tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post7645791360635351814..comments2024-03-12T17:38:31.180+05:30Comments on Calcutta Chromosome: Saaransh: The Life and Times of Mahesh BhattDiptakirti Chaudhurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-90462575416028379182010-09-30T09:37:25.301+05:302010-09-30T09:37:25.301+05:30Shah Rukh also (possibly) played a double role in ...Shah Rukh also (possibly) played a double role in English Babu Desi Mem.Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-79574336548094415952010-09-15T12:42:03.365+05:302010-09-15T12:42:03.365+05:30Well the point seems to be missed that Saathi was ...Well the point seems to be missed that Saathi was loosely copied from Al Pacino starrer SCARFACE.<br /><br />And so was the opening lullaby section of Tum Mile (copied from an Enigma single - couldn't remember the name :S.<br /><br />Good post though. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-38737135106644770282007-10-26T10:41:00.000+05:302007-10-26T10:41:00.000+05:30@Nilendu: Oh yes...Sangdil Sanam Sanam was the ref...@Nilendu: Oh yes...Sangdil Sanam Sanam was the refrain in the background ---remember the trailer songs after the last song on Tips/T-series cassettes --this Sangdil Sanam Sanam was a favorite along with the "Tu jo mera yaar baane roomba ruba roomba ruba" from "Pathreela Rasta".<BR/><BR/>An awesome song from "Dil Ka Doctor" I cannot forget is the one which went like this:<BR/><BR/>"Bandh darwaze khuli khidkiyaan,<BR/>Andar nacche ladke ladkiyaan,<BR/>Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh<BR/>Dance chaloo hain<BR/>Romance chaloo hain"<BR/><BR/>The memories...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-50116319489027524652007-10-26T02:00:00.000+05:302007-10-26T02:00:00.000+05:30Oops! My bad!!Oops! My bad!!Divyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908327643053004831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-66673366286163917172007-10-26T00:21:00.000+05:302007-10-26T00:21:00.000+05:30Greatbong,Salman-Manisha also had an awesome rain ...Greatbong,<BR/><BR/>Salman-Manisha also had an awesome rain song in "Sangdil Sanam" (remember Raja Murad as "ChaMdi Seth"?). Amit Kumar's -<BR/><BR/>"Aankhon mein bandh kar loon.<BR/>SaaNsoN mein samaa jaa.<BR/>Kahee kho na jana mujh se."<BR/><BR/>That's a landmark song since Salman started showing more than his heroines from this point.Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-4499425205617023262007-10-25T11:48:00.000+05:302007-10-25T11:48:00.000+05:30Dipta,BTW, "Duplicate" was not Shahrukh's only dou...Dipta,<BR/><BR/>BTW, "Duplicate" was not Shahrukh's only double role. "Don" comes to mind as the latest one.Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-74691562299823060762007-10-25T09:24:00.000+05:302007-10-25T09:24:00.000+05:30After a long & satisfying post, I had GreatBong an...After a long & satisfying post, I had GreatBong and Nilendu discussing Sudesh Berry and Yeh Majhdhar. I think my life is made and I will just retire from blogging! It can go downhill from there....<BR/><BR/>@ Divya: The Shaan song started with a loud Yaaaaaaliiiiii which is the reason for your confusion between Reena Roy's husband and Zeenat Aman's.Diptakirti Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-53846581924720492282007-10-25T04:38:00.000+05:302007-10-25T04:38:00.000+05:30Divya, The guy in Shaan is "Mazhar Khan" - he neve...Divya, <BR/><BR/>The guy in Shaan is "Mazhar Khan" - he never played cricket, just drank a lot and so died of Cirrhosis later. Also the song lyric is "Naam Abdul hai mera". "Ya Ali" is from "Ajooba".Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-67953895180272069052007-10-25T04:36:00.000+05:302007-10-25T04:36:00.000+05:30Yup! Right you are. My bad. Majhdhaar had Rahul Ga...Yup! Right you are. My bad. Majhdhaar had Rahul Gay and Salman cavorting with Manisha. "Dil Ka Doctor" had Poonam Dasgupta, incidentally a CMC student who later turned into soft-porn films in south. "Mohini" was shown in "late night slots" -- never really found the reason other than Sudesh Berry was made up to be *really* ugly -- kind of "Sataym Shivam Sundaram" in reverse gear, except Sudesh Berry's breasts did not spill from under the blouse (thankfully!).Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-41809406213185744032007-10-25T02:43:00.000+05:302007-10-25T02:43:00.000+05:301) I think Mohsin Khan's debut movie was Shaan whe...1) I think Mohsin Khan's debut movie was Shaan where his character is called Ali who is the 'khabri' or Amitabh and party and gets killed by the bad guys. he also has a song in the movie - 'Ya Ali, Ya Ali, Mera naam hai Ali'.<BR/>2) Cat People was a played quite frequently on Star Movies in later 90's...so yeah I am aware of it though I couldn't bear to watch it completely! (So that means Junoon was a bad copy of a bad original!!)<BR/>3) Saatwan Aasman was inspired from another bollywood movie - 'Yaad Rakhegi Duniya' starring Aditya Panscholi and Rukhsana (who made her comeback in 'D' and 'Sarkar'). In both the movies the lead pair is terminally ill and falls in love under similar circumstances. Infact a couple of scenes were a literal lift off...if I remember correctly.Divyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908327643053004831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-26049643084213361442007-10-25T01:37:00.000+05:302007-10-25T01:37:00.000+05:30Wait Nilendu wasnt it "Yeh Majhdaar" . Did it have...Wait Nilendu wasnt it "Yeh Majhdaar" . Did it have Vikas Bhalla? I thought it was Salman and Rahul Roy. <BR/><BR/>I remember it for its rainsong with Monisha and Salman. Two other Zee specials were "Mohini" (starring Madhu and Sudesh Berry) and "Dil Ka Doctor".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-3298191517007102462007-10-24T23:49:00.000+05:302007-10-24T23:49:00.000+05:30Some observations -(1) Tamanna - I always thought ...Some observations -<BR/><BR/>(1) Tamanna - I always thought it was Pooja Bhatt who is the eunuch, and Paresh Rawal his / her daughter. Paresh Rawal is a genuine good actor in any case.<BR/><BR/>(2) Duplicate - We all were more keen on watching "Making of Duplicate" than "Duplicate". Sonali Bendre was wearing this amazing shorts that .....<BR/><BR/>(3) Naajayaz - Remember <BR/>"Laal laal hooThon pe gori kiska naam hai?<BR/>Dil mein tu rehta hai, tera hi naam hai..<BR/><BR/>Uh Huh..UH HUH..."?<BR/><BR/>(4) Papa Kehte Hain - Uttamkumar once apparently defined "star" as soneone who is seen more on his Bentley than inside a theater. <BR/><BR/>Mayuri Kango was one who was seen more often in BEST bus stops than in theaters.<BR/><BR/>(5) Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain - Dude, in 1974, with B R Ishara firing on all cylinders, if you had made a movie without a prostitute -- you would have to go to one. Your wife too would have deserted you!<BR/><BR/>(6) Arth - Later remade with more success as "Gharwali Baharwali".<BR/><BR/>I am so fed up with Mahesh Bhatt's "auto-biographical" stories. All bullshit. Lately, after Parveen Babi died, he even produced an audio cassette of her talking about her "issues". Bullshit. Bangla has a wonderful phrase for such claims "dhoper chop".<BR/><BR/>(7)Kaash - Actually, a very good movie. I learned so much on marriage from this one. Every married couple should rewind the tape on every anniversary and promise to watch it in the next.<BR/><BR/>(8)Aashiqui - Apparently, Mahesh and Rahul were in similar relationship as Karan and Shahrukh are today.<BR/><BR/>(9) Jurm - Awesome movie. Total copy from Hollywood, but Vinod Khanna was so good at hitting on ladies -- it was a pleasure watch someone could get it all, interspersed with beating up multiple people, drinking and reflecting upon his pathetic life over some alcohol. Brilliant!<BR/><BR/>It was like Rajendra Kumar once had said on Raj Kapoor about their roles in "Sangam". "Raj saab got the girl, his friend sacrificed his own love, they are on honeymoon to Alps, the hot wife is doing a special strip show for her husband -- and YET..the husband sings --<BR/><BR/>"dost dost na raha.<BR/>Pyar pyar na raha"<BR/><BR/>Raj Kapoor just could not tolerate a melancholic moment to be passed on to some other actor!<BR/><BR/>(10) Junoon - Blame one of the VHS copies of this movie that was stuck in the title for this. Himmesh was 19 that time and could not get over it.<BR/><BR/>"Junoon junu junu junu junu junu.."<BR/><BR/>Wish there were clean DVDs available those days!<BR/><BR/>P.S. Someone should do a post on all such animal movies. Include Jack Nicolson's "Wolf" too.<BR/><BR/>(11) Sadak -- Do a street song list too. Tezaab's -<BR/><BR/>"Show gaya yeh Zahan" -- was about a lonely kid's rants as his parents went to watch a late night.<BR/><BR/>(10) Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin - Some themes are like yorker. They always work. Journalist-rich and spoilt girl-together for a few nights - yet not screwing each other - queuing up for toilet in the morning - journalist shouting at the millionaire and at her daughter.<BR/><BR/>This is called "romantic" when you are in school. Called "nostalgia" when you are not. In each case, perfectly watchable.<BR/><BR/>(11) Saathi - You forgot Jolly Bakshi and his baritone!<BR/><BR/>(12) Saatwan Aasman - One of the few "iinglish" songs I bragged I knew! <BR/><BR/>"Where is the time to hate.<BR/>When there is so little time to love"<BR/><BR/>(13) Gumrah - Forget Sanjay Dutt. This is historic for the traces of "forced" lesbianism between the jailer Kunika and the inmate Sri Devi. Hear, I am not condoning it -- just a mention.<BR/><BR/>(14) Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke - Remember how Juhi Chawla snubbed that south Indian classical guy saying why he nodded like a train?<BR/><BR/>The same Juhi now is happily stuffing Ashoka paratha and doing her riyaaz with Padmini Kolhapure's dad!<BR/><BR/>(15) Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee -- Zee TV it was. Remember the other movie that was advertised 7 times an hour, but was NEVER shown? "Majhdhaar" with Manisha and Vikas Bhalla-gay-na?<BR/><BR/>"Sagar se gehra hai pyar..<BR/><BR/>Hamara..<BR/><BR/>Tum hara."<BR/><BR/>Majhdhaar was ZEE's first debacle that would later florish as ICL.<BR/><BR/>(16) Milan - Akash actually played villain in a couple of other movies too. In this movie he had this crazy fetish of putting on lipsticks and smack it on the girl he is about to rape too!Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-40756221071687455702007-10-24T23:40:00.000+05:302007-10-24T23:40:00.000+05:30Kaash: Kya hain tumhara naam? Aladddin Aladdin.......Kaash: Kya hain tumhara naam? Aladddin Aladdin....can never get that out of my head.<BR/><BR/>Daddy: The greatest lullaby song since "Zhu Zhu Zhu"<BR/><BR/>Aashiqui: Dipak Tijori's hand gesture started a trend.<BR/><BR/>Junoon: Amazing movie.<BR/><BR/>Sadak: In Stonybrook in 2000 there was a on-campus housing crisis and I remember desi students joining voices to sing: "Rahene ko ghar nahein"---an anthem it became.<BR/><BR/>Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin: Main khayoonga pappad aur tu khayegi thappad. <BR/><BR/>Saatwan Aasman: I saw it in a seedy guest house in Haldia. Fits the bill.<BR/><BR/>Gumrah: "Main Tera Aashiq Hoon" dance from Sanjay Dutt was historical.<BR/><BR/>Sir: Chappan Tikli! What a movie. And being a Bengali guy, I could never sing the "Yeh ujli chadni jab hasraton ko <I>gudgudayegi</I>" with a straight face.<BR/><BR/>Naraaz: Pooja Bhatt singing "I am a cool cat on the prowl" and shaking her bottom at the camera. Something deeply Freudian here.<BR/><BR/>Milan: Akash Khurana was creepy. Period.<BR/><BR/>Criminal: Monisha Koirala's ho(a)rse whispering "I want to love you for ever for ever" during Tum Mile just did it for me.<BR/><BR/>Naajayaz: I love the song "Abhi zinda hoon to je lene do". Seriously. <BR/><BR/>Papa Kehte Hain: India's first lesbian flick. <BR/><BR/>Dastak: Yeeks<BR/><BR/>Chaahat: Ramya burnt a rose if I remember correctly. She was a fine lookin woman.<BR/><BR/>Tamanna: Weepy<BR/><BR/>Duplicate: The nadir of SRK's hamming...<BR/><BR/>Angaraay: Only thing I remember was the "Aande" song which was a countdown favorite.<BR/><BR/>Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan: Lots of good songs...of the 90s variety. Also Twinkle Khanna showed a lot of navel if I remember (pre-Mela) leading her to be given the title of "Peti-woman"<BR/><BR/>Kartoos: "Na main sharab janoo na main shabab janoo"---yeah right Monisha !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-49689593654056443502007-10-24T22:59:00.000+05:302007-10-24T22:59:00.000+05:30YOU ARE YET TO WATCH SIYASAT? And Abhimanyu too? B...YOU ARE YET TO WATCH SIYASAT? And Abhimanyu too? Boy, you almost hurt me here!Nilenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405855729781763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-4866777037837048492007-10-24T15:09:00.000+05:302007-10-24T15:09:00.000+05:30the original "Gentleman" is in Tamil, dubbed into ...the original "Gentleman" is in Tamil, dubbed into Telugu. <BR/>MM Kreem's name is actually Keeravani. any theories on why he has a different screen name?<BR/>wouldn't madhuri dixit be in contention for the Most Number of Films as Character Names Pooja record? But i guess she'd come a distant second... <BR/>And kartoos... what a perfectly horrible movie that was, with Sanjay Dutt looking every bit a zombie, and manisha, a vampire. The reason i remember the movie is due to the [insert abusive adjective] picturization of nusrat fateh ali khan's ishq ka rutba.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-51607819920678322492007-10-24T12:54:00.000+05:302007-10-24T12:54:00.000+05:30heyi think in zakhm pooja bhatt is burned by some ...hey<BR/>i think in zakhm pooja bhatt is burned by some muslim guy when she was going to the church...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com