Singer Vaishali Samant who has sung many chartbusters in Marathi and Hindi (A R Rahman's 'Chalka Chalka Re' in Saathiya and 'Taal Se Taal Mila' in Taal) is all set to compose music for a Marathi film based on the life of the 19th century social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule. Vaishali has convinced the reclusive Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar to record a song in Marathi for the film. The recording is to be held on Wednesday. This would be a rare song of Lataji tuned by a lady composer. Says the Nightingale, "At the very beginning of my singing career, I recorded a song with Saraswati Devi who was the first music director of Hindi cinema. Then for a very long time, I worked only with male music directors because there were hardly any women doing music direction. Then after a very long time came Usha Khanna. I sang several songs...
- 2/1/2014
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Former couple Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif is coming together for another film. No, they are not doing any full length film but will be seen shaking a leg in director Sawan Kumar Tak’s next movie ‘Souten’ sequel. The director has approached the two lovely actors to perform in an item number for the sequel of his 1983 film ‘Souten’. A source says, “Sawan Kumar has been wanting to make Souten 2 from a very long time now. Lot of people thought that the sequel would never work out. But looks like there has been some progress on the project.” An insider adds, “The film gave some memorable tracks including Shayad meri shaadi ka ...
- 6/1/2013
- Bollywoodmantra.com
Starring: Naseerudin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Bharve, Pankaj Kapoor, Satish Shah
Directed by Kundan Shah
It was the year before Mrs India Gandhi was assassinated. The nation was not in the best of moods. There were raised voices and frayed tempers prevalent across the nation as corruption and intolerance reached an all-time high. Given the milieu Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron(Jbdy) chose to laugh away the bruise…There is a sharp zaniness about Jbdy which serves as a scathing antidote to the growing sense of collective dismay that the nation faced as extremism and inflation hit the nation hurling it towards damnation.
Many regard Jbdy as the funniest Hindi film ever made. I am not too sure. I sense of deep somberness behind the giggles and guffaws. The plot about two out-of-work photographers named, hold your legal notices, Vinod Chopra(Naseruddin Shah) and Sudhir Mishra(Ravi Baswani) has episodes of...
Directed by Kundan Shah
It was the year before Mrs India Gandhi was assassinated. The nation was not in the best of moods. There were raised voices and frayed tempers prevalent across the nation as corruption and intolerance reached an all-time high. Given the milieu Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron(Jbdy) chose to laugh away the bruise…There is a sharp zaniness about Jbdy which serves as a scathing antidote to the growing sense of collective dismay that the nation faced as extremism and inflation hit the nation hurling it towards damnation.
Many regard Jbdy as the funniest Hindi film ever made. I am not too sure. I sense of deep somberness behind the giggles and guffaws. The plot about two out-of-work photographers named, hold your legal notices, Vinod Chopra(Naseruddin Shah) and Sudhir Mishra(Ravi Baswani) has episodes of...
- 11/3/2012
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
The demise of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna has certainly given a jolt to the industry. Filmmaker Saawan Kumar Tak, who made a super hit film Souten with Rajesh Khanna, is equally taken aback with the news. He remembers working with Kaka, as Rajesh is fondly called, and says no one can replace him. "I did a great film like Souten with him. He was born to play that role and I was born to make that film. Such was our rare match. It was a memorable experience working with...
- 7/18/2012
- GlamSham
Following in the legendary Kishore Kumar’s footsteps, his contemporary and legendary singer Asha Bhosle will also now be seen acting in a film. Convinced by her sister Lata Mangeshkar and son Anand, Asha Bhosle (76) will be seen in the recently launched Maaee where she will play the main role.
The story of Maaee tells the tale of a mother abandoned by her only son and so goes to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Joining Asha Bhosle will be Padmini Kolhapure (Insaaf Ka Tarazu, Prem Rog, Souten), who was a popular 80s actress and marks her comeback to mainstream Hindi cinema and interestingly Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar were her father’s first cousins.
A number of singers have made the leap into acting from singing to varying degrees of success, notables include: Sonu Nigam, Himesh Reshammiya and Lucky Ali. However, Asha Bhosle has gone on record to say...
The story of Maaee tells the tale of a mother abandoned by her only son and so goes to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Joining Asha Bhosle will be Padmini Kolhapure (Insaaf Ka Tarazu, Prem Rog, Souten), who was a popular 80s actress and marks her comeback to mainstream Hindi cinema and interestingly Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar were her father’s first cousins.
A number of singers have made the leap into acting from singing to varying degrees of success, notables include: Sonu Nigam, Himesh Reshammiya and Lucky Ali. However, Asha Bhosle has gone on record to say...
- 4/27/2011
- Bollyspice
The concept of Polygamy was quite prevalent in 80's and 90's cinema. Rajesh Khanna-Tina Munim-Padmini Kolhapure starrer Souten, Jeetendra-Rekha starrer numerous films like Ek Hi Bhool, Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hai, Souten Ki Beti, Shabana Azmi-Smita Patil starrer Arth, Rishi Kapoor-Farha starrer Naseeb Apna Apna, etc were quite popular. However with the passage of time, it sort of took backseat and barring a few ones, we could hardly see films being made on these lines. Now...
- 8/2/2010
- GlamSham
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