Sunday, 27 March 2016
My Final Post- Touching Obituaries and An Emotional Meeting with Dharmendraji.
Friday, 18 September 2015
The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee - The Book by Jai Arjun Singh
My previous post, was going to be my last post in this blog. I had just planned on giving this blog some finishing touches, give it the look of a regular website, that was about it. Then something interesting happened, I received an email from writer Jai Arjun Singh informing me that his book on Hrishikesh Mukherjee was going to release in a few days and that he would like his publishers Penguin India to send me a copy, if you are wondering why? Well he had written about my father and he had also taken a quote from my interview with Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Before I go any further about the book, I think it is only right that in filmy style I first go into flashback mode.
Monday, 8 December 2014
Scenes From My Father’s Films
As I have mentioned in the About page, I always wanted to
have a site dedicated to my father. Way back in the past I wasn’t sure about the
form the site would take, but one thing I was sure about and that was I
would have a section on scenes from his
films. I therefore started collecting DVDs of his films, so that my brother
could edit the scenes and upload them. Initially in the first few posts my brother did just that, but those of you
who are regular readers may have noticed that I now use a new tool TubeChop. This has made life easier, there is now no need to edit the scenes, all I
have to do is directly chop the videos from You Tube and either embed them or
link to the chopped scene.
As Tube Chop does not
provide you with an option of a suitable thumbnail, I decided to publish the
screen caps from the chosen scenes and provide links to the chopped scene instead of embedding them.
Labels:
Ashok Kumar,
Chand Aur Suraj,
Choti Bahu,
Devanand,
Devar,
Dharmendra,
Dulal Guha,
Joy Mukherjee.Nirupa Roy.,
Maharaja,
Mujhe Jeene Do,
Nitin Bose.,
Pyar Mohabbat,
Rajesh Khanna,
Sanjeev Kumar,
Shama,
Umeed.
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Memories & Memorabilia (Part 4) – Final Instalment
Madhuri, April 24 1964 |
When I began with
Memories & Memorabilia, I began with some amount of trepidation, I thought
I should not allow my personal emotions to come in the way, that is, I should not let my
heart rule my head. I was just going to share a few memories and wind up, but
your comments and overwhelming response emboldened me to stretch it to four
parts. Interestingly this blog’s statistics has stunned me. Initially it gave
some competition to my food blog, but now it has raced ahead leaving my food
blog way behind. I am surprised considering it focuses on just one person who
passed away long ago and I did not do much to promote it. In this final instalment therefore, I am
sharing all that I had not thought of sharing, I am now encouraged to share
almost everything.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Memories & Memorabilia (Part 3) - Some more sweet memories.
Madhuri, July, 14 1967 |
It is indeed amazing the number of things we managed to unearth, so here are some more pieces of sweet memories and memorabilia.
I concluded my last post with my father’s
screen test. The next step was signing a contract with
Bimal Roy Productions, we found a copy of that contract.Below is a photo of my father at Sujata’s
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Memories & Memorabilia (Part 2) - Glimpses into the past
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My father before becoming a film actor. |
Monday, 8 September 2014
Memories & Memorabilia - Some bits of history.
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My father as a newcomer. |
It is a shame really, what am I doing? First I deleted my replies to some of the comments and now I went and deleted an entire post. I thought I had learnt a lesson that 'Haste makes Waste' but it appears I have obviously not. In my defence all I can say is that shortage of time and the constant drumming in my area (it is festival time after all) has led me to commit such a mistake. A weak excuse I know, but frankly I have no other excuse.
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