It seems like the controversies surrounding Anurag Kashyap and Ekta Kapoor's upcoming drug drama Udta Punjab is not going to stop anytime soon. The film has created a major buzz since the trailer released. It took a drastic turn when the Censor Board of Film Certification (Cbfc) ordered over 90 cuts in the film over the use of abusive language and drug menace. Not only that, they have also ordered to remove all the references of the Punjab from the film and the title. This didn't go well with the makers of the film and decided to protest against censor board chief, Pahlaj Nahlani. A press conference was held that including lead actors of Udta Punjab Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt and many filmmakers from the Bollywood. The makers of the film addressed the controversy surrounding the film and how the cuts ordered will completely destroy the entire film. Mukesh...
- 6/8/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Talat Mehmood, the unparallel king of ghazal needs no introduction. His super hit ghazals like Sham-E-Gham Ki Qassam ....; Jalte Hain Jiske Liye .... Aye Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal.... are immortal and shall continue to regale ghazal lovers for centuries to come.
However, readers would be stunned to know that though Talat Mehmood, who ruled the mid-40s and the 50s as the most sought after playback singer, had to face bitter competition in the 60s from emerging new talents like Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor etc.
In fact, his popularity plunged so low that film distributers declined to accept his songs and music directors had to tragically re-record the song in other singers' voice. For instance, in Dilip Kumar's movie Aadmi, music maestro Naushad had recorded a duet on Dilip Kumar and Manoj Kumar.
The song was Kaisi Haseen Aaj Bahaaron Ki Raat Hai...
However, readers would be stunned to know that though Talat Mehmood, who ruled the mid-40s and the 50s as the most sought after playback singer, had to face bitter competition in the 60s from emerging new talents like Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor etc.
In fact, his popularity plunged so low that film distributers declined to accept his songs and music directors had to tragically re-record the song in other singers' voice. For instance, in Dilip Kumar's movie Aadmi, music maestro Naushad had recorded a duet on Dilip Kumar and Manoj Kumar.
The song was Kaisi Haseen Aaj Bahaaron Ki Raat Hai...
- 4/8/2015
- GlamSham
Mathura, April 10: Huge crowds Thursday lined up along the roads in this Uttar Pradesh town as Bollywood actor-turned-politician Hema Malini, who is the Bjp candidate for the Lok Sabha polls, asked people to vote for her.
Hema Malini faces Jayant Choudhary, son of Civil Aviation Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh, and the Aam Aadmi Party's Anuj Garg.
Jayant Choudhary is supported by the Congress.
Hema Malini told reporters that if elected, she would work for improving civic conditions in Vrindavan, cleaning up the Yamuna river and making the Braj region with its numerous Radha-Krishna shrines.
Hema Malini faces Jayant Choudhary, son of Civil Aviation Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh, and the Aam Aadmi Party's Anuj Garg.
Jayant Choudhary is supported by the Congress.
Hema Malini told reporters that if elected, she would work for improving civic conditions in Vrindavan, cleaning up the Yamuna river and making the Braj region with its numerous Radha-Krishna shrines.
- 4/10/2014
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Mathura, April 3: Bollywood actress and Bjp candidate Hema Malini Thursday filed her nomination papers from the Mathura Lok Sabha constituency, and said she would clean up the Yamuna river and make the region with its many temples a model of development.
Hema Malini is pitted against Jayant Choudhary, the incumbent Rashtriya Lok Dal MP, Chandan Singh of the Samajwadi Party and Yogesh Dwivedi of the Bahujan Samaj Party.
The Aam Aadmi Party's Anuj Garg is also in the fray.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukesh Keshav said she filed two sets of papers.
Bjp sources said the party's prime ministerial candidate.
Hema Malini is pitted against Jayant Choudhary, the incumbent Rashtriya Lok Dal MP, Chandan Singh of the Samajwadi Party and Yogesh Dwivedi of the Bahujan Samaj Party.
The Aam Aadmi Party's Anuj Garg is also in the fray.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukesh Keshav said she filed two sets of papers.
Bjp sources said the party's prime ministerial candidate.
- 4/3/2014
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
A for Aam Aadmi Pictures – Shahid, Lunchbox, Gippi, Akaash Vani, biopics and stories on common person ruled.
B for Babaji Ka Thullu – What by and large audiences believed they got after walking out at the end of most releases this year
C for Curious case of Comedies – Matru.., YPD2, Besharam, Sooper se Ooper.. Humor was lost on the audience, as was the smile of the producers after the release of these films.
D for Dhating “Naach” and all those bizarre choreography dance movies, Babli’s chest-gun shots, Ranveer’s dandruff-riddance move, ‘Tamanche pe Disco’ and then there was ‘Tooh’.
E for Ek, Do, Teen… the crore counting club that’s adding zero’s on the go.
F for Femme Fatale Konkana Sen Sharma, Nimrat Kaur, Shilpa Shukla, Supriya Pathak, Padmini Kolhapure.
G for Going Global. Big B’s appearance in The Great Gatsby, Vidya and Nandita Das’s presence on...
B for Babaji Ka Thullu – What by and large audiences believed they got after walking out at the end of most releases this year
C for Curious case of Comedies – Matru.., YPD2, Besharam, Sooper se Ooper.. Humor was lost on the audience, as was the smile of the producers after the release of these films.
D for Dhating “Naach” and all those bizarre choreography dance movies, Babli’s chest-gun shots, Ranveer’s dandruff-riddance move, ‘Tamanche pe Disco’ and then there was ‘Tooh’.
E for Ek, Do, Teen… the crore counting club that’s adding zero’s on the go.
F for Femme Fatale Konkana Sen Sharma, Nimrat Kaur, Shilpa Shukla, Supriya Pathak, Padmini Kolhapure.
G for Going Global. Big B’s appearance in The Great Gatsby, Vidya and Nandita Das’s presence on...
- 1/6/2014
- by Pooja Rao
- Bollyspice
Mumbai, Dec 28: Members of the Hindi film fraternity took to social networking platform Twitter to extend its support and praise the confidence of Aam Aadmi Party (Aap) leader Arvind Kejriwal as he took the oath as the capital's new chief minister. Bollywood hopes for "good governance" to prevail.
Celebrities like Shekhar Kapur, Madhur Bhandarkar and Anushka Sharma took to Twitter to congratulate Kejriwal, Delhi's youngest chief minister. Here's what they said:
Anushka Sharma: Congratulations Arvind Kejriwal, Aap and Delhi. (I) Pray and hope that he achieves all that he has set out to without any obstacles and obstruction.
Shekhar.
Celebrities like Shekhar Kapur, Madhur Bhandarkar and Anushka Sharma took to Twitter to congratulate Kejriwal, Delhi's youngest chief minister. Here's what they said:
Anushka Sharma: Congratulations Arvind Kejriwal, Aap and Delhi. (I) Pray and hope that he achieves all that he has set out to without any obstacles and obstruction.
Shekhar.
- 12/28/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
I&B Minister Manish Tewari presented Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement to veteran actor Pran Kishan Sikand (Pran) at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai on Friday, May 10, 2013
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Manish Tewari presented the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement to Pran Kishan Sikand (popularly known as – Pran) at his Bandra residence today in Mumbai. The veteran actor, 93, was unable to travel to New Delhi to attend the National Film Awards function held on May 3, 2013.
The Minister, accompanied by I & B Secretary Uday Kumar Varma and a delegation of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Directorate of Film Festivals presented the coveted award, comprising a Swarn Kamal, citation, shawl and a cash prize of Rs 1 million (Rs 10 lakhs).
Speaking on the occasion, Manish Tewari said “it is an honour for me to present this award to Pran saab in person, in the centenary year of the Indian Cinema.
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Manish Tewari presented the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement to Pran Kishan Sikand (popularly known as – Pran) at his Bandra residence today in Mumbai. The veteran actor, 93, was unable to travel to New Delhi to attend the National Film Awards function held on May 3, 2013.
The Minister, accompanied by I & B Secretary Uday Kumar Varma and a delegation of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Directorate of Film Festivals presented the coveted award, comprising a Swarn Kamal, citation, shawl and a cash prize of Rs 1 million (Rs 10 lakhs).
Speaking on the occasion, Manish Tewari said “it is an honour for me to present this award to Pran saab in person, in the centenary year of the Indian Cinema.
- 5/10/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Veteran actor Pran received Dadasaheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. 93 years old Pran has acted in more than 350 films. In his long tenure of filmy career, he has enacted all types of role, both positive and negative and acted with noted actors and filmmakers of Bollywood. In 2000, he was awarded as the ‘Villain of the Millennium’. Azaad,Madhumati, Devdas, Dil Diya Dard Liya, Ram Aur Shyam and Aadmi are few names among his huge number of hits. In 2010, Pran was named on the list of CNN's Top 25 Asian actors of all time. He won best supporting actors award three times. He was also honored with Padma Bhushan award ...
- 4/12/2013
- Bollywoodmantra.com
May 5, 2010: Legendary singers Mohammad Rafi and Mahendra Kapoor have only ever sung one song together in their entire career.
Audiences were enthralled by their number, ‘Kaisi haseen aaj bahaaron ki raat hai’, in the 1986 film Aadmi, which featured Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman and Manoj Kumar.
After 24 years, their sons – Rohan Kapoor and Shahid Rafi, will be coming together to sing that same song together. The music for Aadmi had been composed by the legendary Naushad Ali. Rohan and Shahid will be performing this song at a concert to be held in Naushad’s memory today. Rohan states that every year on May.
Audiences were enthralled by their number, ‘Kaisi haseen aaj bahaaron ki raat hai’, in the 1986 film Aadmi, which featured Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman and Manoj Kumar.
After 24 years, their sons – Rohan Kapoor and Shahid Rafi, will be coming together to sing that same song together. The music for Aadmi had been composed by the legendary Naushad Ali. Rohan and Shahid will be performing this song at a concert to be held in Naushad’s memory today. Rohan states that every year on May.
- 5/5/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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