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A 1974 drama starring Jaya Bachchan & Vijay Anand. It is a precursor of all those rich girl & poor boy sagas.It is a remake of a 1963 Bengali film Saat Pake Bandha starring Suchitra Sen. It was based on a story by Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay. Kora Kagaz means Blank Paper is directed by Anil Ganguly.Continue reading “Kora Kagaz”

A 1970 Hindi Film starring Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz in the lead.Laxmikant Pyarelal composed the music. It is recorded as super hit on the box office India. It is a remake of a Telugu movie “Punarjanma” (1963) & was simultaneously made in Tamil with Sivaji Ganesan & Jayalalitha, later on it was made in Malayalam.Continue reading “KHILONA”

A 1971 film starring Rajesh Khanna & Mumtaz which was a major blockbuster. Surjit Singh is forced to take care of Ram Din’s family after he accidently kills him in a road accident under the influence of alcohol. However he is treated with hostility by Ram Din’s family members. Dushman means enemy. It is basedContinue reading “DUSHMAN”

A 1977 film directed by Basu Chatterjee & had music by Rajesh Roshan.The star cast included Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad,Vikram(of Julie fame), Utpal Dutt, Shashikala & others.The film was shot in Dahisar & Dahisar river banks. It has Dharmendra & Hema Malini in guest appearance.(So does Amol Palekar’s ‘Choti Si Baat’) The movie is basedContinue reading “Swami”

I had translated the first poem in std 7, “Gudiya meri rani hai…lagti badi sayani hai…”…..Gudiya mazi rani, ahe kitti sahani….& found a great joy that I hadn’t known existed.Then came a stage when I could write,really write on my own,my own thoughts.”Dhuraat disti prakashache kiran….I was watching smoke coming out of a chimney fromContinue reading “Down the memory lane”

An office romance between the boss & his secretary who comes from a humble household & aspires to make it big. She is very obedient & carries out her duties faithfully. She is working for the director Kim Young & meets Kim Jaekyung, who is in a lovable role. Jaekyung is her former boss, soContinue reading “The secret life of my secretary”

I had watched a talk given by Anupam kher & loved the concept.Lets try to explore it further…the love shown in films,how true & how filmy?…A song sequence in ,’Achut Kanya ‘ was singing along with the beloved swinging from a swing.’Mein ban ki chidiya bolu re…it was for our benefit & no denials orContinue reading “Love….? That’s it !”

A 1976 film that had Amitabh in a romantic role. He has been known to be an action hero & yet here he had no action. All the songs were super hit.The plot was simple. Amit & Pooja love each other ,but the parents intervene . So they marry as per their parents wishes. TheyContinue reading “Kabhi Kabhi”

Same old walls,old houses…everything is same….My eyes ached…just then I saw a blind man…he couldn’t see….what use was I? just to show him the next corner!….I remember this verse from our school textbook.Today we are facing social isolation to fight against a common foe. We need to be strong & fight with all might.As aContinue reading “In Isolation”

A 1998 film by Mahesh Bhatt.His films have an overture of being authentic & autobiographical.His ability to capture emotions is phenomenal.Produced by Mukesh Bhatt & Pooja Bhatt, it is a good film.There was another film in 1989 with the same name staring Chunky Pandey & Neelam,yes the same in ‘The Neelam show’ in “Kuch kuchContinue reading “Zakhm”