Posts Tagged ‘Lollywood’
Saloni
When one recount Saloni’s name a couple of times, one is instantly reminded of Salome and her seven veils. Not that Saloni didn’t have her own chance to don tissue and chiffon and do a few twirls of her own. Saloni entered the Pakistani film industry in nondescript and unmemorable Urdu films, and only became ...
Renuka Devi
Renuka Devi was famous Bollywood actress of the early forties. Mostly associated with Bombay Talkies, she acted in few of their films including Jeevan Prabhat (1937), Bhabhi (1938), and Naya Sansar (1941). Also sang some hit songs including Jhuki aaye re badariya sawan ki – Bhabhi (1938). Migrated to Pakistan after partition and acted in ...
Masroor Anwar
So sincere, you could swear by him! Chubby, and baby-faced, Masroor Anwar, the versatile lyricist of our film industry, felt eternally indebted to Pakistan. And his patriotic songs are a testimony to that. Evergreen hits like Mehdi Hasan’s Apni Jaan nazr karoon, apni wafa pesh karoon were the heart and soul of the Pakistani struggle ...
Asiya (1960)
Clearly influenced by Satyajit Ray’s “Panther Panchali”, the director Fateh Lohani tried vainly to capture the lyrical beauty of Bengal’s countryside in sequences lingering unnecessarily. Fateh Lohani did not seem to have a clear idea about the exact moment when one episode should take over from another, making each either too long or too short. ...
Kancher Deyal (1963)
Apart from Jago Hua Savera, Zahir Raihan’s Kancher Deyal was probably the neatest film from the point of view of film making. Unusual camera angles, imaginative lighting, ‘involved’ direction and some crisp editing spoke highly of the young director’s promise as a film maker. The principal reason for its failure seems to be an over-confidence ...
Roopban (1965)
In the commercially successful film “Roopban” we find a glorification of the fantastic sacrifices of an (ideal) oriental woman. Roopban, a girl aged twelve (in old times a girl over ten used to be considered too old for marriage) burdened with a flourishing youth is told to marry a new-born prince aged 12 days which ...
Shabana
Bengali actress Shabana’s career was inextricably linked with Pakistani film actor Nadeem. In fact when the erstwhile star made his screen debut in the Urdu hit film Chakori in 1967, he was paired with the actress who began her career in the late 50’s in a slew of Bengali films. Chakori was Shabana’s first Urdu ...
Suchinda
In a land ruled by the arts and artistes, and romanticized by poetry and music, the gifts of creativity were many. The curve of the eyebrow, the charisma of lovely eyes and the wave of the fragrant hair ruled the enigmatic Bengal. Our own East Pakistan was lit up by the cultural magic of the ...
Ghulam Haider
Music composer born in Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan). Studied dentistry. Leading composer from the Lahore group e.g. Shyam Sunder, Khurshid Anwar and S.D. Batish. With Naushad initiated a musical revolution helping to institutionalize an All-India Film aesthetic in the 40s. Learnt music from Babu Ganeshlal, with whom he worked in theatre playing harmonium in Calcutta. Briefly ...
Tarana
Although she was originally from Iran, Tarana made herself very much at home in Pakistan’s dances and movie worlds. She was discovered by a Lahore filmmaker while waltzing and fox-trotting at Karachi’s myriad dance halls. The movie that made her immensely famous throughout the country, Jaan Pehchan, also starred another Iranian actress, Shahpara, with Mohammad ...
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Nina:
Nina was introduced by director W.Z. Ahmed in Ek Raat (1942) as the 'mysterious Nina' in a count...
Dada Saheb Phalke (1870 - 1944):
May 13th, 1913. The first Indian made silent film,`Raja Harishchandra' is about to be released a...
Bollywood - Salman Khan to launch clothing line for women:
Salman Khan will return to the ramp for a second time with his Being Human line at the HDIL Cout...
Dosti (1964):
Cast: Sushil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar
Director: Satyen Bose
Music: Laxmikant, Pyarelal
Lyric...
Children of Heaven (1997):
One of the most successful Iranian films in the West, Majid Majidi's Children of Heaven receive...
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