Posts Tagged ‘Madhubala’
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 ...
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 ...
Madhubala
When Mumtaz Ataullah Khan became famous as the celebrated Madhubala, a shower of superlatives constantly swirled down upon her — the Venus of the Indian screen, its definitive love goddess, the most beautiful heroine ever! She had that perfect blend of beauty and sensuality that worked on the audience like an elixir. But behind those ...
Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
Mughal-e Azam tells the story of the Great Mughal, Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The film’s making was itself something of an epic, as it took over fifteen years to shoot, and involved a complete change of cast (the original included Chandramohan, who played Jehangir in Pukar [1939], Nargis and Sapru), several writers and so on. It ...
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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Bollywood - Year by Year - 1902: Important Events
J. F. Madan launches his bioscope show in a tent on Calcutta's Maidan, the foundat...
Suchinda:
In a land ruled by the arts and artistes, and romanticized by poetry and music, the gifts of cre...
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His film “Dabangg” (Fearless) releases next week; he's bagged the fourth season of Bigg Boss; he...
Nisar Bazmi:
The undisputed king of Lollywood music in the 1960s and the ’70s, the musician Nisar Bazmi breat...
Nasreen:
Real name Zarina Agha, Nasreen was the daughter of actress Anwari and actor/music-director Rafiq...
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