Range, thy name is Saif Ali Khan ! Arguably the most secured hindi film actor of today, he is out there in the middle to just have fun! Delicious characters, Terrific performances, Who cares what happens to the box office of the films! And one can do that only when they are absolutely sure about themselves! You go Saif!
Happy Birthday Saif !
Keep challenging the status quo!
“Roz roz resham si hawa…
Aate jaate kehti hai bataa…
Resham si hawa..
kehti hai bataa…
Woh jo doodh dhuli, masoom kali…
Woh hai kahaan kahaan hai….
Woh roshani kahaan hai…
Woh jaan si kahaan hai…
Main adhoora, tu adhoori ji rahi hai….”
From Annie to Kiran, from Rajjo to Shaila, you sparkled.. And what should we say about Meghna! Truly Magical!
Happy Birthday Manisha Koirala !
10 years today when Shammi Kapoor is no longer with us. But as long as we would continue to love one of more of these songs (my 10 personal favourites in no order), he would live on through the echoes of that music immortalized by the golden voice of Mohammad Rafi Saab…
Remembering Nazia Hassan, the peppy pop songwriter and singer from Pakistan on her 20th death anniversary today. She passed away at very young age of 35 due to lung cancer, but within her short life span and a singing career of just 15 years, she received immense popularity and was called as the “Queen of Pop” amongst the South East Asian music lovers. Her debut album, Disco Deewane (1981), charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up at the time. Boom Boom, Young Tarang and several other successful records followed, and together with brother Zoeb Hassan, she became a rage for a whole generation of youngsters growing up in the 80s.
What a talent! What a trailblazer!
Your music still haunts! You live on!
“Kya hai yeh jeena.. tere bin aye sanam…
Lekin mera dil.. mera dil ro raha hain…..”
“Meera… Kevin… This marriage is a beautiful thing. It is a most special friendship, friendship of two people who are equal. Life is a long journey, Meera, sometimes… you will feel you are less, Kevin sometimes, you will also feel that you are less than Meera. Try to help each other, to feel equal, it will be nice. Sometimes, married couple don’t even know how the other is feeling. So, how they will help the other? Does it mean marriage is over? No. That is the time you have to help yourself. Nobody can help you better than you, if you do that, you will return back feeling equal, your friendship will return back, your life will be beautiful.
Meera… Kevin… Maybe you all very busy, but, have family, son, daughter. In this big world, your small little world, it will make you feel so good. Family… family can never be… never be, umm.. never be judgmental, family will never put you down, will never make you feel… small. Family is the only one who will never laugh at your weaknesses, family is the only place, where you always get love and respect. That’s all Meera and Kevin, I wish you all the best. Thank you.”
A masterclass performance by Sridevi in a brilliantly conceptualized scene!
A rare moment on Indian screen where true power, elegance and empathy came out winners together!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SRI! WE MISS YOU… EVERYDAY!
“Aaj maut ki aahat ke saath mujhe meri poori zindagi dikhayi deti hain.. Ek bharpoor zindagi jo hum sabne jiyi… Humesha saath rahe, sukh me.. dukh me..
Aur dikhta hain ek namumkin sapna.. Ki ek baar papa mujhe mera naam lekar pukarein.. Aur yeh sapna toh maine uss din se dekha tha jis din mera janam huya..
Lekin woh zindagi hi kya jisme koi namumkin sapna na ho..
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Fahadh Faasil is the name that resonates pan India now as the Best Lead Actor working in Indian cinema today, and that coming from a place where Fahadh has still not worked in a single Hindi film (the language of films which has had the most pan India acceptance to date) makes it extra sweet. It is however not so suprising since the Malayalam film industry now makes the best cinema in the country for a while, and its realistic, lived in, matter of fact world perfectly complements the natural, understated and layered performance competency of Fahadh Faasil. The actor excels in non physical communication since he has the best expressive eyes in the country today, and wonderfully uses them and his charming persona to infuse all his characters with shades of grey, quirk, and natural believability with an effortless conviction, never coming across as trying too hard or ‘act’.
Continue reading “The Best Performances of Fahadh Faasil – Ranked”
Raghubir Yadav’s sincere and heartfelt portrayal of the central character in Gaurav Mehra’s “Jamun” is one of the lesser talked but highly memorable performances of the year, and went unnoticed primarily because the film wasn’t watched and discussed as much as it should have been.
Make time for Jamun and Raghubir Yadav. It would be time well spent.
Jamun has been playing for a while now on Eros Now and Jio Cinemas.
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When you are talking about sensitive topics like surrogacy, adoption, disability and motherhood, it is criminal trying to lighten it up with jokes drawn from bigotry, wrapped up sleeze, beauty bias, white redemption and everything else that hurts the very sentiments that are the focal point of your film.
And no, not even a very powerful Kriti Sanon and the always reliable Pankaj Tripathi can do much if the intent was never there to explore the depth and the nuances of the complex emotions with the honesty and the gravitas that the topic deserves and demands.
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Monday memories…
Earlier this month, Shyam Benegal’s Kalyug completed 40 years of release.
A riveting drama that takes inspirations from Mahabharata and adapts it to modern day living rooms, Kalyug excels in diving deep into complex human psychologies of love and hate, rivalry and compassion, the urge to kill and the zest to survive. A stellar ensemble cast with everyone at the top of their game, Kalyug is possibly a benchmark in ensemble performance. In that ecosystem of overall goodness, the performances of Shashi Kapoor, Anant Nag and Rekha stand out, while Victor Banerjee, Vijaya Mehta and Supriya Pathak (in a strikingly different role) are very very good as well.
Kalyug is what good cinema is all about.
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