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Sunday, December 19th, 2010 by admin
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Questions from Readers – Unknown Bangladeshi or Nepalese Actress

I got this email from one of the readers :- “Hello, I want some information about this actress who might be Bangladeshi or Nepalese. She acted in Pakistani fims from 1986-1987. I am attaching a picture of her below. Imran Khan” If someone can help Imran Khan identify this actress and provide more information on ...

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Sunday, November 7th, 2010 by admin
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Two Debutants / Same Film Curse…

It has been noticed in Bollywood films that whenever two actors are introduced in the same film.. usually one becomes successful and the other fades out… Here are some examples … Bhagyashree and Salman Khan in Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) Salman Khan (In) – Bhagyashree (Out)   Both were introduced in super successful Maine Pyar ...

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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 by admin
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Dilli Sai Aaya – Ek Thi Ladki (1949) – Who sang this mystery song?

Ek Thi Ladki (1949) musical score is still popular among musical buffs especially Lata’s evergreen song Lara lappa lara lappa lai rakhda. Ek Thi Ladki music was composed by lesser known music director Vinod and songs sung by Lata, Rafi, Geeta Dutt, G.M. Durrani and Zeenat Begum. However, there was one song in this film ...

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Monday, September 6th, 2010 by admin
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Historical inaccuracies in Indian – Pakistani Films

Historical Inaccuracy – 1 In this song Anarkali (Madhubala) is performing in front of  Mughal Emperor Akbar with the famous Sheesh Mahal shown (The Palace of Mirrors) in the background. However, it should be kept in mind that Sheesh Mahal didn’t even exist during Akbar’s reign (23 November 1542  – 27 October 1605). It was ...

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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 by admin
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Shakila in Aar Paar (1954)

This is perhaps one of the best songs composed by O.P. Nayyar for Geeta Dutt. Accordion plays a major part in setting the overall mood of the song and Geeta sings this song in her distinctive frothy style. This song was picturized on Shakila. According to her, “Guru Dutt used to explain things well to ...

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Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by admin
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Cuckoo, Shamshad Begum and Shanker Jaikishen

This is the only SOLO song sung by Shamshad Begum for Shanker-Jaikishan. Shanker Jaikishan used Shamshad’s voice only 3 times during their long careers. The reason for using her voice sparingly in their compositions is provided by Shamshad and her daughter Usha below… “Shamshad Begum remembers the time she came in contact with Raj Kapoor. ...

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Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by admin
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Nasreen in Deewana (1964)

Deewana was perhaps Lollywood’s first ever horror film. It was made way back in 1964 and took its inspiration from the Invisible Man and The Spiral Staircase. Sabiha was cast in the role of an insomniac and the film despite starting off with a certain amount of promise soon deteriorated into an insufferable bore. The ...

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Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by admin
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Shyam and Naseem in Shabistan (1951)

Shabistan (1951) songs were composed by  two music directors – Madan Mohan and C. Ramchandra. This particular song was composed by C. Ramchandra and sung by Geeta Dutt and Talat Mahmood. C. Ramchandra used Geeta’s voice sparingly, but this film has 3 Talat-Geeta duets!. Shabistan (1951) is famous for his hero Shyam because he fell ...

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Sunday, May 9th, 2010 by admin
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Tabu and her father Jamil

Kis naam sai pukaroun from Gharnata (1971) was composed by A. Hameed and sung beautifully by Noor Jehan. Directed by Riaz Shahid, the film tried to show the Muslim rule of Spain, but because of the lack of authenticity the film flopped.  In this song you can see Rozina romantically paired with Jamil. Jamil is ...

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Sunday, December 13th, 2009 by admin
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Madhubala – Bina Roy – Strange Coincidences!

1. Madhubala and Premnath first film together was Badal (1951). On the first day of the shooting, Madhubala entered makeup room of Premnath and quickly handed him a fully blossomed red rose and a note. Puzzled Premnath read the note which said that if you love me, please accept the rose, otherwise return it. Premnath ...

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