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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1932
Important Events The Motion Picture Society of India is formed in Bombay Births Meena Kumari (actress) – 1st August, 1932.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1931
Important Events Ardeshir Irani of the Imperial Film Company releases India’s first full length talkie, Alam Ara. Births Shammi Kapoor (actor) – 21st October 1931
Shashikala – Of Torment and Triumph
She was a star by the age of five. Much to the proud delight of her father whose dreams of going on stage had been thwarted by his outraged businessman father who had cut short his flight from home and dragged him back to join him in the family business. But when his daughter showed ...
Anarkali – Fact or Fiction ?
It is now believed that Anarkali was in her forties or older when she was suspected of having an affair with the heir apparent, Prince Salim, who was then in the thirtieth year of his life and father to at least three sons from numerous wives. Salim’s father, the otherwise enlightened Emperor Akbar, found out ...
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 ...
Kareena Kapoor – Latest Interview
Kareena Kapoor talks about her personal and professional life as she completes 10 years in Bollywood She’s hogged the limelight for more than just her acting — the size-zero debate, her sizzling romance with beau Saif Ali Khan… And, quietly completed a decade in the industry. As for her films, there have been many memorable ...
Pramila – The first Miss India
The saga of independent India’s first-ever beauty queen came to a close on August 6 2006, when Esther Abraham, screen name Pramila, faded into an eternal dissolve. A born rebel, she walked out of her conservative Baghdadi Jewish home in Kolkata at 17 to join a theatre company. She went on to realise her real ...
Indian Film Database – 1967
Movie Producer Director Cast Music Director Aag Naresh Kumar Naresh Kumar Firoz Khan, Mumtaz, Shyama, Achla Sachdev, Jeevan, Aruna Irani, Randhir, Madan Puri, Tuntun, Jeevan, Mohan Choti, Ram Mohan, Bipin Gupta, Amar Nath, Indira Bansal, Krishna Duggal Usha Khanna Aamne Samne Suraj Prakash Suraj Prakash Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri, Karan Dewan, ...
Indian Film Database – 1966
Movie Producer Director Cast Music Director Aakhri Khat Himalaya Films Chetan Anand Indrani Mukherjee, Naqi Jehan, Nana Palsikar, Bunty, Manvendra Chitnis, Maruti, Tuntun, Mohan Choti, Rajesh Khanna Khaiyyaam Aasra Seven Art Pictures Satyen Bose Jagdeep, Ameeta, Bela Bose, Biswajeet, Mala Sinha, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Paul, Balraj Sahni, David Abraham Laxmikant-Pyarelal Afsana Devi Movies Brij Helen, ...
Pakistani Film Database – 1976
Title Producer Director Music Cast Box-Office Status Aag Aur Ansoo (U) R.Javed/Afaqi A.S.Afaqi Nisar Bazmi Babra, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Mohammed Ali, Deeba, Mustafa Qureshi, T.Iqbal Flop Aaj Aur Kal (U) Irfan Malik S.Suleman Khalil Ahmed Shabnam, Rahat Kazmi, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Qavi, Lehri Superhit Aansoo Aur Sholay (U) S.A.Majeed S.A.Hafiz Bobby Ghulam Mohiuddin, Babra, Mustafa Qureshi, Khurshidulla ...
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