Check out these unseen Divya Bharati Scenes from Laadla.
Also check out this Behind The Scenes video Of Laadla
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Check out these unseen Divya Bharati Scenes from Laadla.
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Tanqeed as of today is class apart,thanks to such posts that are a lovely departure from the usual BO stuffs that itself finds less prominence on tanqeed.Kudos Sputnik.
BTW liked sreedevi in this role.bharti seemed a bit kiddish.
Thanks Milind.
Yes Divya looks too young in that role. She does not look like the owner of a company – more like a bratty school girl. Sridevi acted very well in Laadla.
Anil Kapoor did not act well in the movie IMO. I have seen the Telugu movie Gharana Mogudu too starring Chiranjeevi and Nagma too. Nagma was also good in it but Chiranjeevi was very good in it.
Read on wikipedia that it is originally a Kannada movie starring Rajkumar. It was also remade in Tamil as Mannan with Rajnikanth.
Anil has acted in quite a few remakes if south.
Viraasat was copy of Thevar Magan..a Kamal Classic.
Bulandi was copy of Nettamai,i presume.
sputnik,milind – I think laadla was a BO flop,it wud hv been hit with divya.she was raw star material like katrina đ her death was unfortunate for men.
Unfortunate for men or you Babaji…. đ
milind – bulandi was a sexist film.Anil says dialgues like “aurat ka farz hota hai ki woh pati ki sewa kare,waqt pe use khilaye-pilaye”. I was like WTF! But i liked rajnikanth part in the film.He was stylish as ever.
Babaji,
If you see the dialogues in context of the setting of the film,they won’t seem sexist.What do you expect a Thakur of a village to speak? đ
Laadla was a hit
Virasat was not a copy. It was an official remake and yes Anil has starred in lot of south remakes. It may seem odd but I liked Anil in Virasat more than Kamal in Devar Magan. With Kamal his breakdown scene seemed cliched as he has done similar scenes in other movies.
Now Beta has lot of scenes which have not aged well and seem cringe worthy now but it had a unique story of a son loving/worshiping his step mother back then. I think Anil, Madhuri and Aruna Irani were all excellent.
Pukar was a decent/ok movie but Anil and Madhuri both gave excellent performances.
@Baba,
Laadla was not a flop but it did not do that well. It was average.
During the early 1990s, Kapoor’s career nosedived with all his films (Awaargi, Jamai Raja, Khel, Jigarwala, Heer Ranjha, Pratikaar, Apradhi, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Gurudev, Mr Azaad) bombing at the BO.
Though Beta was a success, it was a Madhuri Dixit show all the way. He then staked his claim with Laadla, followed by an impressive performance in Viraasat.
https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/dec/04sotw.htm
yes virasat was very good.I like nayak too of anil.not seen meri jung.heard its good.
Yuddh of Anil is also good.Think Shroff too is there.
I like one movie of Anil a lot.That is No Entry.He made younger actors like Salman and Fardeen look so juvenile!
Like Lamhe too.
He was one of the very few actors who could don a imbecile,innocent,arrogant,tappori and serious look at the same time!
Right from his first film (as a hero), Woh saat din, Most of Anil’s movies were remakes from south.
Love Marriage, Saaheb, Kasam, Mohabbat, Pyaar kiya hai Pyaar kaareinge, Insaaf Ki Awaaz, Eeshwar, Rakhwala, Abhimanyu, Ghar Ho To Aisi, Jamairaja, Jigarwala, Benam Badhshah, Pratikar, Laadla, Beta, Andaaz, Mr Azad, Apradhi, Mr Bechaara, Loafer, Judaai, Virasat, Kabhi na Kabhui, Gharwali Baharwali, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Biwi No.1, Bulandi, Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, Nayak, Badhai O Badhai, Rishtey, No Entry …..Phew
Shetty Bhai,
You just named every Anil Kapoor movie đ
Agree with you that most of Anil’s movies are south remakes.
The problem with Anil’s acting in some of these movies was that he used to just copy the south Indian actor’s acting instead of trying to act in his own way.
@Shetty
Salman will break Anil Kapoor’s record in remakes from South.
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I am big fan of Anil Kapoor from Andhar Bahaar days..I like his dedication. He gives his 100% to his movies… ..I like his performance whenever he is spontaneous, without resorting to method acting.
My all time fav AK performance is Awaargi, Tezaab, Virasat, Pukar, MFM, Musafir and OJJ.
Aryan, Salman has moved ahead…I think Akshay or Devgan will break Anil’s record. But no one can beat Jeetendra’s record
Laadla seemed inspired by anils character in jamai raja.
Jamai Raja is also a south remake. It is a remake of 1989’s Telugu film Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu starring Chiranjeevi and Vijaya Shanti according to wiki. I have not seen Jamai Raja or the original.
Baba bhai,sorry for failing to contact via fb yesterday.Was in hospital.Still am.Catch you tomorrow.
Jamai Raja was an awesome movie…liked it.Khel too was good till first half.Beta was a solid hit.Ram Lakhan was Anil’s in more ways than one.Mads and Anil rocked it at their prime.Pukaar was their last which also was decent.
its ok milind.I think khel was better than jamai raja,beta.But it was copied from some english film.
Khel, I believe is lifted from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
sputnik nice post. Thnx for posting dis.seems ua very passionate abt movies and bollywood. Like the thing dat u make research abt the things b4 posting them and olways cum up wid sum intresting and pleasant post. *respect*
Just saw Jamai Raja yestrday on Zee Cinema…It’s Exact Reverse of Beta but no match to Beta Acting/Song/Movie Wise.
Some 3-4 Scenes r Truly Well Made…Rest the Movie Sux.
Climax is HORRIBLE.
At One Point, Anil even ‘Flirts’ with Hema Malini who plays his Mother-in-Law.
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List of Divya’s uncompleted films
Year Title Co-Star Replacement Box-office
1993 Dhanwan Ajay Devgan Karisma Kapoor Average
1994 Mohra Akshay Kumar Raveena Tandon SuperHit
1994 Laadla Anil Kapoor Sridevi Hit
1994 Vijaypath Ajay Devgan Tabu Hit
1995 Andolan Govinda Mamta Kulkarni Average
1995 Kartavya Sanjay Kapoor Juhi Chawla Flop
1995 Angrakshak Sunny Deol Pooja Bhatt Flop
1995 Hulchul Ajay Devgan Kajol Below Average
1995 Kanyadaan Rishi Kapoor Manisha Koirala Stuck
1993 Do Kadam Salman Khan – Movie never made
1993 Parinaam Akshay Kumar – Movie Never Made
1993 Chal Pe Chal Jackie Shroff – Movie Never Made
1993 Bajrangi Sunny Deol – Movie Never Made
1993 Tholi Muddhu Prashanth Rambha Hit
Divya was out of Dhanwan before she died
Divya was not considered for Vijaypath….Raveena was the first choice
The real masala films were what Anil/Sunny did in early 90’s.Full of idiotic dialoguebaazi and emotions and fights.Dabangg and BG and Singham are not Masala by any margin!
And btw,
#respect Sputnik.
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@Sputnik
Unique post excellent jawab nahin.
I liked Anil Kapoor in Woh Saath Din, Chameli ki Shaadi, Saheb, Virasaat, Beta, Meri Jung.
Thanks for the compliments guys.
@Milind,
Yes Anil gave a lot of flops in early 90s but I disagree with that Rediff analysis on Beta.
I have seen Beta when it released. Yes Madhuri and Dhak Dhak were a big craze but the movie was also liked back then because of the unique story and performances by Anil, Madhuri and Aruna Irani. Raja came after HAHK and everyone called it a Madhuri show but it was not the case when Beta released. Anil had a role of a naive person who is first manipulated by his step mother and than by his wife but the climax was all his.
Anil did a lot of movies with Jackie and he would usually steal the show (Ram Lakhan, Karma, Kala Bazaar) with the only exception of Parinda.
I have liked him in lot of 80s movies and among the 90s movies I liked him only in Lamhe, Beta, Virasat and Pukaar. He was good in No Entry but Salman was also good in No Entry đ and Fardeen was not bad in it by his standards.
“Saath samandar paar my tere peeche peeche aagayi” what a song n what a film Vishwatma. I still remember we bought the v cassette of vishwatma n i use to watch that song every alternate day atleast for 3 months when i was in my fourth grade. n “Aisi deewangi” of deewana is another song tht was n is close to my heart only due to divys bharti. Felt extremly sad when i heard abt her death. Thanks for posting Sputnik… Purane zakhmon ko taaza kardiya tumne đ
Ha Ha. Watching Divya Bharathi in fourth grade? You were too fast đ
Where Divya Bharati is Sridevi…On the Road between Iran and Us – Thanks to CilemaSnob for the link.
‘âIndian people are very emotional, no?â The young Iranian man sitting next to me, quizzed. I looked at him bemused, not quite sure what he meant. Discovering two girls from India occupying the seats next to his, on the flight to Tehran, he was full of questions and well-meaning advice. âYou are coming to Isfahan? Itâs very beautiful,â he sighed. âTehran not good.Very dirty.Very polluted!â
My friend started feigning inordinate interest in the flightâs Dutyfree magazine. I smiled politely, trying my best to match his good-natured curiosity. âWhy do you think Indians are emotional?â I asked him, not wanting to commit to any idiosyncrasies of the lot back home, especially to an absolute stranger from another country. âWell⊠Iranian women, they always cry when they watch Indian movies⊠Bollywood⊠you know ⊠Amitabh Bachchan, SrideviâŠâ he trailed off. Whatever it is that I was expecting, it wasnât discovering Bollywood in Tehran. Or in Tabriz.
Flashback! Bombay â Two months earlier. I had just informed a few friends of my plan to travel to Iran. âWow! That sounds crazy. Are you sure itâs safe?â a concerned friend quipped. Another friend was more vociferous about his unease, âI donât think itâs a good idea at all! You will be banned from entering the US forever! What do you even know about the place?â To tell the truth, I knew very little of Iran when I decided to set off on an all-of-two-girls holiday. I knew it was embroiled in a âwarâ of politics, over nuclear power, with the US and its cronies. I had recently heard of India distancing itself from the country, this, despite sharing cordial trade ties for many years. I remember reading somewhere; almost 20% of our crude imports come from Iran.
I knew my Parsi friend could trace her ancestors back to Iran. I knew my partner- in- travel had fashionable Iranian friends whom she adored. And, I had seen the country come to life, sketched out in shades of black and white, in the works of Marjane Satrapi. And they never once hinted of a place that could be potentially dangerous for travellers. Conservative? Perhaps. But dangerous? I wasnât sure. All I remember is feeling vaguely curious about a people caught between tradition and modernity, religion and progress, reading Lolita and quoting Hafez.
We hadnât really planned our trip to Iran â no itinerary, no hotel bookings, no visa applied-for in advance âbasically, no clue of what to do after we landed at the Tehran airport. Heads covered, we watched and waited as a noisy bunch of exchange students stood in line at the Visa On Arrival (VOA) counter. Indians are one amongst the 60 odd nationalities who are given a two week VOA. But you still need a local sponsor to get past. We thankfully did have one.
At the Passport Control, the officer suspiciously looked at the little black book of my wanderings. He took in the dal-stained leaves, the colourful mosaic of stamps from countries far and wide and then at an old picture of mine with short hair. I donât think the locals could comprehend why two Indian girls had come to Iran on their own. The officer looked up at me, âYou look white in the photo, but you are black! How?â I should have felt indignation. I should have taken offense. Truth is, all I felt was relief. Before I could stop myself, laughter bubbled out. More so, when I realised he was expecting a serious answer. âPhotoshop? â I gurgled. That was the moment I knew, Iâd love Iran.
Iran turned out to be an adventure. Not one out of a Paul Greengrass or Tony Scott movie. There were no bombs flying or military junta marching along the streets. In Tehran, the only head-rush we got was in a cab-ride across the city. Taxi drivers wheeling their Peugeots and Citreons â cars that remind you of the Premier Padminis that once plied Indian roads â can put a seasoned race-car driver to test.
As we embarked on a 10 day road trip across the north-west of Iran, the travel plan that never was, had somehow fallen in place. During our journey across the Alborz mountains, the air-conditioned bus pulled over at what looked like an Iranian version of the Indian road-side dhaba. An Iranian woman who was having breakfast with her family, wanted to know where we were headed. Ramsar, the quaint little village by the Caspian Sea, was our destination. Next thing we knew, she was offering to put us up at her place. Talk about generosity!
It happened again. At Ramsar, as we lugged our shopping for the day, our tired feet screamed for a taxi-ride to take the pressure off. When we finally got into one, the driver, Roshan, a strapping fifty year old Iranian seemed almost overjoyed to discover Indian clients. As he rattled off in Farsi on what seemed like a matter of some importance, we dug deep into our minds to process words that seemed familiar- raah(path) , darya(ocean), manzil(destination), chauraha(crossroad), savari(ride), azaad(free). As we got ready to pay Roshan for the cab-ride, he smiled and declined âNo⊠no. Itâs okay.â His khanum, he told us, had studied in India (in Pune) to be a doctor. Now I know that Pune has over 8000 Iranians studying at its various colleges. For Roshan, it was a simple deal. He was happy to meet people from India, a country that was good to his family.
As we travelled along the Caspian coast, we came across many such people who were kind to us. Iranians genuinely seemed to have a soft spot for Indians. In many cases, as soon as they realised we were from Hindh, prices were slashed, gifts were doled out, and concessions were made. In a small restaurant in Meshkin Shahr, a pretty little town close to the Azerbaijan border, we had just polished off our plate of Kebabs. Farzad, the owner came up to us as we were leaving and handed us a huge melon â a gift for the Indians â brought from the holy city of Mashshad.
I started to think how we share a lot of our quirks with Iranians. They love their families. They are curious, inquisitive, and sometimes downright meddlesome. They love to feed everyone and feed till people say, “No more please.” They want to know if you are married, why arenât you married at 30 and then they want to help finding you a âgood Iranian boyâ. Iranian parents expect their kids to study engineering or medicine. The young dream of escaping to Europe or the US. We even discovered recipes that we have in common â almost. A modified version of Baigan Bharta (made out of roasted aubergines) can be found on the Iranian menu as Mirza Ghassemi.
Most importantly, they also share our excessive love for Bollywood movies. By now, we had realised that Iranians love Amitabh Bachchan. At the busy town of Rasht, close to the Caspian Coast, we also discovered Iraniansâ love for Hindi music. âI really very much love Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja AajaâŠâ gushed a young Iranian woman with dyed blonde hair, wearing a hijab. So, what if, young people have to abide by strict rules of public conduct â no exposing, no partying, no dancing, and no holding hands. That does not stop them from grooving to Bappida’s tunes and Mithunda’ moves from Disco Dancer, perhaps in the privacy of their homes or minds.
The older generation, we discovered, wasnât far behind. We were strolling along the paved streets of the Kandovan, a remote tourist village, tucked away in the north western corner of Iran, when we were accosted by a bearded man in his 40âs. He thrust his mobile phone at us and started rambling away, pointing at it. There was a faint tune playing â a familiar one. After a few unsuccessful attempts at trying to guess the tune, the Iranian, in frustration thrust the phone closer and said, âLata Mangeshkar…!â Of course, we recognised the tune! Encouraged, he went on, âMohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Asha BhonsleâŠâ Then pointing at himself, he said, âBombay⊠Bollywood!â While Iranians love Hindi movies, they seem to be stuck in a time warp. Blissfully unaware of the newer lot, the latest blockbusters, they are happy living in times of the angry young man. At Tabriz, the fifth largest city in Iran and one of the countryâs historic centres, we discovered that Bollywood is big business. At the Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we came across many shops peddling the famous Iranian rugs. In many such hole-in-the-wall outfits, we noticed our Hindi movie actors â Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Divya Bharti – immortalized on two by two feet rugs.
Two young women from Hindh sounded like perfect customers and warranted an impassioned sales pitch, âIndia nice country⊠You take this (rug) home? Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai⊠Sridevi⊠I give you good price.â We took pictures but declined politely. We hopped different shops but the pitch remained the same. However, something didnât stick. They all referred to Divya Bharti, an actress long dead and gone, as Sridevi. Sure, she was known as Srideviâs look-alike in the early 90âs. But she also made headlines for her mysterious death at a very young age.
At one shop, I couldnât help myself. When the young man warmed up, âAmitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai.. Sridevi…â I stopped him and pointed out, âThatâs not Sridevi. Thatâs Divya Bharti.â His smile didnât slip but confusion clouded his eyes. âNo Sridevi⊠very famous actress.â I wasnât backing down, âNo. This is not Sridevi. Itâs Divya Bharti. She is dead, no more.â Bewildered, he looked around for help but didnât back down. âSridevi.â He insisted. âDivya Bharti,â I shook my head. Crestfallen, he finally gave in and asked, âThis is not Sridevi?â ‘
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