New Delhi, Sep 26 (Ians) One of Hindi films’ most talented and versatile actresses – and still going strong, the exquisite and enchanting Waheeda Rehman, who caps a remarkable stint with the prestigious Dadasahab Phalke Award, carved out a niche with confident renditions of unconventional roles, including some very bold for the era – and could have spelled doom to her career.
Starting with Telugu and Tamil films in 1955 before switching over to Hindi cinema the following year, she did the usual roles expected of Hindi film actresses but also went on to play a prostitute, a gangster’s moll, a nautanki actress, a woman who walks out of a marriage without regrets, et al – but with such innate grace that she has always been a byword for refined sensibility.
Born in fairly comfortable circumstances – her father was a Deputy Commissioner – on February 3, 1939 in what was Chingalpet town of the Madras Presidency, Waheeda...
Starting with Telugu and Tamil films in 1955 before switching over to Hindi cinema the following year, she did the usual roles expected of Hindi film actresses but also went on to play a prostitute, a gangster’s moll, a nautanki actress, a woman who walks out of a marriage without regrets, et al – but with such innate grace that she has always been a byword for refined sensibility.
Born in fairly comfortable circumstances – her father was a Deputy Commissioner – on February 3, 1939 in what was Chingalpet town of the Madras Presidency, Waheeda...
- 9/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
For good measure, Saigal revitalised the ghazal as popular and public form with his rendition of Ghalib, Zauq, Akbar, Arzoo and others and also went on to make recorded film music a lucrative business for music companies.
What was ironic in this that he was rejected twice by HMV in Delhi and Calcutta due to “lack of training” but went to be snapped by a perceptive agent of Hindusthan Records. One record, containing just a bandish “Jhulana jhulao re”, went on to sell a whopping five lakh pieces soon after its release in 1933!
Yet, posterity has not been very kind to him – an autodidact, without any formal training, who became a singing legend of such prowess that even classical singers were in awe of him. He also picked up Bengali so well that Rabindranath Tagore himself gave him permission to render ‘Rabindrasangeet’.
However, Saigal, if not forgotten, apart from a...
What was ironic in this that he was rejected twice by HMV in Delhi and Calcutta due to “lack of training” but went to be snapped by a perceptive agent of Hindusthan Records. One record, containing just a bandish “Jhulana jhulao re”, went on to sell a whopping five lakh pieces soon after its release in 1933!
Yet, posterity has not been very kind to him – an autodidact, without any formal training, who became a singing legend of such prowess that even classical singers were in awe of him. He also picked up Bengali so well that Rabindranath Tagore himself gave him permission to render ‘Rabindrasangeet’.
However, Saigal, if not forgotten, apart from a...
- 4/11/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
In Urdu poetry, this ‘shair’ can be credited for not only using more simple — and natural — language to broaden his art’s appeal but also went on to initiate its enduring tryst with Hindi films.
‘Arzoo Lakhnavi’ was, if not the first, among the leading mainstream poets to begin writing lyrics for the fledgling film industry — beginning with Calcutta’s New Theatres in the 1930s before shifting to Bombay in 1942 — recognising how this association would preserve — and extend — the reach of Urdu poetry beyond its organic followership.
Much before Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi, or Shakeel Badayuni became known, he was crafting lyrics for Indian cinema’s first superstars — K.L. Saigal and Kanan Devi as well as for emerging stars like Madhubala, and more.
An outstanding standard-bearer of ‘Dabistan-e-Lakhnau’ or the Lucknow School of Urdu poetry, Syed Anwar Hussain ‘Arzoo Lakhnavi’ seemed destined to be a poet.
Both his father Mir...
‘Arzoo Lakhnavi’ was, if not the first, among the leading mainstream poets to begin writing lyrics for the fledgling film industry — beginning with Calcutta’s New Theatres in the 1930s before shifting to Bombay in 1942 — recognising how this association would preserve — and extend — the reach of Urdu poetry beyond its organic followership.
Much before Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi, or Shakeel Badayuni became known, he was crafting lyrics for Indian cinema’s first superstars — K.L. Saigal and Kanan Devi as well as for emerging stars like Madhubala, and more.
An outstanding standard-bearer of ‘Dabistan-e-Lakhnau’ or the Lucknow School of Urdu poetry, Syed Anwar Hussain ‘Arzoo Lakhnavi’ seemed destined to be a poet.
Both his father Mir...
- 3/19/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
"Bhagne ki koshish mat karna. Humne tumhe chaaron taraf se gher liya hai. Bhalai isi mein hai ke tum apne aap ko kanoon ke hawaale kar do," or its near variants, became the template for the denouement of scores of action Hindi films from the 1950s to the 1980s, as a pistol-toting Iftekhar, usually accompanied by a squad of policemen, reached the spot to rescue the hero and heroine and/or round up the villains.
While his near-contemporary Jagdish Raj (Khurana) holds the record of maximum outings as a police officer in Hindi films (144), Iftekhar was not far behind with 75-odd such roles, playing an Inspector/Dsp/Sp/Commissioner in top films like "Ab Dilli Dur Nahin" (1957), "Guide" (1965), "Teesri Manzil" (1966), "Do Dooni Char" (1968), "Ittefaq" (1969), "Johny Mera Naam" (1970), "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" (1971), "Zanjeer" (1973), "Majboor" (1974), "Fakira" (1976), "Don" (1978) and "Krodhi" (1981), among others.
His performances were so convincing that several times, he was saluted...
While his near-contemporary Jagdish Raj (Khurana) holds the record of maximum outings as a police officer in Hindi films (144), Iftekhar was not far behind with 75-odd such roles, playing an Inspector/Dsp/Sp/Commissioner in top films like "Ab Dilli Dur Nahin" (1957), "Guide" (1965), "Teesri Manzil" (1966), "Do Dooni Char" (1968), "Ittefaq" (1969), "Johny Mera Naam" (1970), "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" (1971), "Zanjeer" (1973), "Majboor" (1974), "Fakira" (1976), "Don" (1978) and "Krodhi" (1981), among others.
His performances were so convincing that several times, he was saluted...
- 2/22/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Celebrated Pakistani singer Nayyara Noor passed away in Karachi after a brief illness, her family sources said. Funeral prayers will be offered at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Masjid/Imambargah Yasrab located in Dha and will be laid to rest to at a Dha Phase 8 cemetery, Geo News reported quoting her family.
Born on November 3, 1950 in Assam’s Guwahati, she liked Begum Akhtar Ghazals, thumris and Kanan Devi Bhajans since chidlhood.
Her family migrated to Pakistan when she was seven-year-old.
Noor, 71, was given the title of ‘Bulbul-e-Pakistan’ and conferred with the Nigar Award for Best playback singer in 1973.
Condoling her demise, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said her death is an irreparable damage to the music world.
“Be it a ghazal or a song, whatever Nayyara Noor sang, she sang it with perfection. The void created by Nayyara Noor’s death will never be filled,” the Pakistan Prime Minsirter posted...
Born on November 3, 1950 in Assam’s Guwahati, she liked Begum Akhtar Ghazals, thumris and Kanan Devi Bhajans since chidlhood.
Her family migrated to Pakistan when she was seven-year-old.
Noor, 71, was given the title of ‘Bulbul-e-Pakistan’ and conferred with the Nigar Award for Best playback singer in 1973.
Condoling her demise, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said her death is an irreparable damage to the music world.
“Be it a ghazal or a song, whatever Nayyara Noor sang, she sang it with perfection. The void created by Nayyara Noor’s death will never be filled,” the Pakistan Prime Minsirter posted...
- 8/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Rai Chand Boral, widely considered the father of Hindi film music, composed a superb soundtrack for Lagan. It will be remembered for the superlative singing by lead actors K L Saigal and Kanan Devi...
- 9/12/2017
- Film Companion
The curtain fell on India’s biggest Film Festival, Jio Mami 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star on Thursday, 27th October, 2016. The ceremony took place at Bal Gandharva Rangmandir, Bandra. World-renowned filmmakers, talent and Bollywood stars walked the red carpet to celebrate the end of Mumbai’s very own film festival’s latest edition.
Sonam Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Abhay Deol, Kabir Khan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi, Rahul Bose, Kunal Kapoor, Zoya Akhtar, Ayan Mukerji, Vishal Bharadwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Shakun Batra, Konkona Sensharma, Rajkumar Hirani, Richa Chadda, Neha Sharma and others walked the red carpet at the closing ceremony along with Jio Mami with Star Co-chairperson Kiran Rao, Festival Director Anupama Chopra. Shweta Tripathi and Vicky Kaushal hosted the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Nita M. Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation & Co-Chair, Mami Board of Trustees said, “It has been an incredible week of cinema at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
Sonam Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Abhay Deol, Kabir Khan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi, Rahul Bose, Kunal Kapoor, Zoya Akhtar, Ayan Mukerji, Vishal Bharadwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Shakun Batra, Konkona Sensharma, Rajkumar Hirani, Richa Chadda, Neha Sharma and others walked the red carpet at the closing ceremony along with Jio Mami with Star Co-chairperson Kiran Rao, Festival Director Anupama Chopra. Shweta Tripathi and Vicky Kaushal hosted the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Nita M. Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation & Co-Chair, Mami Board of Trustees said, “It has been an incredible week of cinema at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
- 10/30/2016
- by Trupti Kantilal
- Bollyspice
Amitava Nag reviews “Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen- Bengali Cinema’s First Couple” by Maitreyee B Chowdhury, the first book in English on Bengali cinema’s evergreen couple
U ttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen are the two names that any one remotely connected to Bengali cinema can associate with even today, more than three decades after they ever acted on screen. Today’s media and the cultural space which is filled up with the modern day hero and the bit-sized starlets hanging from his shoulder in all directions cannot still quite shrug off the magnetic presence of this romantic on-screen couple who swayed Bengali cinema in its golden period – the 1950s and the 1960s. Strangely, there had not been any book on the duo in English (a few are available in Bengali though but not very authentic in any sense) so far till one comes across Maitreyee B Chowdhury...
U ttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen are the two names that any one remotely connected to Bengali cinema can associate with even today, more than three decades after they ever acted on screen. Today’s media and the cultural space which is filled up with the modern day hero and the bit-sized starlets hanging from his shoulder in all directions cannot still quite shrug off the magnetic presence of this romantic on-screen couple who swayed Bengali cinema in its golden period – the 1950s and the 1960s. Strangely, there had not been any book on the duo in English (a few are available in Bengali though but not very authentic in any sense) so far till one comes across Maitreyee B Chowdhury...
- 8/14/2013
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
The University Film Club, Aligarh Muslim University, was established by some enthusiastic faculty members back in 1974 with the aim to promote the cinematic culture among the students of Amu and to encourage a milieu where 'poetry in motion' becomes one of the great sources for their aesthetic and academic excellence. From Kanan Devi to Naseeruddin Shah, K A Abbas to Javed Akhtar Read More...
- 2/7/2013
- Bollywood Trade
The University Film Club, Aligarh Muslim University, was established by some enthusiastic faculty members back in 1974 with the aim to promote the cinematic culture among the students of Amu and to encourage a milieu where 'poetry in motion' becomes one of the great sources for their aesthetic and academic excellence. From Kanan Devi to Naseeruddin Shah, K A Abbas to Javed Akhtar, Shakil Badauni to Kaifi Azmi, and last but not the least, Anubhav Sinha and Ajay Jhingran, the list o...
- 2/7/2013
- GlamSham
The Aligarh Muslim University (Amu) Film Club (www.filmclubamu.com) was established by some enthusiastic faculty members back in 1974 with the aim to promote the cinematic culture among the students of Amu and to encourage a milieu where 'poetry in motion' becomes one of the great sources for their aesthetic and academic excellence. From Kanan Devi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda to Naseeruddin Shah, K A Abbas, Vinod Pandey to Javed Akhtar, Shakil Badauni, Shahryar to Kaifi Azmi, the list o...
- 3/22/2012
- GlamSham
It's a well known fact that Freedom Fighters, Prime Ministers, and dignitaries have been honored with postal stamps in India. But now breaking from tradition, six top film actresses from the previous generation have been honored with commemorative postage stamps in their names on Feb 13 (yesterday). Madhubala and Nargis, were the only actresses to have been bestowed with postal stamps in their names in the past. Now legends like Meena Kumari, Nutan, Leela Naidu, Devika Rani, Kanan Devi and Savithri Devi (who was better known as Meena Kumari of South India) have joined the likes of the evergreen beauties.
- 2/14/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
It's a well known fact that Freedom Fighters, Prime Ministers, and dignitaries have been honored with postal stamps in India. But now breaking from tradition, six top film actresses from the previous generation have been honored with commemorative postage stamps in their names on Feb 13 (yesterday). Madhubala and Nargis, were the only actresses to have been bestowed with postal stamps in their names in the past. Now legends like Meena Kumari, Nutan, Leela Naidu, Devika Rani, Kanan Devi and Savithri Devi (who was better known as Meena Kumari of South India) have joined the likes of the evergreen beauties.
- 2/14/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Six legendary actresses like Meena Kumari, Nutan, Kanan Devi, Devika Rani, Leela Naidu and Savitri Devi are being honoured with the issuance of postage stamps to coincide with the week-long Indipex 2011 Philately exhibition in the capital. This makes the total number of stamps on film personalities issues so far to just over twenty, even as the film industry is completing one hundred years of its existence next year.The first postage stamp to honour a film personality was i...
- 2/14/2011
- Bollywood Trade
Six legendary actresses like Meena Kumari, Nutan, Kanan Devi, Devika Rani, Leela Naidu and Savitri Devi are being honoured with the issuance of postage stamps to coincide with the week-long Indipex 2011 Philately exhibition in the capital. This makes the total number of stamps on film personalities issues so far to just over twenty, even as the film industry is completing one hundred years of its existence next year. The first postage stamp to honour a film personality was i...
- 2/12/2011
- GlamSham
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