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Indian Postage Stamps – Singers
____________________ Stamps – General – Actors and Actresses – Producers and Directors – Music Directors – Singers ____________________ Mukesh, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Hemant Kumar Stamps 4 stamps were issued on 15th May, 2003 to celebrate the contributions of 4 legendary playback singers… Mukesh, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Hemant Kumar
Indian Postage Stamps – Music Directors
____________________ Stamps – General – Actors and Actresses – Producers and Directors – Music Directors – Singers ____________________ S.D. Burman Postage Stamp This stamp was released on 1st October, 2007 to celebrate the 100th Birth Anniversary of legendary composer S.D. Burman. Pankaj Mullick Postage Stamp This stamp was issued on 4th August, 2006 to mark ...
Indian Postage Stamps – Producers and Directors
____________________ Stamps – General – Actors and Actresses – Producers and Directors – Music Directors – Singers ____________________ Guru Dutt Stamp This stamp was released on 10th October 2004 to honor legendary actor/producer/director Guru Dutt, 40 years after his death in 1964. He was the man who directed classics like Kaagaz ke Phool (1959) and ...
Indian Postage Stamps – Actors and Actresses
____________________ Stamps – General – Actors and Actresses – Producers and Directors – Music Directors – Singers ____________________ Nargis Dutt Stamp This stamp was issued on 30th December 1993 to honor one of the best actresses of Indian Cinema – Nargis. Click here to read more about her. Madhubala Stamp This stamp was issued on ...
Cinema and Film Related Indian Postage Stamps
____________________ Stamps – General – Actors and Actresses – Producers and Directors – Music Directors – Singers ____________________ Indian Postal Department has been releasing postal stamps for the last few years on legendary film personalities including singers, actors, music directors, producers, directors and so on… Here are some of the film & cinema related stamps ...
In memoriam: Samandar, a parable?
On January 6, 1968, the government of President Ayub Khan announced that a conspiracy had been uncovered between some personnel from East Pakistan and Indian politicians to overthrow the government in East Pakistan and establish an independent state of Bangladesh. Twelve days later, the popular Bengali politician Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was also implicated (he was ...
Mehboob Khan – The Failed Hero
In 1931, when Ardeshir Irani was planning India’s first-ever talkie, Alam Ara, he had, in fact, Mehboob in mind for the male lead. He had even got his outfits tailored. However, there was a sudden brainwave that the film needed a big name. So Master Vithal, a big star of the ‘silent’ era, was roped ...
Mehboob Khan – The Turning Point
R.G. Torney, the general manager of Imperial Film Company, took a liking to the God-fearing young man and tried to give him as many opportunities as possible. Though Mehboob had been facing the camera for three years, he was hardly noticed, not even by himself! However, a film called Shirin Khusru changed his destiny overnight. ...
Mehboob Khan – The ‘Big’ Break
In Bombay, Mehboob’s routine was to hang around the gates of the Imperial Film Company (which was to later become Jyoti Studio) in central Bombay, day after day, hoping to get past his biggest hurdle — a hefty Pathan watchman, named Behram Shah — some day. Shah tried his best to drill some sense into ...
Mehboob Khan – Early Life
It’s difficult to imagine that a cult film like Mother India, the first ever Indian film to come close to winning an Oscar, was made by a man who had no formal education and no grounding in filmmaking. But then, that was Mehboob Khan, the man who came to be identified as the Cecil B. ...
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What's Your Raashee (2009):
What's Your Raashee? is Ashutosh Gowariker's sardonic way of asking 'what's your patience' ...
Kites (2010):
Kites has made Bollywood attain a completely different level, much higher than any other movie h...
K.L Saigal (1904 - 1947):
Stars are normally advised to take stardom with a pinch of salt ... Saigal took his with a pint ...
Two Debutants / Same Film Curse...: It has been noticed in Bollywood films that whenever two actors are introduced in the same film.. us...
Laaj (2003):
Our history, or more accurately our recent history, has an overbearing effect on us. The experie...
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