Tag Archives: Bollywood

Bollywood Movie – Pyaasa

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ntm021

Released in: 1957 Cast: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehmaan, Johnny Walker, Rehmaan Director: Guru Dutt Music: S.D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi   By far one of the most influential works of literary cinema in post-independence India, Pyaasa portrays the … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Mother India

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Released in: 1957 Cast: Sunil Dutt, Nargis, Raj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Kanhaiyalal Director: Mehboob Khan Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni   Mehboob Khan’s landmark film Mother India was the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar in the … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Do Aankhen Barah Haath

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Released in: 1957 Cast: V. Shantaram, Sandhya Director: V. Shantaram Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Bharat Vyas   Like the prolific filmmaker’s other human drama ‘Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani’ made 15 years earlier with Shantaram and his real-life wife Jayshree … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Jagte Raho

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Released in: 1956 Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Motilal Director: Sombhu Mitra/Amit Moitra Music: Salil Chowdhury Lyrics: Shailendra, Prem Dhawan   Moving away from the operatic opulence of his style Raj Kapoor hired 2 avant-garde Bengali filmmakers to direct a story … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Shri 420

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Released in: 1955 Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira Director: Raj Kapoor Music: Shankar, Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri   Aparable on the goodness of the heart as opposed to the evil designs of the city folk, Shri 420 features Raj … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Boot Polish

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ntm021

Boot Polish is remarkable for being the precursor to cinema about street children and also for the cult of ghost-direction that many illustrious filmmakers in Bollywood devised as a means of spreading their creative wings. Raj Kapoor credited the direction … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Do Bigha Zameen

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Released in: 1953 Cast: Balraj Sahani, Nirupa Roy, Rattan Kumar Director: Bimal Roy Music: Salil Chowdhury Lyrics: Shailendra   Arguably the most potent social drama ever conceived in this country, Do Bigha Zameen follows the heartrending plight of a peasant … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Daera

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ntm021

Released in: 1953 Cast: Nasir Khan, Meena Kumari Director: Kamal Amrohi Music: Jamal Sen Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaif Bhopali   Kamal Amrohi’s Daera is a deeply experimental look at a young and frail woman’s mis-marriege with a man old enough … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Awara

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ntm021

Awara figures in the list of the 3 most influential films in Indian Cinema. Awara immortalized the Raj Kapoor-Nargis duo and made the blue-eyed hero the darling of the masses all the way to the former Soviet Union. Father and … Continue reading →

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Bollywood Movie – Andaz

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ntm021

Released in: 1949 Cast: Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Cuckoo Director: Mehboob Khan Music: Naushad Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri             The mother of all romantic triangles featuring the dream cast of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Nargis, Andaz and its complexities … Continue reading →

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