Kahaan Gaye Wo Haseen Jism....

गोरे रंग पे ना इतना गुमान कर… गोरा रंग दो दिन में ढल जायेगा… This song from the 1974 movie Roti is reminiscence of the fact that the shell life of an actress is much less as compared to the peer actors. There were times, when if an actress got married, she was never offered any lead role and after some years she will be offered the role of  a Mother and Mother-in-Law. With the passage of time, this mentality has changed and these...

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Wishing Asha Tai a very happy birth day - a song for every decade

Well it would almost be impossible to sketch the legendary Asha Bhosle; one of the two living legends surviving from the golden era, the other one of course being Lata Didi; just because of the sheer volume of work she has done over an incredible period of more than 7 decades. What would be even tougher will be to do a top 10 list of Asha Bhosle songs, knowing that she holds the guiness book of world records for most songs sung in the whole fuckin...

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Five not-so-real-life British Raj Movies

Recently we celebrated the 68th anniversary of Indian independence and commemorated all those who strived for it. It’s not only an occasion like this which spurs a sense of patriotism in us, but many other things. Amongst which, Bollywood movies have had their fair share.             In spite of all their weaknesses, (Hindi) movies to a certain extent make us not forget...

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