Saturday, August 15, 2020

'A tryst with destiny' - Independence Day

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Today marks independence day for both India & Pakistan (since it officially occurred at midnight, India chose August 15th & Pa...
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Monday, December 04, 2017

Farewell to Shashi Kapoor - overlooked but never overshadowed

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One of my all time favorite actors and Bollywood legends, Shashi Kapoor (ne Balbir Raj Kapoor) has passed away at age 79. 2017 also marks...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Holi Hai

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Holi was celebrated here over the weekend with friends, colored powders, good food and of course - Bollywood tunes. I hope to celebrate it...
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Raksha Bandhan

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Today's full moon (shravan) signifies Raksha Bandhan, an annual occurrence in the Hindu calendar (usually falling in the month of Aug...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Diwali Mubarak

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Diwali is popularly known as the 'festival of lights' although it's true meaning is closer to 'the awareness of the inner l...
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Monday, July 22, 2013

Unearthed Treasure - 'Jaag Utha Insaan' (1984)

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It's been awhile since I posted something and rather than doing my usual movie review, I figured I would share some found treasure. You...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Life of Pi (2012)

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Life of Pi is probably the most Hollywood of all the films I have reviewed for this website but in certain ways it's about as Bollywoo...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

On the 25th anniversary of Kishore Kumar's passing

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Today marks the 25th anniversary of when the world lost Kishore Kumar, whose songs would leave his fans forever in their eternal trance. H...
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Kishore Kumar Tribute Pt. 1 (The 50's)

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I still remember the first time I heard Kishore Kumar's voice. The year was 1975, I was seven years old and the soundtrack for 'Am...
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Kishore Kumar Tribute Pt. 2 (The 60's)

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The 1960's were not kind to Kishore Kumar. Most of the movies he starred in flopped at the box office, his marriage to his first wife ...
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Kishore Kumar Tribute Pt. 3 (The early 70's)

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(From right - Kishore, Dev Anand, Yash Chopra & R.D. Burman) Kishore Kumar was simply unstoppable after the blockbuster success of ...
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Kishore Kumar Tribute Pt. 4 (The late 70's)

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Amitabh Bachchan & Kishore Kumar - one cannot really imagine the voice of Amitabh as anyone else. They went together as well (or bette...
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Kishore Kumar Tribute - Final Chapter (80's)

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I had a big send off planned for this final post - a trip back through memory lane when Kishore owned Bollywood and his songs alone could ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Remembering Rajesh Khanna

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He was one of those 'once in a lifetime' superstars for a generation and a movie star in every sense of the word. His unbroken stri...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Your weekly dose of 80's Bollywood Cheese

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This song is so bloody awesome that it just barely qualifies for 80's cheese but then again the word cheese is used to convey oodles ...
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Sunday, May 06, 2012

Mahaan (1983)

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1983 was arguably the peak of Amitabh Bachchan's (super)stardom and I can just hear the powers that be in Bollywood thinking out loud...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

Your weekly dose of 80's Bollywood Cheese

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Two months have come and gone in 2012 and the dearth of 80's cheese on this site is just appalling. Therefore we knew that the first pos...
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Thursday, December 08, 2011

Farewell to Dev Anand

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And then there was one... Dev Anand passed away earlier this week at the age of 88. That left left Dilip Kumar as the only surviving member ...
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Sunday, October 09, 2011

Navratari/Garba-celebrating Mother Nature

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My wife getting ready for garba in Baroda (Gujarat) circa 1975 Navratari began this weekend & will be celebrated over the next nine ni...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Des Pardes (1978)

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Having already served as a producer to many of his movies from the 1950's, Dev Anand added directing to his formidable role of entertain...
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