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Imperial Cinema

Arun Puranik | arun.puranik@gmail.com One still thinks of the Parsi riots that happened roughly 75 years ago while discussing Imperial Cinema. The first Bombay Talkies film, "Jawani ki Hawa", by Himanshu Roy, was released on September 16th, 1935, at Imperial. Devika Rani, the movie's main character, is a pretty young woman who doesn't want to...

10 November 2022

By Arun PuranikInsightsAshok Kumar, Balasaheb Thakrey, Bhagwan Dada, Bollywood Classics, Bombay Talkies, C Ramchandra, Devika Rani, Director, Husnalal Bhagatram, Imperial Cinema, Jeevan Nayya, music, Naushad, Prithviraj Kapoor, Rattan, Saraswati Devi, Suraiya, Suraiyya, Udan Khatola, V Shantaram2 Comments

DIRECTOR & MUSIC 11

Baar Baar Dekho Hazaar Baar Dekho – Shakti Samanta

K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com If one were to look at the sheer volume of work of Shakti Samanta, we would be astounded by the high quality of songs in his films. And what songs they were; memorable is an understatement to describe the sheer high quality of output, leave alone the commercial successes. Shakti...

3 October 2022

By Swar AalapInsightsAjanabee, An Evening in Paris, Anuraag, Aradhna, Ashok Kumar, Bollywood Classics, China Town, Director, Ek Raaz, Film Director, Hindi poetry, Howrah Bridge, Jaane-Anjaane, Kashmir Ki Kali, Kati Patang, Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, music, Pagla Kahin ka, R.D. Burman, Rajesh Khanna, Sawan Ki Ghata, Shakti Samanta, Sharmila Tagore5 Comments