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TUMBBAD AN EXPERIMENTAL FILM THAT WOULD WIN EVERY VIEWER'S HEART

#Tumbbad #RahiAnilBarve #SohumShah #

A CLASSIC DEVIATION FROM USUAL CINEMATIC IDEATION 

ONE needs sheer guts and conviction to invest money and time on such an unusual film like TUMBBAD that creates its own horror genre. From its first frame to last frame it keeps one's attention firmly gripped and won't let viewer's eyes stray off. Through out its viewing the watcher is well under an overwhelming feeling of wonder and admiration of this outstanding movie and remains under it for quite long even after leaving the theatre. 

THERE are so many aspects of this movie that one can write about after watching this great piece of cinema like its well sketched characters, period ambiance of early nineties to 1947, visual effects, realistic look, background score that adds values to the movement of the film, technically sound and so on. Utterly mesmerizing is the word in every sense of a-near-perfect cinematic approach of the entire team to complete this film! One can fairly see the passions of every crew on board for the beautiful portrayal of myth on celluloid with utter conviction. Top to down the entire team deserves standing ovation for offering the audience what they have not experienced before. 

EVERY film fraternity guy must go out and watch TUMBBAD to experience something new. A must watch for every person who admires cinema and its astounding beauty. All the actors in TUMBBAD look living characters of a believable world created by artistic means the team could imagine. It is worth every dime one spends on its ticket. 

MENTIONING about its plot here would not be advisable and I am skipping it intentionally as I want the audience to watch, know about it and enjoy in theatres. 

AN awesome product of a talented team with remarkable vfx, prosthetics, background score, photography, production designs, performances, script and direction. The mouth publicity will help take it to heights of fame and acclaim it deserves.You can't make such movie without sheer guts and conviction. The GOOD SCRIPT rules in the end. 

Bravo!

 

GOLDEN PERIOD OF INDIAN CINEMA

#ManojKumar  #IndianFilmMakers

FILM MAKER MANOJ KUMAR HAD TO SELL HIS OFFICE

While the celebrated film maker, Manoj Kumar aka Harikishan Giri Goswami, known for directing and producing films with patriotic themes, was making epic historical drama KRANTI with huge star cast of that time, he had faced a tough situation and he did not know what to do to resolve it. I would like to underline it here that Dilip kumar was returning to films after almost a huge gap of five years. 

During an important sequence wherein Manoj Kumar needed about 5000 people for filming it, it is said he did not have ample funds for the crowd payment. When he could not find any other option, he decided to sell off his office since the crowd was very important for the said sequence of the movie.

That was the kind of sheer passion of those film makers of golden period of Indian Cinema. They would not compromise with film making and settle for less. if they needed something, they would sacrifice anything even their own assets. 

Hotel dancer's performance on Bollywood song

SPEED SNATCHES AWAY LIVES ON ROADS

#Speed #RoadAccidents #GaganKang #ArjitLavania #MahakaliAntHiAarambhHai 

SPEED KILLS

Gagan Kang

Left to right Gagan Kang & Arjit Lavania

Soft-spoken, a gem of a person, handsome and an excellent actor, an adorable human being, Gagan Kang lost his life on the road today while returning from his studio in Umbergaon in Gujarat. He was found dead on the steering wheel along with his co-actor Arjit in the front seat and spot boy in the rear seat after he supposedly lost control of the car around 11.15am and crashed into a stationary trailer. The impact of the crash was so massive that the strong roof of the car was torn away from the front. There is no idea if he was drinking on his way back home during travel as the news claims the beer cans were littered in the car.

Gagan who was a fitness freak, has done films and many tv shows like Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman and currently was playing LORD INDRA in a mythological tv show, MAHAKALI, Anth hi aarambh hai on Colors channel. 

He was a dear friend of mine since he had worked with us in one of our projects and was always cordial with people and constant in touch with me. The heart breaking news shocked me greatly. He left us at such a young age. May the souls of Gagan and his friends rest in peace!

 

A MUSLIM WOMAN TRIES TO OPEN EYES OF RADICAL MUSLIMS

#FanaticMuslims #MuslimWoman #Islam #Terrorism 

VOICE OF THIS MUSLIM WOMAN RINGS TRUE...

This article written by Rumana Siddiqui on current scenario of never-ending terrorism faced by scores of countries across globe is quite coherent, appealing and has great deal of substance it it that would touch you fellows as much as it bore upon me. Her views seem to be self- explanatory with ample logic being put behind them by her.


प्रखर वक्ता एवं राजनेता, "रुमाना सिद्दीकी" बहुत अच्छा लिखती हैं। 

रूमाना सिद्दीक़ी जी लिखती हैं कि, कब आँखे खोलोगे मुसलमानो ??

1. आप 1400 से ज्यादा सालोँ से अपने हक के लिए लड़े जा रहे है, अल्लाह जाने कौन सा हक़ है जो पूरी दुनियाँ आपको 1400 सालों से नही दे पा रही...

2. आप सिर्फ लड़ने के लिए ही पैदा हुए, जहाँ गैर मुस्लिम है वहां आप उनसे लड़ रहे है, जहाँ गैर मुस्लिम नही है वहां आप आपस में ही लड़ रहे है...

3. आप लड़ना बन्द नही कर सकते इसलिए कम से कम लड़ाई के तरीके बदलिए ताकि आप की हार जीत में बदल सके...

आप मेरे देखते देखते 2014 के बाद से भारत में लगातार राजनैतिक रूप से हार रहे है...

आप के योगदान के बिना सरकारें बन रही, आपकी मर्जी के खिलाफ पीएम और सीएम बन रहे है...

लोग आपको आपकी विचारधारा को नकार रहे हैं...

अपने खिलाफ ये नकारात्मक माहौल आपका खुद का बनाया हुआ है...

4. सच्चर कमेटी की रिपोर्ट कहती है मुसलमानो की हालात सबसे खराब है देश में, लाखो मुस्लिम बेघर है, शिक्षा के आभाव में पंचर बना रहे, न आप बड़े उद्योगपति है, न देश में होटल आपके, न मॉल, न हॉस्पिटल आपके, न आपके बैंक एकाउंट न एकाउंट में पैसा लेकिन नोटबन्दी के खिलाफ आप इतने मुखर थे जैसे सबसे बड़ा घाटा आपका ही हुआ, जैसे आपके लाखो करोड़ो के नोट बर्बाद हो गए, जैसे बेरोजगार सिर्फ मुस्लिम ही हुए हो...

5. आप खुद ही कहते रहे की बूचड़खाने भाजपा के हिन्दू नेताओ और जैनियों के है, सिर्फ 14% मांस मुस्लिम खाते है बाकी का हिन्दू खाते है...

और अवैध बूचड़खानों पर सबसे ज्यादा कपड़े आप ही फाड़ रहे...

तो आप खुद ही अपने झूठ का पर्दाफाश कर के अपने खिलाफ नकरात्मक माहौल बनाते है फिर इलज़ाम दूसरों पर क्यों लगाते है...

बूचड़खानों पर या तो आप कल झूठ बोल रहे थे या आज झूठ बोल रहे है...

6. एंटी रोमियो स्क्वाड पर भी आपकी आपत्ति बेवज़ह है...

आप अपनी बहू बेटियों को बुर्के में रखते है ताकि बुरी नज़र से बचाया जा सके, महिलाओं को अकेले बाहर जाने की इज़ाज़त नही इस्लाम में, आप पांच वक्त के नमाज़ी और ईमान वाले है, आपको भी नज़र के पर्दे का हुक्म है , चरित्रहीन महिला को संगसार करने की सज़ा है इस्लाम में , फिर एंटीरोमियो स्क्वाड का विरोध आप किस लॉजिक के आधार पर कर रहे...?

7. साल भर आप जय भीम जय मीम करते है, भीम भी आपके साथ ब्राह्मणों को गरियाता है और चुनाव के वक्त मीम को छोड़ के भगवा थाम लेता है। आपको ईवीएम टेम्परिंग का झुनझुना पकड़ा दिया जाता है और आप बजाते रह जाते हैं।"

8. देश का नाम भारत है, हिंदुस्तान है पहले आर्यव्रत, रीवा भी था मतलब संस्कृत और हिंदी नाम ही रहे, भारत में साधू संत देवी देवता जन्मे, विद्वान् महापुरुष जन्मे, कोई हिन्दू राजा शासक कभी इराक ईरान सीरिया सऊदी मिस्र नही गया राज़ करने युद्ध लड़ने अपनी धौस जमाने जैसे की यहाँ भारत में बाबर, हुमांयू, अकबर, ओरंगजेब, गजनबी सहित हजारो मुगल शासक आए! भारत भूमि का कण कण कहता है की ये राष्ट्र हिन्दुओ का था और मुस्लिम बाहरी थे फिर भी हिन्दुओ ने मुस्लिमो को स्वीकार किया!

हिन्दुओ के लाखो मन्दिर प्राचीन काल में मुगलो ने तोड़े उनमे से एक राम मन्दिर भी था जिसको बाबर ने मस्जिद का रूप दिया!

सीरिया पाक इराक ईरान तालिबान में हजारो मस्जिद बम से उड़ा दी जेहादियो आतंकियों ने उनके लिए कभी रोए नही और यहाँ राम मन्दिर की जंगह, एक मस्जिद के लिए लड़े मरे जा रहे हो!

- रूमाना सिद्दीक़ी

VINOD KHANNA WOULD ALWAYS BE IN FONDEST MEMORY OF ALL WHO HAD KNOWN HIM

#VinodKhanna #AmitabhBachchan #Bollywood #Celebrities #BollywoodStars #HandsomeHeroes 

THE PERSON WHO KNEW VINOD KHANNA WOULD MISS HIM FOREVER...

6th October, 1946- 27th April 2017

A lot can be said about persona of Vinod Khanna whom we lost a few days back. What an actor, a great human being, a pleasant personality, an handsome hero, a charming villain, a rare entity, a great swagger, a manliest man, a gem of a person, a veteran legendary actor who always held deep respect for others. What a great loss to our film industry! His sad departure would be felt greatly especially by those who knew him on personal level and had worked with him on some project or the other. 

WHAT SNR BACHCHAN WROTE ABOUT AFTER HIS SAD DEMISE SAYS A LOT ABOUT VINOD KHANNA

In Amitabh Bachchan's own words....

Motionless .. still .. eyes shut in perpetuity .. a form on wooden logs .. covered .. flames about .. and a life turned to ashes ..

I first saw him entering the Ajanta Arts office in Bandra, of Sunil Dutt, where I was making my way to seek a job .. a most good looking handsome young man .. a body in elegant frame .. a swagger in his walk .. and a gentle smile as he looked towards me .. it was 1969 .. he was working in the Ajanta Arts film, ‘Man ka Meet’ .. I was struggling to get a role, any role, anywhere ..

In time we met again within the same precincts .. he and I were working in the same film of Dutt Saheb, ‘Reshma aur Shera’ .. look trials in the office of the film .. travel and sittings on the story .. Thapa saheb, Ali Raza, Sukhdev and those all night meets, most novel for me .. my first brush with the way the film industry functioned .. the time for the shoot and the excitement of travel on a location in Jaisalmer .. the months we spent together and after .. driving in the scorching heat of the deserts of Rajasthan to the location, Pochina, in the sands of nowhere near civilisation .. living under one tent - Vinod, Ranjit, Thapa Saheb, Ali Raza saheb about seven of us in the same tent .. then similar number at a make shift residence in the city of Jaisalmer - Amrish Puri joining us in that room filled with all of us, living laughing, working .. carefree days .. the rigors of that location and its environs ..

return from the location his continued connect with me .. he a big star .. but always most humble with selfless concern for others .. the rides he would take me on, in his recently acquired Beetle VolksWagen, yellow in color .. his generosity in smuggling me into the only Disco Club in the city at the Taj, where he was a member, and I not even remotely in any state to become one .. his marriage to Geetanjali, whom he and we all fondly called Gitly .. the birth of his sons, Rahul and Akshay, whom he often brought on to the sets of AAA ..

That incident at a restaurant in SoBo, where someone made a snide remark, and he took him on, getting knifed in the arm during the scuffle, but being victorious ..

The sudden passing of his Father soon after our work together in ‘Reshma’ .. I being with him in his hour of grief .. and then .. the amazing chemistry of the several historic films that we did together .. an association that was so loveable and considerate .. spending time in each others make up rooms, sharing our lunch, just biding time and talking of all kinds of talk .. the late shoot pack ups and the beyond midnight drives to Juhu Beach, to just sit with our directors and he to have a drink, and I mine ( I used to in those days ) ..

That guilt ridden incident when I had to fling a glass in a scene towards him and it accidentally hitting his chin, cutting him open right through to his teeth .. the remorse regret and guilt within me to date for that unforgiving accident .. rushing him to his doctor, late at night, getting stitched up, driving with him to his house to settle him in and to just keep apologising for this horrific accidental slip ..

The sudden brush with him as he ran up the stairs in Breach Candy Hospital, where I had gone to visit a friend, and his anger and grave faced expression - he learning of the accident of his close relative on a motorbike, and him wanting to be with her as she struggled for her life ..
His friendly gesture of appearing in a film of mine ‘Zameer’ .. the times we spent on it at various locations .. the most rigorous being action sequences shot in the interiors of Udaipur, well into the night and dawn, with that most respected Action Coordinator Khanna Saheb .. after the sequence was filmed, Khanna Saheb sitting with us in the early hours of the morning and emotionally expressing his great joy in working with the two of us ..
“give me these two artists in an action drama and I shall extract the best ever seen” .. he would commend us ..
The Hotel in Udaipur and our rooms distanced .. me away in one lonely corner and he in another .. I call him in the middle of the night and express the loneliness .. he inviting me over and saying to stay with him in his room .. for a newcomer you cannot imagine what this meant to me to be treated like this by a star ..

His confident charm was infectious .. there was always an optimistic swagger about him .. a smile .. a laugh .. a casualness .. nothing seemed to disturb him one felt .. the relaxed ‘cool’ of today’s times ..

The jigs we would invent on set .. impromptu songs .. when 5 Librans working together in the same film at the same scene would break into - Shammi Kapoor ji, Amjad, Kader Khan, Vinod and I - our little ditty, on the sets of ManMohan Desai’s “Parvarish” ..
‘We are crazy Librans .. **%#@!! up this film” .. !!!
And the uproarious laughter that followed each shot that we gave together ..

And then one day his sudden decision to the following of Rajneesh .. his passion and the strength of his belief .. his sincerity in his following, right to California where Rajneesh had shifted .. I met him in Los Angeles during this period on a stray visit, and he spent hours at a common friend’s place explaining to me what the movement meant not just to him, but to the World in general ..

And this afternoon that association of 48 years came to an end ..

This man .. this body of enthused energy and giving .. this friend .. this colleague .. this ever smiling swagger infested individual, lay motionless ..

No one walked the way he did .. no one had the presence he had in a crowded room .. no one could lighten up the surroundings he was in, like him .. no one ..