As part of Beth Loves Bollywood‘s international mandate, 7 days of 70′s, a week-long festival of any and all things 70′s from Bollywood, I offer to you my readers, Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1970) somehing I like to call Sholay Lite! This film is a delightful mix of some of the 70′s most delicious masala [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Happy Birthday Pran!!!
Posted in BOLLYWOOD, Dancing in Indian Cinema, Hindi, Indian Cinema, playback singers, tagged Bollywood villain, Helen, Pran, Pran and a flask, Pran Sikand on February 11, 2010 | 41 Comments »
Happy Birthday Pran! What a perfect time for you to stop over to: PRAN – The legend of Hindi Cinema: A Glowing Tribute to the “Villain of the Millenium.” Born on 12th. February,1920 at Delhi, Pran is endowed with a super intellect and equipped with the natural gift of an artist. He is generous, noble, emotional [...]
Ram Aur Shyam (1967) and the Dramatic Birthday Party!
Posted in BOLLYWOOD, Dancing in Indian Cinema, Hindi, Indian Cinema, playback singers, Video of the Day, tagged Baby Farinda, Bollywood balloons, Bollywood birthdays, Bollywood chandeliers, Bollywood staircases, Dilip Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Mumtaz, Nirupa Roy, Pran, Ram Aur Shyam (1967), tight slap to the face, Waheeda Rehman on February 7, 2010 | 40 Comments »
Let me start off by announcing it is my birthday today so it’s fitting to share with you my favorite birthday scene (so far) in a Bollywood movie. Ram Aur Shyam (1967) stars Dilip Kumar in a double role-playing identical twins separated at birth who know not of each other until they unwittingly switch parts and their worlds collide. Kumar’s [...]
