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Daag : First Movie Under Yashraj Banner
Only when you want to fly so badly that you give up being a caterpillar, is when you can become a butterfly. That’s exactly what must have been going on in Yashji’s mind. He had directed five movies under the shadow of his brother Balraj for BR Films, and now he was itching to start [...]
Sawan Barse Tarse Dil: Favorite songs for the Monsoon Season
Note- This is an attempt to write about some of my favorite Sawan/monsoon songs looking at the season in totality. Also considering that the usage of words like Sawan/Barsaat/Baarish etc have been quite a lot in Hindi cinema, this post is only focusing on songs with the prominent usage of Sawan in it. For most [...]
Top 12 friendship songs of Bollywood
The bond of friendship has been one of the oft depicted bonds in Bollywood since time immemorial. From Jai and Veeru of Sholay to Akash , Sid and Sameer of Dil Chahta Hai , the depiction of friendship in Hindi cinema might have gone a radical change. Still it continues to be one of the [...]
Discerning Few : Rafi Sings For Bachchan
Yesterday was Rafi’s death anniversary. Hope his soul is in peace. na fankaar tujh sa tere baad aya mohammed rafi tu bahut yaad aya – A song from movie Kroadh Just the other day I was watching the song and something struck me. I felt that the song was ironical in so many ways. Although its a [...]
Anand Mara Nahin, Anand Marte Nahin: R.I.P Rajesh Khanna
Note- This happens to the 500th Post on MAM. We at MAM thank all our authors and readers for their support and look forward to your continued patronage. After moving in and out of the hospital in recent weeks Rajesh Khanna aka Kakaji finally passed away earlier today (18 July). Ever since the recent Havells [...]
Hum : Ek Hi Hai ‘TIGER’
During the late 80’s , the Amitabh Bachchan mania had begun to decline with most of his films failing at the box office. Even films such as Jaadugar, Toofan etc made by his most trusted directors such as Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai were an embarrassment to Big B’s filmography. Much like his peers such as [...]
Agneepath and The Legend of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan
“Vruksh ho bade bhale, ho ghane ho bhale, Ek Patra chhah bhi mang mat, mang mat, mang mat, Agneepath, Agneepath Agneepath.” Long long time before Bhiku Mhatre said Mumbai ka Don kaun in Satya and Malik from Company played dirty games to ‘dhanda hai par ganda hai’, there was a man called Vijay Dinanath Chauhan(VDC), [...]
Mr India : A Trip Down Memory Lane
Mr.India is one of the first movies I ever saw and still have fond memories about it. And why not? It is so hard to dislike this movie. During the 80’s Bollywood was churning out assembly line products which had a standard template. An idealistic hero in love having a supportive heroine (in all ways) [...]
Those were the best days of my life
Oh when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I’d always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life SethumadhavanMovie enthusiast,travel,music & food lover.Avid blogger on cinema,now out of the corporate rat race and focused on the entertainment business completely!!!More Posts Follow [...]
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