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Sunday, November 21st, 2010 by admin
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Mahal (1949)

Bombay Talkies Mahal is a story of ghosts, spooks, apparitions, jitters, quivers, bats and snakes. It succeeds in giving one the creeps, but through more causes than one. In the initial stage the spine tingling chill of weird horror which slowly creeps down one’s back is because of the masterly genius ace cameraman Josef Wirsching ...

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 by admin
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Darr (1993)

Cast: Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan Director: Yash Chopra Music: Shiv, Hari Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Capsule Review: Making a departure from the ultra-romanticism of Daag, Kabhi Kabhie and Chandni, Yash Chopra swerved fluently into the sinister with this film. As the psychologically disturbed lover-boy who can’t take no for an answer from Juhi ...

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 by admin
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Lekin (1991)

Cast: Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amjad Khan Director: Gulzar Music: Hridayanath Mangeshkar Lyrics: Gulzar Capsule Review: Produced by ‘Asia’s Nightingale’ Lata Mangeshkar, Lekin is a ghost story with a difference. Lekin transports us into the twilight ‘now‑you-see-her-now-you-don’t’ zone. Frozen between two lives the female protagonist’s character is guided by the hero Vinod Khanna from one ...

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 by admin
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Ittefaq (1969)

Cast: Nanda, Rajesh Khanna Director: Yash Chopra Music: (background score) Salil Chowdhury Capsule Review: The ever-experimental B.R.Chopra produced this songless thriller, his second film after the courtroom drama Kanoon. The raw and riveting Rajesh Khanna played a man accused of murdering his wife who takes asylum in a single woman’s (Nanda) home and finds himself ...

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 by admin
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Jewel Thief (1967)

Cast: Ashok Kumar Dev Anand,Vyjanthimala,Tanuja Director: Vijay Anand Music: S.D. Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shailendra Capsule Review: A film about mistaken identity starring the debonair Dev Anand cast as look­alikes. This clever suspense film with a surfeit of skilful narrative devices all climaxing in one of the most heart- stopping song-and­dance sequences ever filmed (Hothon ...

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 by admin
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Kohraa (1964)

Cast: Biswajeet,Waheeda Rehman, Lalita Pawar Director: Hiren Nag Music: Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi Capsule Review: Kohraa featured the ethereal Waheeda Rehman as the mysterious rake Biswajeet’s second wife who’s haunted by his dead wife. The chilling ambience was sublimated by the producer Hemant Kumar’s vintage music. Songs like Lata Mangeshkar’s Jhoom jhoom dhalti raat ...

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Friday, April 23rd, 2010 by admin
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Teesri Manzil (1966)

Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Premnath, Helen Director: Vijay Anand Music: R.D. Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Capsule Review: Blending producer Nasir  Husain’s trademark formula of frolic and romancewith director Vijay Anand’s penchant for using song, dance and drama as extensions of the characters’ inner world, Teesri Manzil created a storm at the box office. The ...

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Sunday, December 27th, 2009 by admin
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Madhumati (1958)

Madhumati was the biggest hit of director Bimal Roy. His hallmark neo­realist images and social concern are evident in this unusual reincarnation/ghost story scripted by Ritwik Ghatak, later acclaimed as one of India’s greatest directors. Two of the top stars of Hindi cinema, Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, take multiple roles in this complex narrative. Devendra ...

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