Posts Tagged ‘Bollywood’
Shahrukh Khan Favorite Dishes – Kovalam Pomfret
This recipe makes a great appetizer. Lightly prepared without oil, it is crunchy on the outside with robust flavors. Mix the ginger-garlic paste, a little salt, and half the lemon juice in a bowl. Coat the fillets with the mixture and set aside to marinate for 5 minutes. Make a paste with the coconut, yellow ...
Shahrukh Khan Favorite Dishes – Langarwali Daal
Black lentils are a staple in the north of India and this dish takes its name from the free meal service (langar) offered in gurudwaras (Sikh temples), at which dal and rotis are a requisite. Cooked overnight with the simplest ingredients, it is delicious and fragrant. The husks of the lentils are removed before you ...
Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan has been the top star of Hindi cinema since the mid- 1990s, with some of the biggest blockbusters of the decade to his credit. He managed to gain a foothold in the Bombay industry without any family or social connections. During his schooling and college years in New Delhi, he was actively involved ...
Dilip Kumar’s Fact File
Born Yusuf Khan 11 December 1922 Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) Star Sign Sagittarius Parents Muhammad Yusuf Khan and ? Siblings 11 including brothers Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan who live in Mumbai, a sister Farida who lives in Fresno, California. Nasir Khan – who was the first ever leading man of Pakistani Cinema. ...
Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
Mughal-e Azam tells the story of the Great Mughal, Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The film’s making was itself something of an epic, as it took over fifteen years to shoot, and involved a complete change of cast (the original included Chandramohan, who played Jehangir in Pukar [1939], Nargis and Sapru), several writers and so on. It ...
Dilip Kumar’s Filmography
Film Cast Director Jwar Bhata (1944) Agha, Shamim, Dilip Kumar, Pithavala, Arun Kumar, Khalil, Bikram Kapoor, Mridula, K. N. Singh, Mumtaz Ali Amiya Chakraborty Pratima (1945) Dilip Kumar, Swarnalata, Pithavala, Mukri, Zebunissa, Shah Nawaz, Jyoti, Mumtaz Ali Jairaj Milan (1946) Ranjana, Moni Chatterji, Dilip Kumar, Mira Misra, Pahari Sanyal Nitin Bose Jugnu (1947) Dilip Kumar, ...
Ganga Jamna (1961)
Ganga Jamna is one of the finest examples of a popular theme of Indian cinema, namely that of the good and bad brother. Gunga (Dilip Kumar), framed for a crime by a landowner, becomes an outlaw, while his younger brother, Jamna (Nasir Khan, Dilip Kumar’s real-life brother), whom he has educated, becomes a police officer. ...
Madhumati (1958)
Madhumati was the biggest hit of director Bimal Roy. His hallmark neorealist images and social concern are evident in this unusual reincarnation/ghost story scripted by Ritwik Ghatak, later acclaimed as one of India’s greatest directors. Two of the top stars of Hindi cinema, Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, take multiple roles in this complex narrative. Devendra ...
Naya Daur (1957)
Akhtar Mirza (father of the directors Saeed and Aziz Mirza) wrote the story for Naya daur (‘New Era’). In a village, whose main economy depends on a sawmill, many workers face unemployment when the ruthless Kundan (Jeevan) modernises his mill with the introduction of electricity. Two drivers of tongas (horse-drawn taxis), Shankar (Dilip Kumar) and ...
Cineplot Music
Cineplot Photo Gallery
Asiya (1960)
Yusef Wahbi (1897-1982)
Ejaz - Firdous
Stars at Home - Ashok Kumar - Quiet Retreat Of A Busy Star (1955)
Raj Kapoor's Filmography - Guest Appearances