Monday, March 5, 2007

Hindi movies - Gene Kelly in Singin in the Rain

Tribune - Rain songs in Hindi movies are not always about pyar-mohabbat and saawan ki agan . Villagers welcomed the much-awaited monsoon with Hariyala saawan dhol bajaata aaya in Do Bigha Zameen (1953). A heavy
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Nation - His mother has written scripts for some of the most popular Hindi movies; his sister Tanuja is an emerging director in the same industry; another sister, Anupama, is a seasoned film journalist; and his brother-in-law is Vidhu Vinod Chopra, whose film
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New Kerala - Salman Ali Khan was equally enthusiastic about Hindi movies and television serials. "My mother loves to watch saas-bahu serials. They are a must for many women and they enjoy discussing them later." "And when it comes to movies we love those starring
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Hindu - Though Bollywood dances are becoming a rage among the youth here, Hindi movies are not being screened in city cinema halls. "We have to rely on DVDs," says Ms. Bjorninen. Nor have Bollywood directors and producers shown interest in shooting films
Indolink - You can call me Peeps./ I don't speak a single word of Punjabi./ I pretend to understand Hindi movies./ Show me the meaning of being Desi./ We drink limca or mango lassi./ Use cell phones to make all our local calls./ Our last names have ten syllables
Tribune - He traces how the archetypical Kashmiri hero, a poor shikarawala called Rajah, of the mega-hit Jab Jab Phool Khile of the late 1970s gets replaced by the Kashmiri Islamic terrorist of Roja, Sarfarosh and a host of other popular Hindi movies.
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Tribune - Padmini s well known Hindi movies include Aashiq, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai and Mera Naam Joker. She was one of the favourites of Raj Kapoor. She was also paired with the late Raj Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar and evergreen hero Dev