#Sohrab Modi

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Time for another round of pre-partition posters

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Naseem Banu in Sheesh Mahal (1950)

[ dir. Sohrab Modi ]

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Remembering legendary actor-filmmaker #SohrabModi on his 40th death anniversary (28/01/1984).

Sohrab Modi with #BimalRoy, Mrs. Bimal Roy and #DilipKumar.

What are your favourite Sohrab Modi films?

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सिकंदर | Sikandar (1941) | Prithviraj Kapoor, Sohrab Modi | Part 03 #fil...

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BOLLYWOOD'S 36 MOST TALENTED ACTORS & 36 MOST TALENTED ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME (@INDIES) !

(75% WEIGHTED ON -

THE TOP 400  GREATEST MALE PERFORMANCES IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY!

&

THE TOP 400 GREATEST FEMALE PERFORMANCES IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY!)

Full List in Written Form -

Male List-

.Rajesh Khanna

.Dilip Kumar

.Guru Dutt

.Prithviraj Kapoor

.Dev Anand

.Shammi Kapoor

.K. L. Saigal

.Pradeep Kumar

.Sanjeev Kumar

.Bharat Bhushan

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.Ashok Kumar

.Rajendra Kumar

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.Sachin

.Dharmendra

.Vinod Khanna

.Raaj Kumar

.Naseeruddin Shah

.Vinod Mehra

.Sohrab Modi

.Farooq Shaikh

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.Kishore Kumar

.I. S. Johar

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.Sunil Dutt

.Sailesh Kumar

.Harindranath Chattopadhyay .

Female List-

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.Vidya Sinha

.Khursheed

.Sadhana

.Hansa Wadkar

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.Nalini Jaywant

.Rekha

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“Raj Hath”  /  1956  /  Lobby card featuring Sohrab Modi and Madhubala 

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Probably the only indian movie about jews. In this case, a urdu movie set in the Roman Empire.

Meena Kumari in Yahudi (1958)

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Series DIRECTOR'S CUT and the song under review is Mere Sapne mein aanaa

By Dinesh Shankar Shailendra

DIRECTOR'S CUT Sohrab Modi....

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.Tupac Shakur

Director Sohrab Modi made a film called Raj Hath ( Royal Stubbornness ).... released in 1956....

The film was actually the dramatic, Hindi film version of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet '..... The progeny of warring kings fall in love...

Shanker Jaikishen had shaken up the world of Hindi film music with their innovative style.... They were riding high on their success upon success... With them, were their partners in 'crime'..... Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.... Writing lyrics, that would stand the test of time and competition....

Shanker-Jaikishen, Hasrat and Shailendra contributed with eleven songs for 'Raj Hath' ! Each one a masterpiece... Sixty years on, 'RajHath' is known for it's great songs...

Sohrab Modi, by 1955-56, had already directed about twenty films before 'Raj Hath'... He knew his craft.... When he asked for a song where the girl ( Madhubala ) admits to having fallen in love with the Hero ( Pradeep Kumar ), Shanker-Jaikishen and Shailendra gave him this.....

A song that would be remembered for years to come.... The seasoned campaigner, Sohrab Modi knew, he did not have to really work hard on shooting.....

Lata Mangeshkar's scintillating singing, Shanker-Jaikishen's music, Shailendra's words and Madhubala's beauty would carry the message through to the audience's hearts....

He shoots the song in a very simple way...No fancy movements, no gimmickry with the camera ( In fact, at places, the camera moves jerkily ).....

JUST SIMPLE !

Madhubala is coming from the temple.... Lata Mangeshkar's 'aalaap' is the beginning of the song....

"मेरे सपने में आना रे, सजनामेरे सपने में आना रे "

Dattaram's foot-tapping rhythm enters .... A solo violin and a mandolin join in...

" वो बात ज़रा मेरे कानों में, फिर से कह जाना रे मेरे सपने में आना रे, सजना मेरे सपने में आना रे."

Just a few violins and mandolin make the interlude...

" थके-थके नैन पिया देखें राह तेरी धीरे-धीरे जादू करे चाँद की उजेरी समाँ बड़ा ही सुहाना रे, सजना...."

Another interlude...... The next verse....

" चोरी-चोरी आके पिया बैठना सिरहाने, जानके मैं चुप रहूँगी नींद के बहाने, मुझे छेड़के जगाना रे, सजना..."

" मेरे सपने में आना रे, सजना, मेरे सपने में आना रे वो बात ज़रा मेरे कानों में, फिर से कह जाना रे..."

A solo violin ends the song.... Madhubala seems lost in her dreams....

Shailendra writes the second verse very beautifully... and carefully ! Without being overt, he retains a certain degree of sensuality ....

Have you ever dreamed of someone you love ? Has he/she ever woken you up from that beautiful dream, to be with you ? Well... I have had this experience ....and it will stay with me forever, as one of the best moments in my life...

" SIRHAANEY " : Near to where the head is placed....

Ever heard this word in a poem or a song ? Neither have I.... ! This is what Shailendra was known for.... using common, daily-used, homely words to create a sensuous and dream-like situation....

Sohrab Modi would have never regretted Shanker-Jaikishen as his choice for 'Raj Hath'......

मुझे छेड़के जगाना रे,...

Song : mere sapne mein aana re sajna.. Movie : Raj Hath ,1956 , Director : Sohrab Modi Music Director :Shankar Jaikishan, Singer : Lata Mangeshkar, Lyricist ...

THE WRITER IS THE YOUNGEST SON OF LYRICIST SHAILENDRA

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There is something really special about pre-partition Bollywood posters

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Sheesh Mahal (1950)  //  dir. Sohrab Modi

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Remembering #KamalAmrohi on his 31st death anniversary (11/02/93).

As a director, he developed a style that combined a stylised direction with minimalist performances. This style was different from the one with expressive acting that was common in the Indian cinema of his period.

Kamal Amrohi was born in Amroha, which was part of British India and is now in Uttar Pradesh, India. He changed his name to Kamal Amrohi later. He was related to two Pakistani writers, Jaun Elia and Rais Amrohvi, as their first cousin. In 1938, Kamal left his hometown to study in Lahore, which is now in Pakistan. There, a singer named K. L. Saigal found him and brought him to Mumbai to work in films. He started his film career at Sohrab Modi's film company, Minerva Movietone, and worked on movies like "Jailor," "Pukar," and "Bharosa."

Kamal Amrohi became a film director in 1949 with his first movie "Mahal," which had famous actors Madhubala and Ashok Kumar. This movie was known for its music. He directed only four movies in total, including "Daaera" with Meena Kumari and Nasir Khan, and "Pakeezah," which took a long time to make and was released in 1972. "Pakeezah" is considered a special movie in India, even though it had some flaws. Meena Kumari, who was a famous actress and Kamal's wife, praised "Pakeezah" as Kamal's tribute to her. His last movie was "Razia Sultan" in 1983. He also started making a film called "Majnoon" but it was never finished.

Kamal Amrohi also wrote scripts for other directors and was one of the writers for the famous movie "Mughal-e-Azam" in 1960, which won him an award. His style of directing was known for being different and unique, focusing more on the visual style and less on dramatic acting.

In 1958, he opened a studio named Kamaal Studios, but it closed after three years. He had planned to make another movie called "Aakhri Mughal" but it was never made. Film maker J P Dutta wanted to make this movie in the late 1990s and again in 2007, but it didn't happen. Kamal Amrohi died on February 11, 1993, in Mumbai, 21 years after his wife, Meena Kumari, passed away. He was buried next to her in Mumbai.

Six days after he died, a newspaper in the UK called The Independent wrote about him, saying he was a big figure in the Hindi film industry for over 50 years.

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सिकंदर | Sikandar (1941) | Prithviraj Kapoor, Sohrab Modi | Part 03 #fil...

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BOLLYWOOD'S 36 MOST TALENTED ACTORS & 36 MOST TALENTED ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME (@INDIES)!

75% WEIGHTED ON: THE INDIES LISTS ON -

THE TOP 400 GREATEST MALE PERFORMANCES IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY!

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Male List-

.Rajesh Khanna

.Dilip Kumar

.Guru Dutt

.Prithviraj Kapoor

.Dev Anand

.Shammi Kapoor

.K. L. Saigal

.Pradeep Kumar

.Sanjeev Kumar

.Bharat Bhushan

.Govinda

.Manoj Kumar

.Ashok Kumar

.Rajendra Kumar

.Amitabh Bachchan

.Balraj Sahni

.Sachin

.Dharmendra

.Vinod Khanna

.Raaj Kumar

.Naseeruddin Shah

.Vinod Mehra

.Sohrab Modi

.Farooq Shaikh

.Salman Khan

.Abhi Bhattacharya

.R. Madhavan

.Karan Dewan

.Akshaye Khanna

.Mithun Chakraborty

.Kishore Kumar

.I. S. Johar

.Shashi Kapoor

.Sunil Dutt

.Sailesh Kumar

.Harindranath Chattopadhyay .

Female List-

.Meena Kumari

.Vidya Sinha

.Khursheed

.Sadhana

.Hansa Wadkar

.Zeenat Aman

.Asha Parekh

.Nalini Jaywant

.Rekha

.Anita Guha

.Meena Shorey

.Sulakshana Pandit

.Pooja Bhatt

.Kalpana Mohan

.Waheeda Rehman

.Madhubala

.Bina Rai

.Patience Cooper

.Jehanara Kajjan

.Suchitra Sen

.Nutan

.Nanda

.Moushumi Chatterjee

.Indrani Mukherjee

.Kamini Kaushal

.Nargis

.Saira Banu

.Leela Chitnis

.Shyama

.Ayesha Jhulka

.Rati Agnihotri

.Hema Malini

.Jaya Prada

.Kanan Kaushal

.Rehana Sultan

.Raakhee .

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SOHRAB MODI IN A HISTORICAL MOVIE PRITHVI BALLABH