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Nameless Silence – Meena Kumari’s Poem
Alone, in a limitless stretch of loneliness Caught in confused webs of fate, Am I. Again the crossroads, again a nameless silence, Misty vision, deep quiet Conscience donning the garb of apathy. Life, an empty question, A hushed wonder, the only answer. Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and Translations (from the Urdu) by Fatima ...
My Past – Meena Kumari’s Poem
My past My loneliness, a blind abyss Filling my breath Ticking in my pulse Etched deep into time By myriad passing moments. My blood crying for a cupped hand Seeking a companion Seeking identity Seeking completeness. My loneliness Your wounds are my sores Your pangs my sighs. You, a deserted mosque, I, your prayer call ...
Mute Love – Meena Kumari’s Poem
Flame Clothed in ashes, Corpse of ice In a coffin of lava, Mute love Wrapped in notoriety. Sacred drops Of dirty tears Crowding the Holy river. A din rising noiselessly A paradise startled. Waiting silence. Limits on limitless feelings. Vagabond soul, wandering Seeking the valley of lights Facing the truth at every bend. One truth ...
Torn Night – Meena Kumari’s Poem
Broken bits of day, torn rays of night Doled out day and night. Ears tuned to deeps of the heart Hear only a laughter Ringing with one more defeat. Wounds, defeats, turmoil Constant companions of my heart. Poem by Meena Kumari – Sketch and Translations (from the Urdu) by Fatima Ahmed
Meena Kumari & Kamal Amrohi
Three days after Meena Kumari’s death we met Kamal Amrohi at his house, “Rembrandt,” on Pali Hill. The place wore a gloomy look. Kamal Amrohi sat engrossed, listening to the tape-recorded voice of Meena Kumari. It was an old sponsored program, broadcast over Radio Ceylon in 1958, where Meena Kumari talked enthusiastically on her first ...
Meena Kumari – Profile
Born in Bombay to performer parents – her father was a Parsi theater actor, singer, and music teacher, her mother a dancer – who fell upon hard times, Meena Kumari was introduced to films at the age of six in order to help support her family. Originally named Mahjabeen, she was renamed Baby Meena and ...
Jairaj
P. Jairaj spent 70 years in the film industry during which he played various roles – from a body-double stuntman to the macho hero, from mythological God to social drama leads and from filmmaker to the custodian of the film industry’s welfare through various associations – and endeared himself to everybody. P. Jairaj joined the ...
Manorama
Yesteryears actress Manorama, known for her comic and negative roles, died on Feb 15th, 2008. She was last seen in Deepa Mehta’s Oscar nominated Water. The portly woman with exaggerated eyelashes and expressions was popularly known for roles like the wicked aunt in Seeta Aur Geeta, Ek Phool Do Maali and Do Kaliyan. However, she ...
Mumtaz Shanti
Mumtaz Shanti was a very popular movie star in the 40′s and her film Kismet (1943) is regarded as one of the biggest hits of Hindi cinema. Mumtaz started her career in the early thirties in Lahore, by working in a local theatre. She got a break in Lahore’s Mangti and was lured to Bombay. ...
Bulo C. Rani
Composer and singer in Hindi films called Bulo Chandiram Ramchandani, born in Hyderabad (Sind), now Pakistan. Joined Ranjit Studio (1939) as assistant to Khemchand Prakash, making his debut as a singer in Prakash’s compositions for Chaturbhuj Doshi’s Mehmaan (1942) with the popular number Rootha pyar mein. Later assisted and sang for Gyan Dutt (Shankar Parvati, ...
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