Suchitra Sen has not lost her appeal over the years.

Suchitra Sen has not lost her appeal over the years.

Suchitra Sen had retired from films in 1978 and by this period of time may have lost her popularity for not being in celluloid for over thirty years. But in reality her image became more dignified due to her retirement from films at the right time. She is one of the rare bollywood legends who had acted in only 60 films in her career over thirty years including the legendary bollywood films.

She acted in the legendary role of Parvati in Bimal Roy’s Devdas. It was a landmark film in Indian film history with Dilip Kumar, Motilal and Vaijayantimala doing justice to the classic literature of Sarat Chandra Chatterji. Her docile performance attracted attention of class and mass. Her performance in the film Mamta, the hindi adaptation of Bengali film Mamta had stormed bollywood in the 60s.


She was sublime in the double role of both the mother and daughter. The mother became a tawaif and shed her blood to make her daughter a barrister and killed her husband who wanted to destroy the career of the daughter. Suchitra Sen conducted the famous trial with Ashok Kumar where she pleaded innocence of her mother who was compelled to kill her husband due to grave provocation. Legendary actresses of bollywood including Meena Kumari, Wahida Rehman would have felt proud to perform in majestic role like Mamta the way Suchitra Sen had done.

She was brilliant in the film Aandhi, where her political career was in turmoil and and she shared her grief with her husband played by Sanjeev Kumar who was equally brilliant in Gulzar’s epic film. The film was banned for short period as the story resembled Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s frustration during the period of emergency during the mid-70s. Suchitra Sen’s lips in Lata’s songs “tere bina zindagi me shikwa”, “is mor se jate hai”, “tum agaye ho” composed by RD Burman stills haunts different sections of viewers.


With her success in bollywood films including Champakali with Bharat Bhushan, Bombai Ka Babu with Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen became the uncrowned queen of Bengali films where her combination with Uttam Kumar is considered the most immortal romantic pair of the decade. Her exhibition of powerful personality in films like Harano Sur, Saptapadi, Kamal Lata, Grihadaho along with Uttam Kumar makes the viewers nostalgic about the romantic face of Bengali films in the 50s and 60s. Her films should be restored for the next generation as they are invaluable assets of the country.

Tushar Kapoor films

Tushar Kapoor films.

Tushar Kapoor, the son of the successful bollywood star Jeetender, had shown his acting capability over the years. He did well in the first film Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai opposite Kareena Kapoor.

Kareena Kapoor played the role of a researcher on Indian culture in the film. Tushar Kapoor ha an affair with her and due to his shyness could not say it to her. At the end of the film his grandfather helped him to place his feelings before Kareena Kapoor and they were married. The songs in the film including “mujhe kuch kehna hai” and “is pyar ko kya naam doon” became big hits.


Tushar Kapoor also acted in comedy films like Golmaal. In Golmaal he was accompanied by other actors like Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, etc. The film involved all the four friends getting shelter in the house of Paresh Rawal who was blind. All the four friends loved the same girl. Tushar Kapoor was dumb in the film and the girl ultimately married him considering his incapability.

Tushar Kapoor also acted in action films like Shootout at Lokhandwala where he belonged to the same underworld gang where Vivek Oberoy was the leader. All of them showed courage in facing the police force of the respective jurisdiction. Ultimately the police under the leadership of Sanjay Dutt attacked them and Tushar Kapoor was killed along with all the members of the gang. The film was based on real-life story.


Tushar Kapoor had palyed notable roles over the years including the one in the film One Two Three along with Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal.

The viewers expect him to continue the good work in the years to come.

Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore

Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore.

Rajesh Khanna had been extremely popular in the 70s and most of his films stormed bollywood with their strong storyline and powerful music. His films with Sharmila Tagore had been very very successful.

His film Aradhana, in 1969 had been a big hit. It was directed by Shakti Samanta and he was given a double role. Sharmila Tagore was sublime in her performance in the film which involved tragic performance. The music composed by SD Burman in the film became successful. Kishore Kumar’s song “mere sapno ki rani”, “roop tera mastana” became superhit. Also Rafi’s song “gunguna rahi hai bhawar” became hit.


The film Amar Prem, directed by Shakti Samanta was also successful. It was the hindi version of Uttam Kumar’s Bengali film Nishi Padda, where Sabitri Chatterji played the role which was played by Sharmila Tagore in Amar Prem. The film was related to tawafis and their life and it was shown that many of them led such a form life because of circumstances. The songs in the film were composed by RD Burman and they were extremely successful.


Some of the songs lint her film like “kuch to log kahenge”, “chingari koi bharke” have not lost their flavour and popularity even today.

The other successful films include Daag and Safar. Safar was the hindi version of the Bengali film Chalachal where Arundhuti Debi played the role that Sharmila Tagore in the hindi version. Rajesh Khanna was a painter in the film and was loved by Sharmila Tagore. The music in the film composed by Kalyanji Anadji became extremely successful. Songs like “zindagi ka safar” sung by KK became super hit. It was ably directed by Asit Sen.


They also acted in the film Avishkar which was off-beat film.

The films and the songs should be restored for the next generation.

Review of Chamku.

Review of Chamku.

Bobby Deol and Priyanka Chopra had been launched together in the film Chamku. Priyanka Chopra had acted in many big budget films this year including God Tussi Great Ho and Love Story 2050. This film is also going to create interest in the minds of viewers who have admired the performances of Bobby Deol and Priyanka Chopra in the past.

The story was related to Bobby Deol whose family members had been brutally killed and who was brought up by the naxalite members of the state of Bihar. He was later picked up under Governmental program jointly made by RAW and IB.


He was taught the art of killing people. He was trained and he did the operations successfully. His life became related to killing and involved with big operations.

All of a sudden Priyanka Chopra came in her life and she changed his life. He learnt the fact besides violence there is another way of life which involves peace, love and tranquility.

Bobby Deol did very well in the film. He was known for his action roles in the past. He had replicated his earlier performances. Priyanka Chopra also performed very well in the film.


The only concern in the film is that the high amount of violence may not address all the section of the viewers. The music was composed by Monty Sharma who had given reasonable tunes.

Although the film may not have the masala to end up becoming a big blockbuster but it will do reasonable business and bring profits.

Rafi and Biswajeet

Rafi and Biswajeet.

Rafi had sung very melodious songs for romantic actor Biswajeet. Rafi’s songs in the film Mere Sanam including “pukarta chala hoon mai”, “hue hai tumpe asshiq hum”, “humdum mere maan bhi jaao”, composed by OP Nayyar became evergreen hit in the mid-60s. Asha Parekh acted opposite Biswajeet and the film also became successful along with the songs.

Rafi’s songs in the film night in London became extremely successful. The title song “oh my love” picturised on Biswajeet became super hit. LP composed the songs for the film and Mala Sinha acted opposite Biswajeet.

Rafi’ songs in the film Do Kaliyan picturised on Biswajeet were also popular. Ravi composed music of the songs and Mala Sinha acted opposite Biswajeet. Child artist Nitu Singh did a great job in the film along with Mehmood.

Rafi’s song “na jhatko zulf se pani” picturised on Biswajeet opposite Rajashree also became hit in the mid-60s. The song was composed by Ravi.

Biswajeet also got great songs in the film April Fool. Shankar Jaikishan composed the songs of the film including the song “april fool banaya” picturised on Biswajeet and Saira Banu. The film became very successful.

Besides Rafi had sung song for Biswajeet in the film Do Dil and other notable films. The songs and the films should be preserved.

Uttam Kumar in the 70s.

Uttam Kumar in the 70s.

Uttam Kumar the greatest superstar of Bengali cinema took up challenging roles in the 70s. He acted in the film Stree, where he played the role of a zamindar of the 18th century. He married his wife but still visited the place where baijees had performed mujras. Soumitra was appointed as a teacher and painter in his house but was killed at the end of the film, after he suspected about illegal relationship of him with his wife. He brought out the royal nature and cruelty of zamindars of that century.

He was sublime in the film Sanyasi Raja, where in the first part of the film he portrayed the character of Zamindar who loved music and attended mujras. In the second part of the film he played the role of an ascetic he had renounced the world inspite of being the prince of the princely estate. His wife considered him as an imposter but his subjects identified him as the raja. He gave excellent lips in Manna Dey’s songs in the films like “shashikanto tumi dekhchi”, “bhalobashar agun jalao”, etc.

Uttam Kumar was brilliant in the role of a doctor in the film Agnisshar. He played the role of a doctor during the colonial period where he had soft corner for the patriotic Indians. He diagnosed every section of patients and sometimes even treated them without getting any remuneration. He also played the role of a driver in the film Chodobeshi where he showed his comedy impulse.

Uttam Kumar even played villanish roles like the one in film Bagbandir Khela. Besides he acted in Shakti Samanta’s film Amanush and Anand Ashram which were made both in Bengali and hindi.

He played the role of mad professor in the film Nagar Darpane. He astonished the viewers with his effortless acting. Previously he was for his romantic performances. He got more respect and regard in the 70s for his versatile performances and proving himself as one man industry.

The films should be restored and preserved for the next generation as Uttam Kumar had remained alive in his memorable performances.

Dilip Kumar in the 80s.

Dilip Kumar in the 80s.

Dilip Kumar had commanded respect in the bollywood industry for his capability of choosing quality roles during his span of 50 years of acting. In the 80s he did a great job in the film Shakti, where he played the role of a responsible police officer who was loyal to his uniform.

His son was kidnapped at his youth and he was compelled to release the members of smuggling gang led by Amrish Puri. He told them to kill his son but he never released the member. The call was tapped and the child ran away from the place. The child grew up to become Big B who showed his anger against his father and joined the smugglers.

Dilip Kumar had to shoot Big B at the end of the film as he was not ready to surrender himself before the police. The different emotions including personality, the softness of character towards Rakhee, the wife of Dilip Kumar and loyalty to the police department had been outstanding and Dilip Kumar was awarded the best actor award by Filmfare again for his classic performance in the film.

His other film Mashaal where he played the role of a newspaper journalist was outstanding as well. He reformed Anil Kapoor who was brought up in the streets and made him a journalist. But Amrish Puri had ruined his life by killing his wife Wahida Rehman. She died in pain at the streets when there was no one to give her a lift to the hospital. Dilip Kumar’s expression with the dialogue “koi hai” is still remembered by viewers across the country.

Dilip Kumar was brilliant in his role in Subhash Ghai’s Karma, where he used criminals like Anil Kapoor, Nasiruddin Shah and Jackie Shroff to face the terrorists led by Anupam Kher. All of them helped him to track them and fight against them. Dilip Kuar lost his family and forgot the pains after taking up the noble mission.

There is no second actor in the film industry who could choose his roles the way in which Dilip Kumar had done over the years. All the films should be restored and preserved.

Review of God Tussi Great Ho.

Review of God Tussi Great Ho.

Salman Khan has a steady box-office and generally his films rarely do average business. The film is directed by Rumy Jaffry and he had used established performers for the film including Big B and Priyanka Chopra.

The story of the film has similarity with the film Bruce Almighty. Salman Khan got frustrated with his life in the film and showed his frustration against god. God appeared before him in human form in the form of Big B. He gave his divined powers and asked him to take a big job.

Salman Khan used the powers in his acts and became successful. Priyanka Chopra, his friend in the film who worked in the same TV Channel in which Salman Khan was working also was amazed with the activities. But the success did not continue for ever and Salman Khan realized he was a human beings and his success also had limitations.

Sohail Khan had been used in the film for comedy sequences which he used against his brother. Salman Khan apprehended that Priyanka Chopra may get involved with his brother as he was smart and dashing in the film. Anupam Kher and Rajpal Yadav got important roles in the film. The music of the film was also not that catchy considering the success of the music of the films Singh is Kinng and Bacchna Ai Haseeno.

The film has good moments and dull moments as well. The story of the film does not have the substance to astonish any viewer. But the star cast and performance of Salman Khan, Big B and Priyanka Chopra can attract the audience. There is scope of the film doing reasonable business.

Gulzar’s birthday.

Gulzar’s birthday.

Gulzar, the thoughtful director of bollywood film has his birthday on the 18th August every year. Viewers who admire thoughtful subjects in films remember Gulzar for his outstanding capability of story-telling in the realistic films he had directed over the years.

Just like the other thoughtful directors of the golden age like Bimal Roy, Gulzar had given lot of importance on casting. He had used Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bacchan in deaf and dumb role in the film Koushish, where the struggle of deaf and dumb people was exhibited. Both the performers were brilliant in their performances.

Gulzar had used Jeetender a reserve person and thoughtful teacher in the film Parichay, where Jaya Bacchan was the eldest sister who was stubborn towards the grandfather played by Pran. Gulzar used Sanjeev Kumar as the father of Jaya Bacchan who was suffering from illness and died leaving all the children at the mercy of God. All the characters in the film were sublime in their roles.

Gulzar also used Suchitra Sen the greatest actress of Bengali cinema in a dignified role in the film Aandhi which was based on the story of dominance of Indira Gandhi in Indian politics. Sanjeev Kumar was the husband in the film and understood her pains in the film and shared them with her even after staying separately.

Again Sharmila Tagore’s docile nature was used in the film Mausam both as a mother and the daughter to perfection by Gulzar. Sanjeev Kumar was the doctor in the film who came back from abroad and gave freedom to his daughter who was compelled to join kotha. Gulzar also used Uttam Kumar in the film Kitaab, as the guardian of master Raju who was the brother of his wife playedby Vidya Sinha. Uttam Kumar ensured that the child got good education and not spoilt in the cosmopolitan environment of city.

Gulzar was never passionate about popular actors and showed the courage of using Jeetender or Sanjeev Kumar or Uttam Kumar at a period when Amitabh Bacchan was dominating Indian films. Also his choice of actresses ranged from Jaya Bacchan to Sharmila Tagore to Suchitra Sen, and he used the dancing skills of Hema Malini in Kinaara and rural performance of Dimple Kapadia in Lekin. Besides his brilliant lyrics and thoughtful music adds another chapter in the list of brilliant films. It is not possible to mention the greatness of the legendary director in a small article. The viewers expect on the birthday of the genius director to continue his great work in the years to come.

Priyanka Chopra and bollywood films

Priyanka Chopra and bollywood films.

Priyanka Chopra had shown he spark in bollywood films over the years. When she started her career in the film Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta she was known only as a glamorous actress.

But she acted well in the film Don in the role that was played by Zeenat Aman in the earlier version of the film Don. Her performance opposite Shahrukh Khan in the film was well appreciated. She joined the gang to take revenge against Don for killing her brother. She first won the confidence of Don and then tried to kill him. When she came to know the person was not original Don she changed her mind. She gave able lips in the song “raat hai khwab hai”.


She did well in the film Love Story 2050 which was based on fantasy. She acted her friend Herman Baweja. She lived in Bombay in 2050 where the city was filled with skyscrapers, monorails, etc. Her romantic performance is worth mentioning.

She did well in the film Krish opposite Hrithik Roshan. It was also based on fantasy. Hrithik got supernatural powers from aliens and he could do extraordinary things. There was struggle among other people to get his power. It was a sequel of the successful film Koi Mil Gaya.


She is expected to continue her good work in the film God Tussi Great Ho opposite Salman Khan and Champku opposite Boby Deol. The viewers expect her to continue her good form and develop her performance.

Uttam Kumar and bollywood actresses.

Uttam Kumar and bollywood actresses.

Uttam Kumar, the greatest superstar of Bengali films also acted in landmark bollywood films. His first film Choti Si Mulakat, opposite Vaijayantimala was based on the Bengali film Agni Pariksha where Suchitra Sen played Vaijayantimala’s role. She was married to Uttam Kumar at an early age and the marriage was not accepted by the society. After a long period of time Uttam Kumar met her and she again got attached with Uttam Kumar and hesitated whether to marry him or not. At the end of the film the fact was unfolded that Uttam Kumar was the same person who was married to her at her early age. The music of Shankar Jaikishan was very impressive including songs of Rafi like “choti si mulakat”.

Uttam Kumar acted opposite Vidya Sinha in the film Kitaab which was directed by Gulzar. Vidya Sinha had a very small brother played by aster Raju who was sent to the city for better education. He got spoiled due to bad influence of other local children. Uttam Kumar acted as the guardian of Master Raju and even persuaded Vidya Sinha to be responsible to the young brother. Dina Pathak played the role of the mother of Master Raju who lived in the village and delegated the responsibility of giving god education of Master Raju to Uttam Kumar in the city.

Uttam Kumar acted in the film Dooriyan opposite Sharmila Tagore. In that film also Uttam Kumar had differences with his wife and both got separated with a child each. The neighbours and friends of Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore convinced them that the differences of husband and wife affect the children at large who need both the father and mother. The film ended with the unification of Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore. The songs in the film “zindagi zindagi, mere ghar ana zindagi”, “zindagi me jab tumhare gham nahi the” composed by Jaidev and sung by Bhupinder Singh impressed the thoughtful viewers.

Uttam Kumar also acted opposite Sharmila Tagore in the film Amanush and Anand Ashram. Both the films were directed by Shakti Samanta. In Amanush Uttam Kumar was a rich person who was falsely implicated by Utpal Dutta in a case that led to misunderstanding with Sharmila which was solved eventually. In Anand Ashram Sharmila , the wife of a doctor played by Uttam Kumar while giving birth to his son played by Rakesh Roshan. The film involved the relationship of Uttam Kumar with his father Ashok Kumar who did not accept his wife and Uttam Kumar left his house. The father and son were united at the end of the film. Uttam Kumar kept his mark opposite successful bollywood actresses in the films he had done and the films should be restored for their strong story-base and powerful acting

Sri Devi’s success in Bollywood Arena.

Sri Devi’s success in Bollywood Arena.

Sri Devi had been one of the few South Indian Actresses who had showed their skills both at their regional film arena and also bollywood arena and reached the highest level in films. She had acted almost opposite all the leading actors of bollywood films and got critical acclamation for her performances.

She was successful in the film Himmatwala, opposite Jeetender, where both their dance performances were appreciated by the viewers. Her performance in the film Jaanbaaz is worth mentioning. She was forcibly given drugs by the suppliers played by Shakti Kapoor and others and it led to her death. Feroz Khan, her husband and police officer in the film took revenge at the end of the film. Although Dimple Kapadia and Anil Kapoor had also done well in the film, Sri Devi’s role caught the attention of the viewers.

She also did well in the film Akhree Rasta opposite Big B. Big B played double role in the film. The father in the film was married to Jaya Prada. Jaya Prada was killed by Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Big B was falsely charged and send to prison. His son Big B became a police officer and was involved with Sri Devi. The struggle of the father to take revenge against the security arrangements provided by the son was the central attraction of the film.

Sri Devi had good comedy skills and she exhibited it in the film Mr. India opposite Anil Kapoor. She worked in a publication industry and stayed in Anil Kapoor’s house as tenant. Anil Kapoor took the responsibility of looking after many orphan children. He got a device by which he could be invisible. He used it to kill Amrish Puri who had been involved in destructive arrangements. Sri Devi was irritated with the mischievous children but later loved them.

Her other successful films include Chandni opposite Rishi Kapoor, Chaalbaaz opposite Rajnikant and Sunny Deol, Sadma opposite Kamal Hassan. For around 15 years she played important roles before Madhuri Dixit dominated bollywood films. Today is her birthday, and her viewers expect her to make a comeback and contribute in character roles.