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Remembering Sunil Dutt The First Truly Feminist Hero Of Hindi Cinema On His Birth Anniversary
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Sunil Dutt didn’t pretend to be a feminist. It came naturally to him. He would pick up his wife the great Nargis’s trailing gown from the floor as easily as he could play the reformist hero of his lovely leading lady Nutan in the fabulous Sujata. And when Nutan became the dominant spouse in Khandaan , Dutt Saab surrendered wholeheartedly to the mollycoddling.

In an interview conducted in the 1990s, Sunil Dutt told Subhash K Jha. “I didn’t think of these things, whether my role was more or less than my leading lady. In Mother India, Nargisji was the hero. I am thankful for the opportunity to play her son in Mother India, that’s how we met and became man and wife.”

Among all the screen heroes, Sunil Dutt was the only true feminist. While several leading men pretend to believe in gender equality their actions prove otherwise.
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  • 6/6/2025
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
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20 Years Without Sunil Dutt
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Shining the spotlight on the career of the incredible Sunil Dutt, Subhash K Jha walks down memory lane and hears from some of Dutt’s co-stars on why they thought he was so special.

“A true gentleman” is how the legendary Waheeda Rehman describes Sunil Dutt. “He was kind, considerate, and very supportive as a co-star. Dutt Saab ke baare mein jo tareef karen wohkam hai. All of us heroines felt very special in his presence. A wonderful friend, a devoted husband, and a terrific co-star, what more can any woman want? The films I did with Dutt Saab didn’t become big hits. But I cherished every moment of Reshma Aur Shera, which he directed. I even got the National Award for Reshma Aur Shera. Lekin National award unhe milni chahiye. Every frame in Reshma Aur Shera was Dutt Saab’s vision.”

From Nalini Jaywant in Railway Platform in...
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  • 5/25/2025
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
When Saira Banu Was Scolded By Shammi Kapoor In Front Of The Crowd While Filming For Her Debut Film, Junglee: “This Made Me Howl Further”
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Sair Banu Once Revealed How Shammi Kapoor Pretended To Scold Her When She Was Failing To Perform A Scene(Photo Credit – YouTube)

Shammi Kapoor was a legendary actor and his characters were full of energy. The veteran star has worked with many talented actors and actresses including the gorgeous Saira Banu. She made her debut with Junglee opposite Kapoor, and while filming a song, the actress was failing to do it correctly. Saira got nervous with a large crowd around watching them shoot and broke down in tears leading Shammi to scold her. However, this gave her the much-needed push to know the entire story and keep scrolling.

Junglee was a comedy film starring Shammi and Saira in the leading roles. It was directed by Subodh Mukherjee, known for movies like Paying Guest, Abhinetri, Teesri Aankh, and more. The movie also featured Shashikala, Anoop Kumar, and Lalita Pawar in supporting roles.
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  • 3/11/2025
  • by Esita Mallik
  • KoiMoi
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Remembering The Brilliance of Director Manmohan Desai
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I was only 24 when I met Manmohan Desai. Just eight years later, this man who was full of joie de vivre was gone.

How? The suddenness of this happy-go-lucky man’s death drove all of us movie buffs up the wall. To me Manji, still seems like the least likely candidate for self annihilation.

Though his aching back was against the wall, literally, he held forth on man movies and life with an infectious zest. His comments on offbeat films and filmmakers had me in splits. His films were kitsch art, though catch him admitting to anything arty about his works! His cinematic world encompassed a utopia where high melodrama resolved itself magically. To his abiding exasperation critics insisted on searching for logic in his films.

The maverick moviemaker said to me, “Do they realize how much brains and money are needed to make my kind of films? I really enjoy what I’m doing.
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  • 2/26/2025
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
'Bigg Boss 17': Salman Khan jokes about Anurag Dobhal, says 'isi season main the na woh?'
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on the grand finale night joked about former ‘Bigg Boss 17’ contestant and Youtuber Abhishek Dobhal’s absence from the show on Sunday.

In a moment of laughter, Salman talked about Anurag and said: “Isi season main the na who? Mujhse ya Bigg Boss se bahut khafa hai woh… Itna post kardiya Bigg Boss ke barre main ke woh aaya nahi.. Kahin wadiyo main hoga.”

Anurag on Instagram stories had revealed the reason as to why he is skipping the much-awaited ‘Bigg Boss 17’. He said it is due to “self respect”.

In a cryptic post on Instagram, Anurag shared: “Atma samman ke liye main uski jhoothi tareef nahi kar sakta.. For those who are asking I said no to attend Bigg Boss finale. #brosenaontop #biggboss17.”

The message is not clear if its directed to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan or the makers.

During his stint in the show,...
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  • 1/28/2024
  • by Agency News Desk
  • GlamSham
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“Mumbai Diaries Season 2 Is more intricately sketched” – A Subhash K Jha Review
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Mumbai Diaries Season 2 (Prime Video)

Starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Mohit Raina, Tina Desai, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Satyajeet Dubey, Natasha Bharadwaj, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Prakash Belawadi, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Riddhi Dogra

Directed by Nikhil Advani

Overlooking the rather strange lacuna in the timeline whereby the second season moves from the terror attack of 26/11/2008 to the monsoonal deluge of 26/7/2005, Mumbai Diaries part 2 is a more intricately sketched portrayal of a city under siege than part 1 which suffered from under-developed characters and over-informed plot developments.

By now we know who’s who at the Bombay General Hospital. They need no introduction, and their function within the disembodied domain of injury and trauma is clearly aligned to the crisis on hand. There is more of Konkona Sen Sharma’s Chitra Das this time than Mohit Raina’s Dr Kaushik Oberoi, the head of trauma who seems pretty traumatized himself.

There are tons of trauma to be negotiated...
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  • 10/6/2023
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
Javed Akhtar: Indian films have always reflected the mood of society
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Veteran writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar said on Thursday evening that Indian films have been faithfully reflecting the sentiments of the society. “Indian films have always depicted and reflected what is happening in our society. The cinema comes from the society. It is the same with dreams. What is there in the conscious and subconscious mind will get reflected in dreams as well,” Akhtar said at the launch of his book, ‘Talking Life: Javed Akhtar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir’.

Akhtar said that in the 1930-1940s, when K.L Saigal essayed Devdas’s role, the ‘khansi’ (cough) had become a virtue and fashion. “Self-destruction had become a virtue because of Saigal. However, as the society grew, this self-destructive virtue also vanished,” he said.

“When the Nehruvian era came, everyone thought that soon things would be fine,” Akhtar continued. “But as people felt that not much was changing, cinema gave...
  • 9/22/2023
  • by Agency News Desk
Javed Akhtar: Indian films have always reflected the mood of society
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Veteran writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar said on Thursday evening that Indian films have been faithfully reflecting the sentiments of the society. “Indian films have always depicted and reflected what is happening in our society. The cinema comes from the society. It is the same with dreams. What is there in the conscious and subconscious mind will get reflected in dreams as well,” Akhtar said at the launch of his book, ‘Talking Life: Javed Akhtar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir’.

Akhtar said that in the 1930-1940s, when K.L Saigal essayed Devdas’s role, the ‘khansi’ (cough) had become a virtue and fashion. “Self-destruction had become a virtue because of Saigal. However, as the society grew, this self-destructive virtue also vanished,” he said.

“When the Nehruvian era came, everyone thought that soon things would be fine,” Akhtar continued. “But as people felt that not much was changing, cinema gave...
See full article at GlamSham
  • 9/22/2023
  • by Agency News Desk
  • GlamSham
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Transforming society through films: The life and cinema of V Shantaram
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Cinema can be a powerful medium for social transformation, and no one gauged it better than the legendary V Shantaram who used his memorable films to attack the malaise of untouchability and caste, forced marriages of young women to (rich) old men, dowry, communalism and regionalism, as well as to humanise policemen, prostitutes, and convicts.

And, he was not deterred when any of his courageous films ran afoul of vested interests.

When his “Apna Desh (Hindi)/Nam Nadu (Tamil)” (1949), an eloquent appeal against the deepening fault-lines threatening to destabilise the newly-independent country, faced an ill-informed and easily-swayed public and a malicious media campaign, there were powerful backers to ensure it faced no problems. These were no less than Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Morarji Desai, the then home ministers of India and Bombay state, his daughter recounted in his autobiography.

Far ahead of his times but constantly re-inventing himself, Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre,...
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  • 11/18/2022
  • by Glamsham Bureau
  • GlamSham
Bollywood actresses, who were once the reigning queens of negative roles
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Mumbai, Oct 7 (Ians) The portrayal of women in Hindi cinema has undergone a sea change compared to an era gone by. The digital age has rendered more substance to the female characters with even the female protagonists having grey shades but there was a time when Bollywood had stereotypical portrayal of women.

And, there have been actresses, who mastered the craft of portraying characters such as that of mother-in-laws, vamps and gangster moll with absolute finesse, so much that these actresses became synonymous with those parts.

Here are some of the actresses who have essayed the roles of mother-in-laws, vamps and gangster moll under the umbrella of negative characters, with aplomb.

The Evil Mother-in-law:

Lalita Pawar: The Og! Lalita Pawar’s portrayal of a cruel mother-in-law can not be matched upto till date even by the finest of actresses. If you remember words like ‘Kulta’, ‘Kamini’, ‘Kalmuhi’ and ‘Karamjali...
See full article at GlamSham
  • 10/7/2022
  • by Glamsham Bureau
  • GlamSham
Bollywood actresses, who were once the reigning queens of negative roles
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The portrayal of women in Hindi cinema has undergone a sea change compared to an era gone by. The digital age has rendered more substance to the female characters with even the female protagonists having grey shades but there was a time when Bollywood had stereotypical portrayal of women.

And, there have been actresses, who mastered the craft of portraying characters such as that of mother-in-laws, vamps and gangster moll with absolute finesse, so much that these actresses became synonymous with those parts.

Here are some of the actresses who have essayed the roles of mother-in-laws, vamps and gangster moll under the umbrella of negative characters, with aplomb.

The Evil Mother-in-law

Lalita Pawar: The Og! Lalita Pawar’s portrayal of a cruel mother-in-law can not be matched upto till date even by the finest of actresses. If you remember words like ‘Kulta’, ‘Kamini’, ‘Kalmuhi’ and ‘Karamjali’, then you should...
See full article at GlamSham
  • 10/7/2022
  • by Glamsham Bureau
  • GlamSham
Sanjay Mishra
Sanjay Mishra : “Shah Rukh Khan Taking Interest In Kaamyaab Shows We’ve Come A Long Way”
Sanjay Mishra
Sanjay Mishra is an actor who never fails to surprise. His gallery of performances ranges from buffoonery (Golmaal) to sheer brilliance (Ankhen Dekhi). There is nothing this maverick performer can’t do.

His new film Kaamyaab features Sanjay as a ‘character actor’ of Hindi cinema on a very strange mission.

“My character Sudheer is a character actor like Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor or Lalita Pawar, so brilliant that anyone can take him from granted as and how they like. Sudheer has already done 499 films in his career. He is retired and aimless when suddenly something happens, and he wants to do that one last film which would round off his career. He wants to be remembered as the only actor who has done 500 films,” says Sanjay Mishra.

Recalling how he jumped out of his seat when the director Hardik Mehta narrated the script to him, he says, “It was the...
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  • 3/5/2020
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
Sanjay Mishra in Har Kisse Ke Hisse: Kaamyaab (2018)
Kaamyaab movie review: Of Naayab Sanjay Mishra and the pathos of those potatoes
Sanjay Mishra in Har Kisse Ke Hisse: Kaamyaab (2018)
Kaamyaab movie review is here. Starring Sanjay Mishra, the movie is helmed by Hardik Mehta. Said to be an ode to the ?side? actors, Kaamyaab releases this Friday on March 06, 2020. Does ?Kaamyaab? finds kamyaabi? (succeeds) in its motto?!. Let?s find out in the movie review of Kaamyaab. ?

Immediate reaction when the end credits roll

Long live the Samba, Shera, Kalia, Teja, Peter, Kapoor, Ahmed Chacha, Mausi, Ganpat, ?etc? of Bollywood. This ode to the ?side? actors is a gem that glitters with the stellar act of the amazing Sanjay Mishra.

The Story of Kaamyaab

Sudheer (Sanjay Mishra) is a retired ?side? actor of mainstream Bollywood masala famous for his line ?enjoying life or option kya hai?. ?The popular side kick has packed his acting shoes and is leading a boring lonely life. One day during an interaction for a regional TV channel, Sudheer is surprised to know that he has done around 499 movies.
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  • 3/2/2020
  • GlamSham
“Saand Ki Aankh Empowers Rural Women & Cinema About Rural Women” – A Subhash K Jha Review
Saand Ki Aankh

Starring Bhumi Pednekar, Tapsee Pannu,Prakash Jha, Vineet Kumar Singh

Directed by Tushar Hiranandani

There is plenty of preaching in this wackily entitled film. And yet Saand Ki Aankh hits bull’s eye. All the rhetorics and sermonizing thrown at the pig-headed annoyingly imbecilic men in this film—and the moronic men’s brigade is led by ‘Dadaji’ Prakash Jha who smirks at the womenfolk in his sprawling family and smokes hookah in the same breath—are richly deserved.

These men, so carictural in their patriarchal pursuits and perversities deserve to be killed with sermons. And Bhumi-Tapsee playing sisters-in-law kill it. Though Tapsee’s old-woman act is not fully supported by her makeup, both she and Bhumi shine as sisters-in-arms, hiding a guilty secret from the men who remain blinded by their entitlement and arrogance till the end. And when Tapsee taunts them towards the end for...
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  • 10/25/2019
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
Jugnu - Farhan Akhtar reveals his upcoming movie
At a recent event, the multi-talented Farhan Akhtar revealed his next home production with Ritesh Sidhwani Jugnu. The shoot for the same is expected to begin in the month of October. Keeping the mystery intact, Farhan did not mention the theme of his next movie. It remains for the fans to wait to know of Farhan Akhtar?s role in the project. Would it be as a scriptwriter, as an actor, as a director-producer, or would a new talent be revealed, all to know in good time?

The title of the film takes us back more than four decades back to a Dharmendra starrer with the same title Jugnu. It also featured Hema Malini, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood, Prem Chopra, Nazir Hussain, Ajit, and Pran. Producer-Director Pramod Chakravorty?s Jugnu was about an extremely intelligent crook with a ?Golden? heart who had a remarkable ability to steal from the most protected setups.
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  • 5/8/2019
  • GlamSham
Lekh Tandon
“Padmavati & Bajirao Mastani are inspired by Lekh Tandon’s Amrapali” – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Lekh Tandon
One of Bollywood’s most underrated directors passed away quietly at the age of 88. Lekh Tandon gave us a slim slew of scintillating cinema starting with the blockbuster Professor in 1962. The oddball comedy paired Shammi Kapoor with, of all people,Lalita Pawar! Many decades later Reema Rakeshnath remake Tandon’s blockbuster –very shabbily—as Dil Tera Aashiq. After directing the much-loved musical Jhuk Gaya Aasman (Rajendra Kumar-Saira Banu in an afterlife comedy), PrinceRead More

The post “Padmavati & Bajirao Mastani are inspired by Lekh Tandon’s Amrapali” – Sanjay Leela Bhansali appeared first on Bollywood Hungama.
See full article at BollywoodHungama
  • 10/18/2017
  • by Subhash K. Jha
  • BollywoodHungama
The New York Indian Film Festival announces full lineup for the 16th Annual Film Festival
The New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the full lineup last night for their 16th year of celebrating independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films from/about/connected to the Indian subcontinent (May 7 – May 14). Dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, the festival will feature 40 screenings (35 narrative, 5 documentary) –all seen for the first time in New York City. In addition, the festival will also feature five programs of short films.

The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions. All the films are subtitled in English and some of the languages this year include Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telegu, Assamese, Haryanavi and Urdu. This year’s festival will feature a couple of sidebars –Nfdc restored first films of filmmakers and a three-generations sidebar, films of Bimal Roy, Basu Bhattacharya and Aditya Bhattacharya.

The festival’s film lineup includes 2016 National Award winners A Far Afternoon,...
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  • 4/13/2016
  • by Press Releases
  • Bollyspice
Framing Movies Take Four: Mr and Mrs 55
Guru Dutt is largely famous for making films that are of a melancholic nature. However, one of his greatest works that falls under the romantic comedy genre is Mr and Mrs 55 (1955). Guru Dutt not only directed this film, but he also played the male lead opposite the beautiful and talented Madhubala. The story is about a middle class girl named Anita (Madhubala) whose scheming aunt hires a struggling cartoonist named Preetam (Guru Dutt) to marry her for a short period. This is so that Sita Devi (Lalita Pawar) can inherit Anita’s fathers’ wealth. However, little does Sita Devi know that her niece and Preetam begin to fall in love with each other. This makes it all the more difficult for her to convince them to file for a divorce. Sita Devi is a feminist and is hence against the concept of marriage. She does not want Anita to fall...
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  • 5/5/2013
  • by Bodrul Chaudhury
  • Bollyspice
Kamal’s Yaavarum Kelir has been changed to Manmadha Ambu
For the first time Kamal is pairing with Trisha in the film titled Manmadha Ambu. This film was earlier titled Yaavarum Kelir. Now they have changed the tile as Manmadha Ambu. K S Ravi Kumar is directing this film which is being produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin. Devi Sriprasad is composing the music. The shooting of the film is commencing this month.

Kamal after Dasavatharam has acted in Unnai Pol Oruvan. After this he will be acting in this film. Kamal had earlier signed Trisha for the film Marmayogi but since the film was shelved Kamal wanted to help her in some other film. Because of this Trisha was signed for this film. The shooting of the film is to take place in Mont Carlo followed by 15 days schedule in luxury cruise (Three times bigger than Park Sheraton Hotel). The shooting of the film is to be completed in 60 days and...
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  • 6/3/2010
  • by Editor
  • KollywoodToday
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