of Hum, Sanam Bewafa and Baaghi
Posted in Boxoffice, Exclusive, Retro
Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Baaghi, Blast from the Past, Boxoffice, Govinda, Hum, Kimi Katkar, Mukul Anand, Pathar Ke Phool, Rajnikanth, Raveena Tandon, Salman Khan, Sanam Bewafa, Thanedaar
Blast from the Past: Alka Yagnik lashes out at Anuradha Paudwal
Today is Alka Yagnik’s birthday. So check out this article/interview of her from 1997 where she lashes out at Anuradha Paudwal for dubbing over her songs.
Posted in Exclusive, Interviews, Retro
Tagged Alka Yagnik, Amitabh Bachchan, Anuradha Paudwal, Articles, Blast from the Past, Dil, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Exclusive, Gulshan Kumar, Interviews, Itihaas, Madhuri Dixit, Raj Kanwar, Retro, Twinkle Khanna
SOTD: Mere Angne Mein – Lawaaris
Check out Alka Yagnik’s first hit song Mere Angne Mein from Lawaaris on her birthday.
Singer: Alka Yagnik, Music by Kalyanji Anandji
Posted in SOTD
Tagged Alka Yagnik, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Kalyanji Anandji, lawaaris, Mere Angne Mein, Prakash Mehra, Raakhee, Song of the Day, SOTD, Zeenat Aman
Manmohan Desai: The Original Entertainer No. 1
Today is Manmohan Desai’s birth anniversary. So check out this Filmfare article with quotes from him.
Manmohan Desai was a genius… He told the audience in the very first frame, `I’m going to make a fool of you’ – Amitabh Bachchan
I was only 24 when I met Manmohan Desai. Just eight years later, this man who was full of joie de vivre, was gone. How? The suddenness of this happy-go-lucky man’s death drove all us movie buffs up the wall. To me, Manji still seems like the least likely candidate for self-annihilation. Though his aching back was against the wall, literally, he held forth on many movies and life with an infectious zest. His comments on offbeat films and film-makers had me in splits. His films were kitsch art, though catch him admitting to anything arty about his works! His cinematic world encompassed a utopia where high melodrama resolved itself magically. To his abiding exasperation, critics insisted on searching for logic in his films. “Do they realise how much brains and money are needed to make my kind of films? I really enjoy what I’m doing… I’m on the sets all the time. I’m not the kind of film-maker who functions from the background.
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Posted in Exclusive, Interviews, Retro
Tagged Amar Akbar Anthony, Amitabh Bachchan, Blast from the Past, Chhalia, Coolie, Exclusive, Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi, Interviews, Kismat, Lalita Pawar, Manmohan Desai, Mard, Naseeb, Nirupa Roy, Nutan, Raj Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Retro, Roti
Danny Denzongpa’s Filmfare Interview
Today is Danny Denzongpa’s birthday. So check out his excellent interview on Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Jaya Bachchan and Manmohan Desai.
Posted in Exclusive, Interviews
Tagged Agneepath, Amitabh Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Dharmatma, Feroz Khan, Filmfare, Interviews, Jaya Bachchan, Kim, Mahesh Bhatt, Manmohan Desai, Mere Apne, Parveen Babi, Sholay
Milind’s Reflections: Cinematic Thoughts on the Year gone by-2012!
It is imperative to note that the year that went by was not one of the best years for Cinema as such.Neither the Hindi film-makers,nor the southern ones,especially Tamil directors shell out something spectacularly brilliant.One also cannot dispute the fact that inspite of nothing extraordinary,there was some splash in the pan and some films did steal the hearts with their sheer honesty!
The year started with a remake of an old-cult classic called Agneepath that had given Bachchan a national award. Hrithik was nowhere near the persona of Bachchan [that inspite of being itself irritating at times was superlative in terms of the emphatic portrayal of a character betrayed by life]. Agneepath was never about raw power,nor was Scarface from which it was partially inspired.These two films were about characters and their confrontation with life amidst a debate between the duty to do good and the necessity to outdo evil with evil.The film did boast of a few superlative performances like Rishi Kapoor who was good in his role and did bring out the emotion with aplomb.Hrithik disappointed.Nothing new in it as SRK in his role as Vijay had put up a miserable performance compared to Bachchan’s legendary portrayal of the same!
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Tagged Aamir Khan, Agneepath, Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Articles, Ayushmann Khurrana, Dabangg 2, Ek Tha Tiger, English Vinglish, Exclusive, Hrithik Roshan, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Kahaani, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, OMG Oh My God, Paresh Rawal, Rowdy Rathore, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sridevi, Talaash, Vicky Donor, Vidya Balan
Blast from the Past: Javed Akhtar’s Filmfare Interview from 2001
Today is Javed Akhtar’s birthday. So check out his Filmfare Interview from August 2001.
What’s the good verse… Javed Akhtar on record
He’s the purrfect sound byte engineer. Shooting from the lip, narrating stories with easy facility, when it comes to word play, Javed Akhtar’s the raconteur for all reasons. Right from crafting the lacerating Mere paas maa hai (Deewaar) dialogue to the gossamer soft Kuch na kaho (1942-A Love Story) to the pacifist Panchhi nadiya (Refugee), Jadoo as wife Shabana Azmi calls him, words come to him as naturally as waves lapping a shore.
He prefers the old-fashioned way of putting pen to paper rather than the new fangled word processor. Yet he’s hip enough to cotton on to the lingua franca spoken by new generation directors, 20-somethings like son Farhan and daughter Zoya. From Ramesh Sippy (Andaz) to Rohan Sippy (Kuch Na Kaho), he’s seamlessly straddled two generations of mind-sets.
Rapier sharp-retorts and amiable jibes keep the air filled chez the Azmi/Akhtars. On a cold, cold night, Javed saab steams up the fiza (his favourite word) with some hot-hot banter. Excerpts:
When Shabana and I got married, it was rather late in the day to have kids. Anyone in this country who has many children is less than a patriot
Have you turned producer with Dil Chahta Hai which your son Farhan is directing?
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Tagged 1942 A Love Story, Amitabh Bachchan, Blast from the Past, Deewaar, Dil Chahta Hai, Exclusive, Farhan Akhtar, Filmfare, Honey Irani, Interviews, Javed Akhtar, Kya Kehna, Lamhe, Main Azaad Hoon, Retro, Shabana Azmi, Shakti, Sholay, Zoya Akhtar
Salman Khan is like my big brother, says Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif created quite a stir in Kolkata on Saturday. Not only was she looking gorgeous in her desi avataar in a chiffon sari – a typical Yash Raj heroine, she also made everyone’s jaws drop when she claimed: “Salman is like my big brother”.
The leading cast of Yash Raj film ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ had descended in Kolkata on Saturday to inaugurate the Kolkata International Film Festival.
Shah Rukh Khan, who is the brand ambassador of West Bengal and also owns the state’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, was also at the event to inaugurate the festival. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was also present during the ceremony.
But Katrina managed to steal the thunder despite the presence of stalwarts like Amitabh, Shah Rukh and even the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, who is known for sensational quotes.
Now, it is not secret that Katrina managed to gain a solid foothold in Bollywood only after the beefy actor took her under his wings and promoted her heavily. Otherwise an ok looking girl with a fabulous figure and barely being able to converse in accented Hindi would have been long lost in the labyrinths of Bollywood.
It is also not a secret that the duo were involved in a close relationship with each other.
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Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan
Check out this excellent scene from Govind Nihalani’s Droh Kaal 