#New song for Maharani

[richdadpoor]

Makers Of Malayalam Film Maharani Release New Single; Watch Here

Kapil Kapilan has given vocals to the song. Makers Of Malayalam Film Maharani Release New Single; Watch Here – rishupal.storytailors@gmail.com – Gmail In an exciting development, a captivating song from the upcoming Malayalam movie Maharani was unveiled online just hours ago. Titled Chathayadina Paatu, the song made its debut on YouTube, delivering a refreshing folk-style melody that has…

[monserrata]

Finally doing this two weeks later! My apologies! 😅😭

Tagged by the lovely: @herbaklava

Last Song: Maharani by Karun, Lambo Drive, Arpit Bala & Revo Lekhak

Favorite Color: Yellow 🌻💛🐝

Last Movie: Lilo & Stitch

Last T.V. Show: Community

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory

Relationship Status: Married

Last thing I Googled: chinese new year 2024

Tagging: @oddeyes / @sleepy-kwe / @oboodashkwaanishiinh / @sweetestwildfire / @n0vels / @ummpuma / @mattolson / @biggaysigh

[thatonepeasant]

Cheers for the tag!!! Also thanks to all of ya'll for the music recs

January- Paralyzed by NF (going by the extreme highs and lows I'd say this is pretty on-brand for Jan so far)

February- Girls by NATURE (kinda scared because the vibes of this song do not match the lyrics)

March- Best Friend by Saweetie & Doja Cat (March is hopefully gonna be amazing then)

April- Fake Love cover by Lies Behind Your Eyes (original by BTS) (this all seems to imply I'm in a relationship which I'm not so we'll see how this goes)

May- Parents by YUNGBLUD (oof)

June- Without Me by Halsey (again I'm very much a single pringle so I'm just in for a ride I guess??)

July- Pied Piper by BTS (amazing song 10/10)

August- Livin' la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin (Gonna be amazing or I'm just done with life so C'est la Vie vibes)

September- Light It Up by Major Lazer ft Nyla & Fuse ODG Remix (LIT)

October- Flicker by Enhypen (omg such a cute song so this month will hopefully match the vibe)

November- Electric Love by BØRNS (birthday month so new age new love ig?)

December- Maharani by Alamat (stunning way to round off the year with a banger!!)

Overall, I'm pretty happy with my year so we'll see how this goes and it might be nice to do another post like this at the end of the year and match each month to the vibe it actually was??

No pressure guys! @haikyuuublog @radiancewrite @lanirawhoney @pukicho @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses @miss-camarderie-herself

i wanna start a tag game so: let your spotify predict your 2024!

shuffle your on repeat playlist, and the first twelve songs represent your 2024

january- guns and ships- hamilton (idek what this could represent but okay)

february- we fell in love in october- girl in red (PLEASE)

march- say no to this- hamilton (…i have nothing to say about this)

april- castles crumbling- taylor swift ft hayley williams (damnit sad month then?)

may- you’re losing me- taylor swift (FUCK TWO SAD MONTHS?? breakup songs are even worse now that im actually in a relationship. please. better not be accurate)

june- astronomy- conan gray (please stop why am i having so many sad songs)

july- stoned- ed sheeran (oh fuck this)

august- new year’s day- taylor swift (hm okay. idk what to say about this)

september- heather- conan gray (i consider heather to be a happy song AND it’s mine and my partners song so i’m taking this as a good one)

october- 18- one direction (yessss we’re going okay now)

november- king of my heart- taylor swift (YESSS)

december- all too well (ten minute version)- taylor swift (i take it back ugh)

no pressure tags!!- @autumnleavesforwinter @weeping-in-the-willows @swiftieannah @felizusnavidad @jittyjames @anixknowsnothin (please help me get this off the ground, but also if this flops you saw nothing)

[imoim36news]

Đầu nhà bếp trên nhiều căn nhà nhà bếp của nhiều quý tộc Nhấn Độ xưa sẽ giải bày nhiều công thức nấu bếp tới cùng với công bọn chúng. Vấn đề này đã thử "sống" lại nền ăn uống hoàng thất Nhấn Độ. Nhiều cựu member hoàng thất thuộc con cái con cháu của mình đang được giải bày công thức nấu bếp kể từ căn nhà nhà bếp hoàng thất của mình. Hình họa: South Đài Loan Trung Quốc Morning Post. Theo South Đài Loan Trung Quốc Morning Post, lối sinh sống hoang phí của nhiều member hoàng thất Nhấn Độ sẽ khiến cho nhiều người muốn trong không ít thế kỷ. Nhà hàng ăn uống của mình thú vị những người dân sành ăn giống như nhiều căn nhà nhân chủng học tập đồ ăn vày sự phức tạp vào quy trình sẵn sàng, sự đa chủng loại, mới mẻ kỳ lạ của một số loại phụ gia và nhiên liệu đặc thù của thức ăn. Vào 1 thời gian lâu năm, những chuyện khó nói về căn nhà nhà bếp hoàng thất được lưu giữ kín. Song, Nhấn Độ sẽ loại vứt nhiều lượng trợ cấp cho và độc quyền của hoàng thất vào năm 1971. Vậy nên, nhiều hoàng thất trước phía trên sẽ giải bày chuyện khó nói này nhằm hoàn toàn có thể tiếp thị di tích ăn uống cấp cho giang sơn từng là niềm kiêu hãnh của mình. Một số trong những người xuất phiên bản sách dạy dỗ nấu bếp mang nhiều công thức nấu bếp không được được cho là vào Khi người không giống liên minh cùng với nhiều chuỗi hotel nhằm bố trí nhiều thưởng thức ăn uống hàng ngày trong thời điểm tạm thời. Một số trong những người lại trưng bày món thức ăn hoàng thất trên hoàng cung cũ của hộ gia đình và dùng phương tiện đi lại truyền thông nhằm tiếp thị bọn chúng cùng với toàn cầu. Kumud Kumari, quý tộc đi đầu của quận Gondal, bang Gujarat, miền Tây Nhấn Độ, sẽ xuất phiên bản một cuốn sách nấu bếp dày 136 trang Recipes Of A Maharani: Secrets From The Gondal Palace (Tạm dịch: Biện pháp của một quý tộc: Chuyện giấu kín kể từ hoàng cung Gondal). Cuốn sách này bao gồm tất cả 50 công thức nấu bếp đầy đủ vào căn nhà nhà bếp hoàng thất của mình. Những thức ăn này đều luôn được phục phụ vào đồ sành vật sứ hoặc đồ dùng bạc vì tía ck của Kumari, Maharaja Bhagvant Singh, đặt mua kể từ London. hầu hết thức ăn gia truyền này đang rất được đáp ứng trên hotel là di tích của Kumari, Hoàng cung Naulakha sinh sống Gondal. Trà chiều trên hoàng cung Belgadia. Hình họa: Hoàng cung Belgadia. Theo Akshita Bhanj, mới loại 48 của triều đại Bhanj - những người dân thống trị đi đầu của bang Mayurbhanj sinh sống phía đông bang Odisha (trước đấy là Orissa) - nhiều hộ gia đình hoàng thất Nhấn Độ là những người dân giữ giàng di tích và văn hóa truyền thống Nam giới Á, ăn uống là một trong phần cần thiết trong mỗi câu truyện cổ xưa của mình. Cùng theo với chị gái Mrinalika, Bhanj mở cửa ngõ hoàng cung Belgadia của hộ gia đình, đổi mới phía trên thành khu vực sang trọng và quý phái vào năm 2019. Trên hoàng cung Belgadia, quý khách hoàn toàn có thể ăn uống hàng ngày full 3 bữa một ngày, cả về Odia thali, một đĩa nhiều món đặc thù của ăn uống hoàng thất. Odia thali trên hoàng cung Belgadia. Hình họa: Hoàng cung Belgadia. Theo nhiều đầu nhà bếp, xu phía nhiều cựu member hoàng thất tôn vinh tài nấu bếp của mình hoàn toàn có thể được ví như sự hồi sinh di tích ăn uống của Nhấn Độ. Diwas Wadhera, nhà bếp trưởng trên hotel Eros Khách sạn sinh sống New Delhi, giải nghĩa: “Văn hóa truyền thống Nhấn Độ đa dạng về thói thân quen ăn uống hàng ngày và ăn uống hoàng thất - hoàn toàn có thể là ăn uống Jaisalmer, Mewar hoặc Jodhpur của Rajasthan, thực phẩm Patiala của Punjab, ăn uống Nizami của Hyderabad, ăn uống chay Wazwan của Kashmir hoặc Udayar của Mysorwe. Món ăn hoàng thất sẽ ảnh hưởng tác động thâm thúy cho tới nền ăn uống Nhấn Độ tiền tiến. Mái ấm nhà bếp hoàng thất mang

lực lượng đầu nhà bếp sinh hoạt xuyên suốt ngày tối nhằm đáp ứng mang lại hộ gia đình quý tộc quyền lực tối cao. Sự phổ đổi mới của ăn uống hoàng thất vào văn hóa truyền thống đại bọn chúng Nhấn Độ đến mức độ hotel của shop mang một căn nhà mặt hàng riêng biệt có tên Singh Sahib thích hợp mang lại Maharaja Ranjit Singh - ji". Thành phần cho món nấm patua tại cung điện Belgadia. Ảnh: Cung điện Belgadia. Theo Jayathmika Lakshmi của gia đình hoàng gia Sailana, ở bang Madhya Pradesh, miền Trung Ấn Độ, thực phẩm đóng vai trò quan trọng trong các gia đình hoàng gia. Đó không chỉ là nguồn dinh dưỡng mà còn là công cụ ngoại giao. Các nhà nhân chủng học thực phẩm nói rằng ngoài việc tạo ra nguồn doanh thu mới cho các hoàng gia trước đây sau khi họ mất quyền đánh thuế đối với đất đai mà họ sở hữu vào những năm 1970, những doanh nghiệp như vậy còn thông báo cho mọi người về mối liên hệ giữa nghệ thuật quản lý Nhà nước, chính trị, văn hóa và xã hội. Ham muốn ăn uống hàng ngày trong lành tuy nhiên hoặc stress làm việc? Ham muốn tập thể thao thường xuyên tuy nhiên hoặc sinh hoạt trễ? Phần Mức độ khỏe khoắn của Zing mách bảo một số trong những sách nhằm sát cánh đồng hành thuộc gia đình kể từ chống thể hình tới lối dùng, kể từ văn chống tới nhà bếp ăn. Tuyển chọn tập này tiếp tục cung cấp cho thêm nhiều lựa lựa chọn, và tiết kiệm hơn một số trong những nỗi lo lắng bên trên chặng đường cân nặng bởi cuộc đời đổi thay. #Đầu #nhà bếp #tiết #lộ #túng #mật #của #căn nhà #nhà bếp #hoàng #gia #Nhấn #Độ #xưa #Giáo #dục nội dung gốc " news.google.com

[lavendertales]

thank you for the tag my heart @doin-stuff 💖

Rules: spell out your URL with song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL

Q - Quick musical doodles by Two Feet 

U - Under pressure by Queen

E - Everyday by Ariana Grande

E - edamame by bbno$

N - New eyes by Adam Lambert

O - Oh mami by Chase Atlantic

F - Funky town by Lipps Inc 

T - Toxic by Kehlani

H - Heaven by Depeche Mode 

E - Enemy by Imagine Dragons

F - Fed up by Ghostemane

A - Addicted to you by Avicii 

C - CPR by Cupcakke (don’t - just don’t)

E - Ex’s & oh’s by Elle King 

L - Lie by Halsey

E - Eaten alive by Diana Ross

S - Streets by Doja Cat 

S - She knows by J. Cole 

np tags: @captn-andor @saucerful-strange @maharani-radha @salome-c @mitchi-c @acourtofsnakes @rosiefridayrogersunday @floraandfrost @cheshire-noir @cheesybadgers @beskarboobs 

[writeforfandoms]

Thanks for the memories

Don't worry I'm not leaving, I'm just being me and titling this after a song.

Wow. It sure has been a Year, huh? Not sorry to see this one go.

When I started this blog, I figured I'd post some things and hopefully talk to a few people. I had no idea I'd meet so many amazing, wonderful people. Or make so many friends.

There are so many brilliantly talented people, and wonderfully kind people, and generous people, and downright entertaining people. There are people I talk to every day, people I only talk to sometimes, and people I only ever talk to through tags. There are people I haven't interacted with at all really but I still value.

So thank you to every one of you. To all the people who have interacted with me, in ways big or small. To all the people who have supported me and helped me along. To all the people who were total enablers and yeeted ideas at me.

And remember, I'm here. My DMs and asks are open. Happy New Year, y'all. I love you, and I hope we continue to have fun next year. 💖

This is certainly not a comprehensive list of everyone, as I'm pretty sure that would take multiple lists and would annoy the heck out of everyone. so if I missed tagging you, it's not intentional! I am only human, and I know I'm missing people, but there's only so many times I can look at this on my phone without going crazy. Also pls be patient there is a rb coming too. Tagging in no particular order: @oonajaeadira @grogusmum @insomniamamma @honestly-shite @quica-quica-quica @green-socks @ohheyitsokay @bruxasolta @maharani-radha-writes @yespolkadotkitty @seasonschange-butpeopledont @radiowallet @mandocrasis @agent-jack-d @morally-gray-prospector @grogu-explains-it-all @pero-tovar-bastard-spaniard @queridopascal @littlemisspascal @cannedsoupsucks @brandyllyn @justnat15 @fandom-blackhole @pedrocentric @beskarprincessjenny @saradika @zinzinina @rexsjaigeyes @dinsprettygirl @miraclesabound @miranhas-art @blueeyesatnight @ezrasbirdie @nolanell @thepoisonofgod @way-too-addicted-to-fandoms @fictitious-little-stitious @javierpinme @skyshipper @just-here-for-the-moment @mothandpidgeon @the-blind-assassin-12 @the-finalfrontiier @kesskirata @themarcusmoreno @herb-welch @dornish-queen @softpedropascal @madhyanas @lightsinthedistancee

[the-house-of-auditore-frye]

Last Song | Listened to: M.I.A - Paper planes

Currently Watching: new show - Shogun (purely because I love Hiroyuki Sanada... Am I aware that I am thirsting over a man in his 60's, yes; does it bother me, not really)

Rewatching- Bluey (yes I know its target audience is kids but people do not exaggerate when they say adults can feel emotional too)

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: I CANNOT😫 I love all three

Relationship Status: given the growing disdain I have for humanity right now, happily single. If we are counting fictional men, married 19 times

Current Obsession: I just came back from a week of annual leave and I'm not feeling great so I'll say my comfort characters: Nightwing in Arkham Knight and Charles Vane from AC4: Black flag (yes, this walking disaster is my comfort character, don't judge me)

@multi-fandom-imagine Thank you for the tag!💙💜❤️💚

No pressure but if you'd like to:

@butwhyduh @xx-kaitlyn-trixx-xx @maharani-radha @ktficworld @firstofficerwiggles @edensrose @kitanas-victorian-oddities

୨♡୧ 𝓣𝓪𝓰 𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓮 ୨♡୧

⊹₊ ⋆ ɴɪɴᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ɪ'ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ⋆₊⊹

Tagged by: @dark-and-kawaii

♡ Thank you🥰 ♡

Last Song | Listened to:

Though technically the last thing I listened to was this Podcast.:

Currently Watching: doing a rewatch of Law and Order:SVU and Hazbin Hotel

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: Spicy 😩, even if I have stomach issues I love spicy foods. {I do not have much of a sweet tooth.}

Relationship Status:Single and happily so, but in my mind my many oc's are take haha-

Current Obsession: Hazbin Hotel { Husk...I am obsessed with Husk }, Lackadaisy, food, spooky stories,

Tagging: @emberstoriesandtales , @the-house-of-auditore-frye , @obsessedwithtoomanythings , @angelltheninth , @sacredwarrior88 , @fortune-fool02 , @foxyafroninja , @hrefna-the-raven , @house-of-kolchek , @kassiekole22 , @llamagirl28 @little-miss-chaoss , @buttermykolchek

[imaginingmarvelandeverything]

Thanks for the tag @whats-rambled-rambled ❤️ I've used my main url because this one is far too long to find songs for 😂

✨Rules: Make a new post and spell out your URL with song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL✨

M - Mama by My Chemical Romance

C - Cielito de Abril by Mon Laferte

R - Rule the World by The Wanted

M - My Love by Florence and the Machine

A - Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land by Marina

R - Rudie Can't Fail by The Clash

V - Vienna by Ultravox

E - Electric Feel by MGMT

L - Lonely by Palaye Royale

L - La Vie en Rose by Lucy Dacus

O - Orange Trees by Marina

K - Killer Queen by Queen

I - Inbetween Days by The Cure

No pressure tags (sorry if you've already been tagged): @blue-aconite @melodramama @hollandorks @lovers-liability @thefinalgirlpng @maharani-radha-writes @agentwayne47 @sugarcoated-lame @sassymemesfanficfestival @yanna-banana @stargirl25 @anotherr-fine-mess @ladylannisterxo

[cregan-starks]

tagged by: @moonlight-prose tysm, lovely! 💝

relationship status: single

favorite color: black, red, blue, green, purple

favorite food: I don’t think I have one, but I fucking love shrimp

last thing I googled: finn wolfhard (he’s not a thing, excuse you)

song stuck in my head: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

time: 9:39 pm

dream trip: New Zealand, Latin America, and... everywhere else

no pressure tags: @eddiemunsn @aereth @prettyboyeddiemunson @theold-ultraviolence @queenofthefaceless @maharani-radha @joequinnmybeloved @qoedameron @eddieydewr @revolution-starter @dameronology @rockstarmunson @metalheadmunson @eddicmunson @shinydixon @ladyfogg 

[ohnopoe]

first lines game

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

sending loads of love to @yoditorian for tagging me in this. I love the tag games you send my way, Liz. They always seem to motivate me to actually write!

some of these are wip/drafted but not yet posted, i have hundreds of fics (wish that were a joke) but i wanted to focus on things i’ve written/worked on more recently

Main Attraction - The job was simple, well, as simple as it could be when partnered with none other than Jack Daniels himself.

Something Else - Marcus is pushing you away the moment you start to lower yourself before him.

Once Upon A Time - It was a story he knew better than any other. 

Aroma - Frankie had never really considered it before, a favourite smell; it seemed so childish.

Unexpected - If it hadn’t been for the liquor making your mind swim pleasantly, you might have been able to think of an excuse for your actions.

Personal Hero - The shrill ringing of your mobile cut through your office, sending thoughts flying in every which way at the sudden sound.

Alone, Together - The silence echoed through the command centre, holding a weight upon your chest that felt akin to drowning. 

Potential Breakup Song - Sitting there alone at the little booth you had claimed over an hour earlier certainly wasn’t how you had expected the evening to go. 

Alone - The invitations were plentiful.

Ulyc- It wasn’t just hot, no, it had surpassed hot hours ago. 

Worth The Wait - The train ride had seemed to drag on for far longer than it actually was, but then, with your excitable companion pointing out every field and creature, every car and house, it was bound to be somewhat waring. 

Do I Wanna Know (chapter one) - It was a well known fact, Jedi were not allowed to have attachments, especially relationships. 

Do I Wanna Know (chapter two) - The rules were simple. 

Do I Wanna Know (chapter three. wip) - Had he heard the way you gasped at his words? 

Untitled (unposted) - “Hi, I’m so sorry to bother you, I just wanted to come over and apologise,” well, that certainly caught the group’s attention. 

Distracted (unposted) - In all honesty, Din was distracted. 

Wrong Number (wip) - This was something new. 

Fight Club (wip) - Honestly, it wasn’t even that short.

Untitled (wip) - “You’re staring,” you didn’t even bother to open your eyes to confirm your suspicions.

Untitled (working title: Snow. wip) -  It almost seemed to float by, lighter than the air itself, dancing through the sky without aim or intent.

I... really need to open with more dialogue, in stark contrast to the lovely being who tagged me lol. And DAMN some of these are long as heck! At least there’s variety in length lol.

As for my favourite? Ooft, idk man, they’re all eh to me tbh. Probably the more descriptive ones, like Snow, Ulyc or Alone, Together, which I think might be my favourite from the weight it holds.

no pressure tags: @djarinsbeskar, @flightlessangelwings, @the-purity-pen, @bee-dameron, @maharani-radha-writes, @23orso, @engineeredfiction, @meshlamando, @remmysbounty, @codenamewitcher

[shinymoonbird]

Bhagavan Sri Ramanamaharshi with white Peacock 

“Sweta Mayura Ashtakam", a blissful composition beautifully rendered by the talented singer and Veena player Ramana Balachandran, and superb dance of the white peacock.

✨ 

 A white peacock presented by the Maharani of Baroda, became the darling of Bhagavan. He had a cage just beside His couch and was watched by it day and night. It would get up on Bhagavan’s book-rack and gently peck at the books with his beak. He would daily visit the work of temple-construction that was then going on in the Ashram and would also enter the dining-hall and walk between the rows of people seated at meals, and so he earned from Bhagavan the title Assistant Sarvadhikari! Bhagavan said that some people believed that the white peacock was the reincarnation of Madhavaswami; and ever afterwards Bhagavan used to address him as ‘Madhava’.

On June 20, 1947, G. V. Subburamayya composed eight Telugu verses on the white peacock in Mayura Vrittam (peacock-metre) and presented them to Bhagavan in the Jubilee pandal. Bhagavan appeared greatly pleased with them and, handing them to Lalita Venkataraman, suggested that she might sing them with her vina. Within half an hour she brought her vina and got ready to sing. Just then the white peacock was absent. Bhagavan said, “But the hero must be present to hear his praises sung! Where are you, Madhava? come.” Lo! at once the white peacock jumped down from the roof of the pandal; and while Lalita sang, he spread out his tail feather and danced as Bhagavan sat and watched him with beaming eyes. When the singing concluded, the peacock walked to the vina and pecked at its strings with his beak. Thereupon Bhagavan told the singer, “Madhava wants you to repeat the song.” So she sang once more and the peacock danced again. It was a sight for the gods to see.

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Ragams : 1. rasALi, 2. dvijAvanti, 3. hindOLam, 4. nATakurunji, 5. kannaDA, 6. Sarasvati, 7. behAg, 8. surutti

Emaina kAni mimu nE viDuva nancun swAmi neTo veedi cani swAtma guru sEvA kAmita mahin tanuvu kaikonina ayyA swAmi oko palkuma vesan SitamayUrA!         - 1

*Meaning:* O White Peacock, speak quick, art thou Ayyaswami who, saying ‘I will never leave you whatever might happen,’ to serve his own Guru, assumed this shape on earth!

sAdhu tama seeluDaiyi swAmi pada sEvA mAdurulu grOlucunu manda vidhi kompO needharaNi Sree ramanuNE marala cEran mAdhavudavO palkumA SitamayUrA!             - 2

(Or) say O White Peacock, art thou Madhavan, so sweet-natured, who, while enjoying the bliss of serving the feet of Sri Ramana, was snatched away by dull Fate, and has returned thus to Sri Ramana on this earth!

krottayani jankuTayu gonguTayu lEkE peddanamu sEsedavu preetinita nendun poddamula cakkaniDa pOnedavU neeki bhaktiyetu vacchanoko palkave mayUrA!        - 3

Without any diffidence or hesitancy for being new, thou cheerfully exercisest supervision everywhere in the Ashram. Thou also seekest to set books aright. Say, O White Peacock, how hast thou acquired this devotion!

nee kalayu nee celuvu nee nAdaka neeTun nee kuluku nee taluku nee beluku gAncan nAkamita dikki natanan jalupu leenan mA kanulu cokkunu sumA sita mayUrA!          - 4

Seeing thy lustre, thy beauty, thy graceful gait, thy tremulous gestures, thy gleam and glitter, O White Peacock, our eyes thrill as though Heaven had descended upon earth to dance….

gAravamu prIti gana kArunima tolkan vAraka yonarcu bhagavAnulu sameekSan tOrapu kutUhalamutO ninu vacincan Sree ramaNunASramaku SreeviramayUrA!    - 5

Bhagavan incessantly gives thee His look overflowing with Grace, love, and great compassion; and He always talks of thee with exceeding zeal. Thou art verily Goddess Lakshmi of Sri Ramanashram, O Peacock!...

veeNa ninadhammu vina vEga paruvettan nAnemuga nAbhramuga nATya maTu salpan Sonagiri Sree ramaNu Suddhamati hattan vANi avatArama vanandagu mayUrA!            - 6

To run as fast to hear the vina-music and dance, so finely and wonderfully, to get imprinted thus in the pure mind of Sri Ramana of Arunachala, thou mayst be the Goddess Saraswati incarnate, O Peacock!...

atvaguNa tEjamiTu sAkrutiga vaccen tatvamasi vAkyamiTu dhAvaLi madAlcen svAtvamavu neevu bhagawAnulaku sampUr– natvamuna nIva avurA Sita mayUrA!             - 7

Perhaps the radiance of Satvaguna (purity and light) has thus manifested in shape. Perhaps the Vedic utterance, That Thou art, Bhagavan’s exclusive possession complete perfection, art thou alone, O White Peacock!...

yendharuna Sailamidi yendadi barOdA andu janiyinciyu maharSi nitu cEran skanduni mayUramavO candranibha gAtrA vandanamu neeku bhagawAnu priya putrA!  - 8

Where is this Arunachala! Where is that Baroda! Having been born there, to have thus joined Maharshi here, art thou the Peacock of God Skanda, O thou of moon-like body? Hail to thee, O beloved Son of Bhagavan!”

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51 fascinating facts about Bollywood from the age of Classic Cinema

resented by Chandrakant Pednekar

Perhaps you’ve heard some of these before, perhaps not. We’ve found some really interesting facts about Bollywood since the very beginning, for your nostalgic pleasure.1. THE GOLDEN AGE OF INDIAN CINEMA DAWNED IN 1947 WITH INDIAN INDEPENDENCE. THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1947 AND 1961 IS CALLED ‘THE GOLDEN AGE’ BECAUSE IT USHERED IN NEW IDEAS AND VALUES WITHOUT IGNORING THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN CINEMA, A SPLENDID COMBINATION OF THE OLD AND NEW, WHICH ALSO PASSED INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND HAS CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.2. More and more films began to be made with every passing year. In the process, landmark moments and films began to be created and linked with those years. 1949 was one such revolutionary year that gave rise to several landmark films. The topmost among them being Andaz (1949), the first big-budget love triangle starring Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Nargis.3. Mahal directed by Kamal Amrohi and released in 1949 was the first suspense thriller made in India. Originally planned with singer/actress Suraiya, the film finally went to Madhubala who became a star with the haunting song ‘Aayega aayega aayega anewala aayega…’, along with its playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. Lata reinforced her position in 1949 with R.K Films – ‘Barsaat’, which revolutionized the world of film music with the entry of the musical duo – Shankar Jaikishan.4. Mohd. Rafi emerged as a prominent male playback singer in 1949 with another Madhubala starrer Dulari with the hit number “Suhani raat dhal chuki…”. The last year of 1940s proved to be a watershed year for film music, as it prominently gave rise to the playback system wherein professional singers sang for the actors on screen who just had to move their lips without worrying about the ‘sur’ and ‘taal’ of the songs.5. Raj Kapoor’s Awara (1951) not only signaled a change in the grammar of film-making but also brought India prominently on the world map. He grabbed the script of Awara from under the nose of the legendary Mehboob Khan and launched it on a big scale. With “Ghar aaya mera pardesi…” shot on a massive set, Awara became the mother of all dream-sequences.6. Bimal Roy started his career in Calcutta and introduced Bengali Literature to Hindi Cinema and transformed the latter in many ways. Greatly influenced by the neo-realist Italian films and other post-war films he saw at India’s first international film festival in 1952, Bimal Roy’s Do Bigha Zameen (1953) remains a landmark film that has influenced several films including Lagaan (2001). One can find echoes of “Hariyala sawan shol bajata aaya…” from Do Bigha Zameen in “Ghanan ghanan ghir aayee…” from Lagaan.7. Debonair Dev Anand used to model himself on the lines of famous Hollywood star, Gregory Peck. During the making of Taxi Driver (1954), Dev Anand proposed marriage to his heroine, Kalpana Kartik. Both walked across to the registrar of marriages during a shooting break. Both signed the register and came back to resume work. Hardly anybody was aware that they were now husband and wife. Kalpana Kartik decided to quit films after marriage but not before doing 2 more films with her husband Dev – House No. 44 (1955) and Nau Do Gyarah (1957).8. Saratchandra’s Devdas has always been a favourite with film makers. The silent version was made in 1927 by Naresh Mitra with Phani Burma in the lead. P.C.Barua made it in 1935 with himself in the Bengali version and with K.L.Saigal in the Hindi version. Bimal Roy directed his version with Dilip Kumar in 1955 while Sanjay Leela Bhansali had his own interpretation of the novel in 2002 with Shahrukh Khan.9. Chandramukhi’s role in Bimal Roy’s Devdas (1955) was rejected by Nargis, Bina Rai and Suraiya. Vyjayanthimala, who finally did the role refused to accept Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress Award for Devdas, stating that her role was as important as Paro’s. Years later, Reena Roy too, rejected Filmfare’s Best Supporting Actress trophy for Apnapan (1978), citing that her role was leading and not supporting.10. Truly Chaplin in form, content and treatment, Raj Kapoor’s Shree 420 (1955) remains his most socially significant comedy to date. It was a tremendous hit in India and overseas, especially in Russia, Egypt, Middle-East etc. “Ichak dana…” and “Mera joota hai japani…’ were rewritten in the languages of various countries and sung as local songs.11. V. Shantaram’s Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957) was inspired by the story of an ‘Open Prison’ experiment in Satara. The film portrays a young jail warden, Adinath, who rehabilitates six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue. During the shooting of the film, V. Shantaram battled with a bull and hurt his eyes and affected his vision. During the period of temporary blindness, he visualized some unseen colours of life which resulted into the making of his colourful Navrang (1959).12. Dilip Kumar initially refused to be part of Naya Daur (1957) but then, his friend Ashok Kumar, who heard and loved the story, convinced him to accept it. Madhubala was the female lead in this movie but when B.R. Chopra decided to shoot the movie in Bhopal, Madhubala’s father, Ataullah Khan, refused to let her go citing personal reasons. Finally, Madhubala had to be replaced with Vyjayantimala who entered a new phase of her career with the super hit – Naya Daur.13. Guru Dutt wanted Dilip Kumar to play the leading role in Pyaasa (1957). The Tragedy King declined because he thought this role was similar to his Devdas (1955). So, Guru Dutt himself decided to play the role. Similarly, Madhubala and Nargis were his first choices for the leading ladies, which were eventually played by Mala Sinha and Waheeda Rehman. Pyaasa went on to become a cult film in the history of Indian cinema.14. Mehboob Khan’s Mother India (1957), was the colour remake of his own Aurat (1940) which featured his wife Sardar Akhtar. Aurat was inspired from Pearl S. Buck’s novel “The Mother”. Nargis got the role of her lifetime in Mother India which fetched her the Best Actress Award at the Karlovy Vary festival. Mother India was nominated for the Oscar as the best foreign film but it lost to Fellini’s Nights of Caberia (1957) by a single vote.15. Kishore Kumar apparently made Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi (1958), hoping it would fail commercially. He wanted to show losses in his income, to avoid paying a huge tax to the authorities. So he made two films – Lukochuri (Bengali) and Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi, and waited eagerly for them to collapse. However, both went on to become box-office successes. Kumar was so disgusted with this that he gifted Chalti Ka Nam Gaadi and all its rights to his secretary Anoop Sharma, who retained the copyright.16. Anari (1959), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, brought together the sublimity of Raj Kapoor’s pairing with the timeless Nutan, celebrating the rich-poor divide through a story that saluted Raj Kapoor’s own Shree 420 (1955). Incidentally, Raj Kapoor’s brother Shashi Kapoor also starred in a film called Anari directed by Asit Sen in 1975. Later, Raj Kapoor’s grand-daughter Karisma Kapoor did another Anari in 1993 with the southern star Venkatesh.17. India’s first CinemaScope film Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) was directed by Guru Dutt who also played the lead in the film. Apparently, Guru Dutt was so upset by the poor (box office) response to his film, that he thereafter never took credit as ‘Director’ for any of his later films such as Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), or Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam (1962) even though they retain the unmistakable stamp of his direction. Though Kaagaz Ke Phool was a disaster in its time, it was later resurrected as a cult classic.18. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anuradha (1960) was a movie much ahead of its time and featured debutante Leela Naidu in the title role with Balraj Sahani. A relative of the national leader Sarojini Naidu, Leela Naidu, was crowned Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of ‘World’s Ten Most Beautiful Women’. The film’s classical-based music was composed by Sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar.19. K. Asif’s Mughal – E – Azam (1960) was actually planned in the 1940s. The political tensions surrounding India’s partition and independence in 1947 stalled the film’s production. Shortly after The Partition, financer Shiraz Ali migrated to Pakistan, leaving Asif without finance. Subsequently, the film’s lead Chandramohan suffered a heart attack and died in 1949. Ali had previously suggested the name of business tycoon Shapoorji Pallonji for financing the film. Pallonji did not know anything regarding the production of films, but he took a keen interest in the project and agreed to produce it due to his strong interest in Akbar’s history. Thus, began the saga of the magnum opus – Mughal–E–Azam!20. The Song “Pyar kiya to darna kiya…”, from Mughal – E – Azam (1960) has an unusual history to it. Naushad rejected 2 sets of lyrics made by Badayuni. Late in the night, Naushad remembered a folk song from Eastern Uttar Pradesh with the lyrics going as “Prem kiya, kya chori kari hai…”. The song was converted into a ghazal and subsequently recorded. As there was no technology to provide for the reverberation of sound heard in the song, Naushad had Lata Mangeshkar sing the song in a studio bathroom.21. A female-centric movie, based on a Bengali novel by Jarasandha, Bandini (1963) is the last directorial venture of Bimal Roy, a master of realism and regarded by many as his crowning achievement. Bimal Roy persuaded Nutan, who had given a magnificent performance in his Sujata (1959), to come out of her post-nuptial retirement and play the strictly raised, poetry-loving village girl, ‘Kalyani’. He convinced her to do Bandini, which went on to sweep all the top awards then, and is still considered a landmark movie of all time.22. Dosti (1964), a non star-cast film directed by Satyen Bose was made under the Rajshri banner and was biggest surprise hit of the year. The film focuses on the friendship between two boys, one blind and the other a cripple. Despite being released with Sangam, a blockbuster hit, Dosti was amongst the top ten grossers of 1964. It stands as a landmark in the career of Laxmikant-Pyarelal as this won them their first Filmfare Award and also made them popular in the film industry. Incidentally, R. D. Burman has played the harmonica throughout the film, which Ramu (one of the characters) plays throughout the film.23. Initially, Dilip Kumar was approached by Raj Kapoor to play the role of ‘Gopal Verma’ in Sangam (1964). Dilip Kumar agreed to play either one of the two male roles, with the condition that he was given the right to edit the final copy of the film. Since Raj Kapoor could not accept Dilip Kumar’s condition, he then approached Dev Anand for the role. The latter also declined the role citing date problems which ultimately went to Rajendra Kumar. Sangam ranked as the second highest grossing film of the decade.24. Brij Katyal’s script for Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965) was turned down by three top Producers. However, Director Suraj Prakash felt it was a beautiful story and accepted it, which went on to become his greatest hit. To prepare for his role as ‘Raja’, Shashi Kapoor would spend days with the boatmen in Kashmir to study their lifestyle. Sometimes, he would have meals with them. The original climax from the script had Raj beating up the bad guys. However, Suraj Prakash rejected it, and after watching Love in the Afternoon (1957), settled with Rita (Nanda) leaving everything behind to go back to Kashmir with Raja. Incidentally, Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965) got remade 3 decades later as Raja Hindustani (1996).25. B.R. CHOPRA HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED WAQT (1965) WITH PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR AND HIS THREE SONS, RAJ KAPOOR, SHAMMI KAPOOR AND SHASHI KAPOOR. EVENTUALLY, ONLY SHASHI KAPOOR WAS CAST, ALONG WITH RAJ KUMAR & SUNIL DUTT AS HIS ELDER BROTHERS, WHILE BALRAJ SAHANI PLAYED THE FATHER. WAQT PIONEERED THE IDEA OF A MULTI-STAR CAST IN INDIAN CINEMA AND RE-INTRODUCED THE LOST AND REUNITE FORMULA, ORIGINALLY MADE POPULAR IN KISMET (1943). WAQT ALSO SHOWCASES SOME OF THE TOP DIALOGUES SPOKEN BY RAAJ KUMAR LIKE “JINKE APNE GHAR SHEESHAY KE HON, WOH DOOSRON PAR PATTHAR NAHI PHENKA KARTE” AND “JAANI, YEH BACHCHON KE KHELNE KI CHEEZ NAHI, HAATH KAT JAYE TOH KHOON NIKAL AATA HAI”.26. Guide (1965) was made in two versions – an English version in collaboration with Pearl S. Buck and directed by Ted Danielewski and the Hindi version directed by Dev Anand’s younger brother Vijay Anand. It had never happened anywhere in the annals of cinema that the same story was filmed twice from two different perspectives with the same actor, one immediately after the other. Another striking feature about Guide is the Song ‘Kaaton se kheench ke ye aanchal…’ which begins from the ‘Antara’ instead of the ‘Mukhda’, a rare innovation unlike most Hindustani compositions.27. Teesri Manzil (1966) produced by Nasir Hussain & directed by Vijay Anand was originally planned with Dev Anand in the lead. Due to some reasons he could not do it & Shammi Kapoor replaced him in the film. However, Shammi Kapoor was not happy with Nasir Hussain’s choice of the music Director, R. D. Burman. He wanted Shankar Jaikishan to score the music but agreed to give Pancham a hearing. A nervous Pancham was ready with all the six tunes. The moment he heard Pancham sing “O Haseena Zulfonwali” and “Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera”, he jumped out of sheer joy & gave his approval for Teesri Manzil that soon revolutionised the world of Hindi Film Music.28. AROUND THE WORLD (1967) WAS INDIA’S FIRST FILM TO BE RELEASED IN 70 MM AND WAS EXTENSIVELY SHOT ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THE MAJOR OF THE FILM WAS SHOT ON A CRUISE SHIP. IT FEATURED RAJ KAPOOR AS AN INDIAN WHO TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD IN 8 DOLLARS. V.SHANTARAM’S DAUGHTER RAJSHREE PLAYED THE ROMANTIC LEAD IN THE FILM. SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND, AMERICAN STUDENT GREG CHAPMAN IN AMERICA DURING THE SHOOTING OF AROUND THE WORLD AND MARRIED HIM AS PER HINDU MARRIAGE RITUALS THAT LASTED 5 DAYS AND WAS ATTENDED BY 15,000 GUESTS.29. JEWEL THIEF (1967), WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME THRILLERS OF INDIAN CINEMA. WHILE DEV ANAND AND ASHOK KUMAR VIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THE TITLE OF JEWEL THIEF, THE GIRLS DID TOO. VYJAYANTHIMALA WAS ROPED IN TO PLAY THE MAIN HEROINE AS SAIRA BANU, THE ORIGINAL CHOICE COULD NOT DO THE FILM BECAUSE OF HER MARRIAGE WITH DILIP KUMAR. THE FILM ALSO FEATURED FOUR BOND GIRL-LIKE ACTRESSES PORTRAYED BY TANUJA, HELEN, FARYAL AND ANJU MAHENDRU. A SEQUEL OF JEWEL THIEF WAS RELEASED IN 1996, NAMED RETURN OF JEWEL THIEF WITH DEV ANAND AND ASHOK KUMAR PLAYING THEIR ORIGINAL ROLES.30. Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri praised his earlier film Shaheed (1965) and enthused Manoj Kumar to make a film on the ‘Jai Jawaan Jai Kissan’ slogan. The slogan helped Manoj Kumar’s official debut as a Director for Upkar (1967), where he believably played both a Jawan and a Kisan. A huge hit, Upkar made Manoj Kumar an authority on screen patriotism. Manoj Kumar started his Mr. Bharat persona and his brand of patriotism & fearless courage with this film. The script for Upkar (1967) was written in less than 24 hours on the train journey between Delhi and Mumbai.31. THE TRAGEDY KING DILIP KUMAR HAD TO TAKE PSYCHIATRIC ADVICE AFTER PLAYING MELANCHOLIC ROLES LIKE DEVDAS (1955). IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT HE PLAY ROLES WITH LIGHTER SHADES AND THE RESULT WAS AZAAD (1955) & KOHINOOR (1960). AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY LIGHTER ROLES AGAIN AROSE FOR HIM WITH RAM AUR SHYAM (1967), WHEREIN DILIP KUMAR PLAYED A DOUBLE ROLE. INTERESTINGLY, VYJAYANTHIMALA, WHO WAS TO PLAY ONE OF THE HEROINES, WAS REPLACED WITH WAHEEDA REHMAN. MALA SINHA, WHO WAS APPROACHED FOR THE OTHER LEAD, REJECTED IT PAVING THE WAY FOR MUMTAZ, WHO ROSE TO THE TOP LEAGUE AFTER DOING RAM AUR SHYAM.32. WHILE REHEARSING FOR ‘BABUL KI DUAYEN…’ FROM NEEL KAMAL (1968), RAFI SAAB WAS CONTINUOUSLY CRYING. THE MUSIC DIRECTOR RAVI WAS PUZZLED AND WENT TO MR. HAMID, (MOHD. RAFI’S BROTHER IN LAW AND SECRETARY) & ASKED HIM THE REASON FOR HIS OUTBURST. HAMID SAAB REVEALED THAT JUST A DAY BEFORE, HIS DAUGHTER HAD GOT ENGAGED AND RAFI SAAB BECAME EMOTIONAL AS THE SONG ALSO SUITED THE REAL LIFE SITUATION. THIS INSPIRATIONAL SONG WENT ON TO WIN A NATIONAL AWARD FOR MOHD. RAFI.33. KISHORE KUMAR’S PERFORMANCE IN PADOSAN (1968) WHERE HE BECOMES SUNIL DUTT’S VOICE TO WOO SAIRA BANU WAS A PRECURSOR TO HIS BECOMING A FULL-TIME PLAYBACK SINGER. THE VERY NEXT YEAR, SHAKTI SAMANTA OFFERED HIM TO SING FOR NEWCOMER RAJESH KHANNA IN ARADHANA (1969) AND THE REST IS HISTORY. BEFORE, ARADHANA, KISHORE KUMAR HAD ONLY SUNG FOR HIMSELF AND OCCASIONALLY FOR DEV ANAND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PADOSAN, AS THE STORY DEMANDED IT. ARADHANA WAS A MUSICAL BLOCKBUSTER AND KISHORE KUMAR WAS HERE TO STAY, IN THE NEW ROLE OF A PLAYBACK SINGER, RIGHT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN OCTOBER 1987.34. While recording the soundtrack of the film Aradhana (1969), S.D.Burman took ill after composing the two Rafi duets. The responsibility of finishing the soundtrack fell on his son R.D. Burman, who took charge and decided to use Kishore Kumar to record the solos, as Rafi was away on a tour abroad. The sizzling song from Aradhana – “Roop tera mastana…” – made Bollywood history as the first song picturised in one shot without a single cut. Aradhana went on to win Filmfare’s best film award while Sharmila Tagore won her first Best Actress trophy.35. DO RAASTE (1969), A FILM DIRECTED BY RAJ KHOSLA, EMPHASIZES THE SANCTITY OF THE JOINT FAMILY AND THE SUPREMACY OF RELATIONS THAT ARE STRONGER THAN TIES OF BLOOD. RAJESH KHANNA APPEARED UNSHAVEN THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE BECAUSE HE WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOOTING FOR ITTEFAQ (1969) WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO BE UNSHAVEN. RAJESH KHANNA CREATED HAVOC AT THE BOX OFFICE WITH ARADHANA AND DO RAASTE. WHAT’S MORE IN BOMBAY, THE TWO FILMS HAD THEIR MAIN THEATRES RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ONE ANOTHER, ARADHANA AT OPERA HOUSE AND DO RAASTE AT ROXY.36. THE CHARACTER OF ANAND (1970) WAS INSPIRED BY RAJ KAPOOR, WHO USED TO ADDRESS HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE AS “BABU MOSHAY”. HRISHIDA INFORMED WRITER GULZAR TO OPEN THE MOVIE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE AUDIENCE KNOWS IN THE FIRST SCENE ITSELF THAT ‘ANAND’ (RAJESH KHANNA) IS DEAD. HE DID NOT WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BE IN A STATE OF SUSPENSE TILL THE END AND KEEP GUESSING WHETHER ‘ANAND’ WILL SURVIVE OR NOT. BY DOING THAT HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON HOW ‘ANAND’ WANTS TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND MAKE THE BEST OF THE TIME HE HAS. THE MOVIE WENT ON TO BECOME A ‘SUPER HIT’ AND MADE THE CHARACTER OF ‘ANAND’, IMMORTAL.37. JOHNY MERA NAAM (1970) DIRECTED BY VIJAY ANAND IS CONSIDERED A DEV ANAND CLASSIC. IT ALSO BECAME DREAM-GIRL HEMA MALINI’S FIRST SUPERHIT. THOUGH THE MOVIE DEALT WITH THE SIMPLE “LOST AND FOUND” THEME, WHAT STOOD APART WAS ITS BRILLIANT TREATMENT BY DIRECTOR VIJAY ANAND. VARIOUS TRACKS WERE INTELLIGENTLY INTEGRATED IN THE MOVIE INCLUDING THE TRIPLE ROLES OF COMEDIAN I.S. JOHAR. THE SONG “HUSN KE LAKHON RANG…” PICTURISED ON PADMA KHANNA WAS CONSIDERED SO BOLD THAT IT FACED A LOT OF CENSOR PROBLEMS. THE FILM WENT ON TO BECOME A CULT MOVIE, AND THE HIGHEST GROSSER OF 1970.38. MERA NAAM JOKER (1970) IS THE SECOND HINDI FILM TO HAVE TWO INTERVALS, THE FIRST ONE BEING SANGAM (1964). THE MAGNUM OPUS OF RAJ KAPOOR, MERA NAAM JOKER WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 CHAPTERS, EACH DEPICTING A DIFFERENT PHASE IN A JOKER’S LIFE, PLAYED BY RAJ KAPOOR. SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING, MERA NAAM JOKER TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH AHEAD OF ITS TIME WAS NOT A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. HOWEVER, IT ACQUIRED CULT STATUS LATER AND IT IS NOW REGARDED AS A LANDMARK FILM OF INDIAN CINEMA.39. FROM ITS OPENING MONTAGE OF A YOUNG VILLAGE GIRL, WATCHING HER INDIFFERENT HUSBAND BRING HOME ANOTHER WIFE, TO THE FINAL MOMENTS, WHEN THE WOMAN IN HER TWILIGHT YEARS, IS TAKEN AWAY BY HER FOSTER-SON AMONGST THE FESTIVITIES OF DURGA PUJA, SHAKTI SAMANTA’S AMAR PREM (1971) IS A GLORIOUS HOMAGE TO WOMANHOOD. A MASTERPIECE DEALING WITH 2 PARALLEL TRACKS, ONE OF THE PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP THAT PUSHPA (SHARMILA TAGORE) SHARES WITH ANAND BABU (RAJESH KHANNA) AND THE OTHER OF PUSHPA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH A MOTHERLESS CHILD, AMAR AND PREM, TOUCHED THE EMOTIONAL CHORDS OF THE AUDIENCE TO THE FULLEST. IT IS STILL REMEMBERED FOR R.D.BURMAN’S MELODIOUS MUSIC AS MUCH AS IT IS REMEMBERED FOR RAJESH KHANNA’S FAMOUS DIALOGUE “PUSHPA, I HATE TEARS”.40. THE STORY FOR HARE RAMA HARE KRISHNA (1971) ACTUALLY CAME TO DEV ANAND’S MIND WHEN HE SAW HIPPIES AND THEIR FALLEN VALUES IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL. HE WANTED TO CAST MUMTAZ AS HIS NEPALI GIRLFRIEND AND ZAHEEDA, HIS CO-STAR OF PREM PUJARI, IN THE SISTER’S ROLE. ZAHEEDA DECLINED AND INSISTED ON PLAYING MUMTAZ’S PART. SHE ULTIMATELY LOST THE ROLE TO SENSUOUS ZEENAT AMAN WHO HIT BIG TIME WITH THIS FILM. THIS MUSICAL FAMILY DRAMA HAS AN ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE AND ALSO DEPICTS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WESTERNIZATION SUCH AS DIVORCE AND ALIENATION.41. KAMAL AMROHI’S PAKEEZAH WAS LAUNCHED IN 1958 BUT TOOK 14 YEARS TO COMPLETE. IT WAS LAUNCHED IN BLACK-AND-WHITE, BUT WHEN COLOUR CAME IN VOGUE, AMROHI SCRAPPED THE PORTIONS ALREADY SHOT AND DECIDED TO START AGAIN. LATER, CINEMASCOPE CAME INTO VOGUE, AND AMROHI ACQUIRED A CINEMASCOPE LENS FROM MGM AND SCRAPPED THE PLAIN COLOUR PORTIONS TOO. FINALLY, IT WAS RELEASED IN 1972, JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE MEENA KUMARI’S DEATH. THE FILM HAD A SLOW START AT THE BOX-OFFICE BUT WENT ON TO BECOME A MAJOR HIT AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE SWAN SONG OF THE LEGENDARY MEENA KUMARI. LATE GHULAM MOHAMMED’S MUSIC IN PAKEEZAH CAUGHT THE FANCY OF THE ENTIRE NATION.42. SEETA AUR GEETA (1972) WAS THE FEMALE VERSION OF RAM AUR SHYAM (1967) BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE. DIRECTOR RAMESH SIPPY HAD HIS OWN UNIQUE INTERPRETATION OF IDENTICAL TWINS WHICH HE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIENCE INTERESTINGLY. INITIALLY, MUMTAZ WAS OFFERED THE DOUBLE ROLES OF ‘SEETA’ AND ‘GEETA’ BUT SHE COULD NOT DO THE FILM. SO IT WAS OFFERED TO HEMA MALINI WHO LAPPED UP THE OPPORTUNITY AND ZOOMED TO THE TOP SPOT WITH ITS GRAND SUCCESS. IT NOT ONLY EARNED HER THE FIRST FILMFARE AWARD BUT TILL DATE REMAINS THE BEST FILM OF HER CAREER.43. BOBBY (1973) A FILM DIRECTED BY RAJ KAPOOR WAS VERY POPULAR AND WIDELY IMITATED. IT ALSO REPRESENTED THE FILM DÉBUT FOR DIMPLE KAPADIA AND THE FIRST LEADING ROLE FOR RAJ KAPOOR’S SON, RISHI KAPOOR. THE MOVIE IS KNOWN TO BE A TREND-SETTER IN ITS OWN RIGHT WHICH INTRODUCED THE GENRE OF TEENAGE ROMANCE WITH A RICH-VS-POOR CLASH AS A BACKDROP. THE FILM BECAME A BLOCKBUSTER AND WAS THE TOP GROSSER OF 1973. INCIDENTALLY, DIMPLE KAPADIA MARRIED SUPERSTAR RAJESH KHANNA BEFORE THE RELEASE OF BOBBY AND WAVED GOOD-BYE TO FILMS FOR ALMOST A DECADE.44. YASH CHOPRA BRANCHED OUT FROM HIS BROTHER B.R. CHOPRA’S PRODUCTION HOUSE, B.R. FILMS TO START HIS OWN COMPANY YASH RAJ FILMS IN 1973 AND LAUNCHED DAAG: A POEM OF LOVE. HE SIGNED THE REIGNING SUPERSTAR RAJESH KHANNA ALONG WITH THE BENGAL TIGERESS- SHARMILA TAGORE AND RAKHEE. A LOVE TRIANGLE WITH A DIFFERENCE DAAG: A POEM OF LOVE SHOWCASED THE INTRICACIES OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS WHICH WERE TO BECOME YASH CHOPRA’S FORTE IN SUBSEQUENT FILMS. AN ADAPTATION OF THE NOVEL “THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE”, THE FILM ALSO HAD INTERESTING SITUATIONS FOR LAXMIKANT- PYARELAL’S SUPERHIT MUSIC.45. JUST AS THE ESTABLISHED FILM-MAKER RAJ KAPOOR ADOPTED A MODERN APPROACH FOR BOBBY (1973), SO ALSO NASIR HUSSAIN, THE MAKER OF MUSICAL LOVE STORIES DID AN ABOUT TURN WITH THE MULTI-STARRER LOST-AND-FOUND DRAMA, YAADON KI BAARAT (1973). DESPITE, ITS ACTION ORIENTED THEME, THIS MOVIE IS STILL REMEMBERED FOR ITS UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC BY R. D. BURMAN, ESPECIALLY THE EVERGREEN ROMANTIC “CHURA LIYA HAI…” WHICH IS STILL THE MOST FAVOURITE SONG OF THE REMIX ARTISTES. THIS MOVIE ALSO FEATURES AAMIR KHAN IN THE TITLE SONG AS THE YOUNGEST KID.46. AMITABH WAS THE FIFTH CHOICE AFTER DEV ANAND, RAJ KUMAR, DHARMENDRA AND RAJESH KHANNA FOR THE LEAD ROLE IN ZANJEER (1973). DEV WANTED THE ACTOR TO BE ALLOWED TO SING A COUPLE OF SONGS AND ASKED PRAKASH TO DIRECT UNDER HIS NAVKETAN BANNER. DHARMENDRA COULD NOT FIT INTO SCHEDULE. RAJESH FEARED THE ROLE MIGHT TELL UPON HIS ROMANTIC IMAGE. IT WAS PRAN WHO SUGGESTED MEHRA TO SEE BOMBAY TO GOA (1972). THE FILM HAD A FIGHT SCENE, AND THE MOMENT PRAKASH SAW THE FIGHT SCENE, HE SCREAMED “MIL GAYA!!”. THE MOVIE CHANGED THE TREND FROM ROMANTIC FILMS TO ACTION FILMS AND PIONEERED AMITABH’S NEW IMAGE OF A BROODING YET EXPLOSIVE PERSON WHO FIGHTS BACK WHEN CORNERED.47. AFTER ZANJEER (1973) WAS DECLARED A HIT, AMITABH AND JAYA GOT MARRIED. BY THE TIME, THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ABHIMAAN (1973) RELEASED, THE REEL-LIFE COUPLE HAD BECOME HUSBAND AND WIFE IN REAL LIFE TOO. ABHIMAAN (1973), DIRECTED BY HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED AS RAAG RAGINI. ABHIMAAN WAS EVEN POPULAR IN SRI LANKA AND WAS SCREENED CONTINUOUSLY FOR TWO YEARS IN THE SAME MOVIE THEATER, NEW OLYMPIA, COLOMBO.48. THE FILM NAYA DIN NAYI RAAT (1974) WAS KNOWN FOR SANJEEV KUMAR’S NINE-ROLE EPIC PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS EARLIER PLAYED BY SIVAJI GANESAN IN NAVARATHIRI (1964)(TAMIL) AND BY AKKINENI NAGESWARA RAO IN NAVARATHRI (1966)(TELUGU). THIS FILM HAD ENHANCED SANJEEV KUMAR’S STATUS AND REPUTATION AS AN ACTOR IN HINDI CINEMA. YEARS LATER, KAMAL HAASAN APPEARED IN TEN DISTINCT ROLES IN DASAVATHAARAM (2008), MAKING IT THE FIRST TIME THAT AN ACTOR HAS APPEARED IN SO MANY ROLES IN WORLD CINEMA. A YEAR LATER, THIS RECORD WAS BROKEN BY PRIYANKA CHOPRA, WHEN SHE ESSAYED TWELVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN WHATS’S YOUR RAASHEE? (2009), EACH CHARACTER, REPRESENTATIVE OF A ZODIAC SIGN.49. SHYAM BENEGAL IS RIGHTLY CALLED THE FATHER OF NEW WAVE CINEMA IN THE SEVENTIES. WHILE MRINAL SEN KICK-STARTED THE MOVEMENT IN 1969 WITH BHUVAN SHOME, BENEGAL PUT IT FIRMLY ON TRACKS WITH HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT ANKUR (1974). HE TOOK FORWARD THE FEUDAL FABLE OF SATYAJIT RAY’S PATHER PANCHALI (1955) OR BIMAL ROY’S DO BIGHA ZAMEEN (1953) IN HIS OWN STYLE. TILL THIS DAY, SHYAM BENEGAL HAS’NT STOPPED MAKING SOCIALLY RELEVANT FILMS THAT TOUCH A CHORD IN THE HUMAN HEART. SHABANA AZMI MADE HER DEBUT IN ANKUR IN A ROLE ORIGINALLY OFFERED TO VETERAN WAHEEDA REHMAN. HER PERFORMANCE WAS SO MESMERIZING THAT EVEN SATYAJIT RAY COMMENTED, “IN TWO HIGH-PITCHED SCENES SHE PULLS OUT ALL STOPS AND FIRMLY ESTABLISHES HERSELF AS ONE OF OUR FINEST DRAMATIC ACTRESSES.”50. WHILE UPKAR (1967) WAS INSPIRED BY LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI’S SLOGAN “JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN”, MANOJ KUMAR’S ROTI KAPDA AUR MAKAN (1974) WAS INSPIRED BY INDIRA GANDHI’S “GARIBI HATAO” SLOGAN. THE BASIC IDEA FOR THE FILM ALSO STEMMED FROM A RECITAL MANOJ KUMAR HAD HEARD AT A SCHOOL FUNCTION WHILE THE SCENE WHERE HE THROWS HIS DEGREE IN HIS FATHER’S FUNERAL PYRE WAS INSPIRED FROM A NEWSPAPER REPORT IN 1972. MANOJ KUMAR DEFTLY HANDLED THE ENSEMBLE CAST BALANCING THE STRONG SOCIAL UNDERCURRENTS WITH THE NECESSARY COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS. IT CONTINUES TO BE TOPICAL EVEN AFTER 38 YEARS OF ITS RELEASE.51. THE CHARACTER OF GABBAR SINGH IN THIS ACTION ADVENTURE FILM – SHOLAY (1975) WAS MODELED ON A REAL-LIFE DACOIT OF THE SAME NAME WHO MENACED THE VILLAGES AROUND GWALIOR IN THE 1950S. ANY POLICEMAN CAPTURED BY THE REAL GABBAR SINGH, HAD HIS EARS AND NOSE CUT OFF, AND WAS THEN RELEASED AS AN OBJECT LESSON TO OTHER POLICEMEN. INITIALLY, THE PRODUCERS APPROACHED DANNY DENZONGPA FOR THE ROLE OF THE BANDIT CHIEF, BUT HE WAS COMMITTED TO FEROZ KHAN’S DHARMATMA (1975), HENCE CHARACTER ACTOR JAYANT’S SON AMJAD KHAN WAS ROPED IN. HE PREPARED HIMSELF FOR THE PART BY READING A BOOK TITLED ‘ABAR ABHISHAPTA CHAMBAL’, WHICH TOLD OF THE EXPLOITS OF CHAMBAL DACOITS. AMJAD KHAN PLAYED THE ROLE SO CONVINCINGLY THAT HE MADE THE CHARACTER OF GABBAR SINGH IMMORTAL.

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New Bhojpuri Song-2017-|महारानी |Maharani|Bhojpuri Video Album - Singer Rasu Das hits

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News updates on the following topics covered in our today's blog post.

>Shershaah releasing in theatres in this day starring Sidharth Malhotra & Kiara Advani.

>Presenting the poster of new short film Happy Birthday, Starring Anupam Kher &

Aahana Kumra

>As cinemas now operating with full occupancy, many films announcing its release date, A list of few 26 Bollywood films confirmed release dates 2021 as of now, check out the full list.

>PK 2 will have Ranbir Kapoor as the lead.

Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra confirmed.

>Arjun Rampal & Sunny Leone Starrer The Battle Of Bhima Koregaon Releasing date confirmed.

>Tripti Dimri to play RanbirKapoor’s mistress.

>Akshay Kumar & Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story wins Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021.

>A big scale biographical drama series has been announced on the life of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.

>Tamil actor Indra Kumar commits suicide.

>These following five films clashes are confirmed as of now, check out the list.

>Roohi's new song Panghat releasing On Monday!

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thank you for the tag @cheesybadgers!

1. Favorite song at the moment: Woman - Doja Cat

2. Song you associate with your favorite ship: Wicked game - Chris Isaak

3. Song that could be about you: Put it on me - Matt Maeson

4. Song you find overrated: pretty much anything by Beyonce I guess.

5. Song that reminds you of a good memory: Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John. Reminds me of the fresh start at university, meeting new people from all over the world, making plans with them and staying up until the sunrise talking.

6. Last song you listened to: She knows - J.Cole

7. Song that makes you laugh: 500 miles - The Proclaimers

8. Song you want your mutuals to listen to: Cray - Nothing But Thieves. It’s my favorite cover of the original and it makes you feel like the villain, so :)

no pressure tags: @wild-at-heart-kept-in-cage @doin-stuff @beskarboobs @maharani-radha @captn-andor @walt-breslin @cheshire-noir

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Devi Bhajan: Navratron Ke Din Aaye Hain Singer: Narendra Chanchal Music Director: Surinder Kohli Lyricist: Namrata Narendra Chanchal Album: Ghar Jot Jagi Maharani Ki (Jai Ho) -- Navratri Festival Song..Navratron Ke Din I NARENDRA CHANCHAL I New Version I FULL HD VIDEON (via T-Series Bhakti Sagar)