Tag Archives: Kundan Shah

SOTD: Oh! Carol – Neil Sedaka


Check out the hit song Oh! Carol by Neil Sedaka on his birthday.


Stereo Nation did a cover version of the song in the 90s. “Aye Dil Laya Hai Bahar” from Kya Kehna was inspired/copied from the song. Rajesh Roshan was the music composer. Here are the two songs.

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Kundan Shah, Naseer and Satish Kaushik Interview on Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro



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Munnabhai M.B.B.S Visiting Parents track inspired from Nukkad


In Munnabhai M.B.B.S, Munna and his gang do a whole charade so that his parents visiting from village think that he is doing well in the city. This whole part is inspired from an episode (Parents Arrived) of the TV Serial Nukkad. Watch from 12 min 19 sec when the parents arrive. Thanks to Anurag Singh for this info. Here is his review of the TV Serial Nukkad. Link


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Nukkad: The Inspiration for Lagaan?


I had once read a comment on PassionforCinema.com that Lagaan is inspired from an episode of the TV Serial Nukkad. Watching these episodes it definitely seems inspired. The local team is challenged to a cricket match by cricket players. There is training and then there is the cricket match. Interestingly the episode is directed by Aziz Mirza.


Check out the actual cricket match below.

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SOTD : Aye Kaash Ke Hum – Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa


Check out this excellent song on Majrooh Sultanpuri’s death anniversary.
Singer: Kumar Sanu, Music by Jatin-Lalit, Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri


Here are other songs written by Majrooh Sultanpuri which I have posted in SOTD before.

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Shah Rukh Khan’s best performance (And film)!



“There is something really refreshing about films that cast actors who have not yet been tied to an image.

Amitabh Bachchan wasn’t really an ‘angry young man’ when Zanjeer released. He became one only after playing the raging rebel over a series of films. But that raw appeal he demonstrated in Zanjeer could never be recreated. He got better and better with every bout of anger he displayed in front of the camera.

The same innocence can be seen in Shah Rukh Khan’s performance in Kundan Shah’s Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.

When the film came out in 1993, SRK had just about begun as an actor. He was playing oddball characters (in fare like Deewana, Chamatkar, King Uncle, Maya Memsaab, Dil Aashna Hai), instead of going through the conventional hero routine. He had no established image. He wasn’t a cool dude. He wasn’t a bad boy. He wasn’t obsessed. He wasn’t dying.

In Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, he was normal.

Let’s rewind a bit and find out what was it about Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa that makes it SRK’s favourite film. And what was so special about the performance that fetched him the Filmfare Critics’ Award (1993).”

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