Films that gained a ‘cult following’ over the years,despite being unnoticed on release
Silsila
Yash Chopra is looked upon as the grandfather of candyfloss romance, an antithesis to the more ‘artistic’ genre of films. One wonders why. Here’s what his early films were about:
Unwed mothers and illegitimate children – Dhool ka Phool (1959)
Partition and the rise of Hindu fundamentalism – Dharmputra (1961)
Taut, song less thriller about a fugitive, a lone woman and a corpse – Ittefaq (1969)
A man who lives with his wife and the ‘other woman’, Hindi Cinema’s first Ménage à trois- Daag (1973)
In 1981, we had another of his equally risqué works, Silsila. Expectedly, sparks flew when the Screen God of the time shared screen space with the reigning diva. Rekha and Amitabh were quite an item on screen and allegedly, off screen too. The grapevine has it that Chopra was inspired to make Silsila on this relationship...
Silsila
Yash Chopra is looked upon as the grandfather of candyfloss romance, an antithesis to the more ‘artistic’ genre of films. One wonders why. Here’s what his early films were about:
Unwed mothers and illegitimate children – Dhool ka Phool (1959)
Partition and the rise of Hindu fundamentalism – Dharmputra (1961)
Taut, song less thriller about a fugitive, a lone woman and a corpse – Ittefaq (1969)
A man who lives with his wife and the ‘other woman’, Hindi Cinema’s first Ménage à trois- Daag (1973)
In 1981, we had another of his equally risqué works, Silsila. Expectedly, sparks flew when the Screen God of the time shared screen space with the reigning diva. Rekha and Amitabh were quite an item on screen and allegedly, off screen too. The grapevine has it that Chopra was inspired to make Silsila on this relationship...
- 9/5/2012
- by Amborish Roychoudhury
- DearCinema.com
As far as onscreen villains go, Prashant Narayanan's portrayal of Dheeraj Pandey, a self-turned eunuch and a psychopath serial killer in Murder 2 is by far the most fear-provoking. Prashant switches shades like a chameleon in the film and makes your spine chill when he sings 'Kitna mazaa aaya. Tere tukde karoon chaar' while killing his victims. Prashant started off by assisting Art Director Samir Chanda and worked on films like Govind Nihalani's Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Subhash Ghai's Saudagar and Shyam Benegal's Sardari Begum. He got his first break in Hansal Mehta's Chhal and went on to deliver power packed performances in films like Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows Of Time, Yeh Saali Zindagi and Bhindi Baazaar Inc. Even though this gifted actor was appreciated for his performances in these films, none of these films were successful at the box office, but Murder 2...
- 7/18/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
As far as onscreen villains go, Prashant Narayanan's portrayal of Dheeraj Pandey, a self-turned eunuch and a psychopath serial killer in Murder 2 is by far the most fear-provoking. Prashant switches shades like a chameleon in the film and makes your spine chill when he sings 'Kitna mazaa aaya. Tere tukde karoon chaar' while killing his victims. Prashant started off by assisting Art Director Samir Chanda and worked on films like Govind Nihalani's Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Subhash Ghai's Saudagar and Shyam Benegal's Sardari Begum. He got his first break in Hansal Mehta's Chhal and went on to deliver power packed performances in films like Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows Of Time, Yeh Saali Zindagi and Bhindi Baazaar Inc. Even though this gifted actor was appreciated for his performances in these films, none of these films were successful at the box office, but Murder 2...
- 7/18/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Kailash Kher is on a roll internationally. Just a couple of months after he and Kailasa band-mates Naresh and Paresh Kamath finished a long USA tour, covering over 18 cities and performing in some of the most prestigious Us concert halls, Kher has now notched up a collaboration with international-renowned Algerian singer, Cheb Khaled of Didi and Aicha fame. On a rollThe singer, who came into the limelight with the song, Allah ke bande (Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II) in 2002, has been signed on by one of the largest mobile service providers, T-Mobile, and ...
- 2/24/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Kailash Kher is on a roll internationally. Just a couple of months after he and Kailasa band-mates Naresh and Paresh Kamath finished a long USA tour, covering over 18 cities and performing in some of the most prestigious Us concert halls, Kher has now notched up a collaboration with international-renowned Algerian singer, Cheb Khaled of Didi and Aicha fame. On a rollThe singer, who came into the limelight with the song, Allah ke bande (Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II) in 2002, has been signed on by one of the largest mobile service providers, T-Mobile, and ...
- 2/24/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
With Ishqiya, you’ve done realistic cinema after seven years; the last time was Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II in 2000. People couldn’t digest Waisa Bhi… Plus, after Munnabhai released, I got only commercial films.So were you disinterested in most of the work you were doing in between?Pretty much, yeah. It’s like eating the same food every day. I enjoy comedy, but I do have more emotions! Also, my idea of comedy is not slapstick like falling over a banana peel. Do you think Ishqiya helped you break out of that image?The appreciation I’ve received for this movie has outdone the ...
- 2/16/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II was one of the first multiplex movies in the early 2000s. But it has taken you seven years to get back to that space. (Chuckles) Honestly, I love that space of realistic urban or rural cinema. Even Seher was from that genre. People couldn’t digest Waisa Bhi… they would say.‘Why is he behaving so normally?’So I wasn’t offered any appealing scripts. And then Munnabhai released, and I got only commercial films after that. Had I got a film like Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye!, I would have surely done it. Frankly, I ...
- 2/15/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
'Allah ke bande', 'Piya Haji Ali', 'Khwaja mere khwaja', 'Arziyaan'...the list is long. Bollywood is surely smitten by Sufi music as composers churn out chartbusters by weaving its melodious flavour into their songs..The divine strains of Sufi music in film songs have become a huge hit with listeners and music directors are cashing in on its increasing popularity. Most soundtracks today boast of at least one Sufi song and they are popular among all age groups -- from seasoned music lovers to youngsters.'Music is the voice of god and Sufi music is dedicated to him. When you sing for god from your heart, it turns out to be soul stirring and listeners enjoy it too,' Sukhwinder singh, who has crooned various Sufi tracks, told Ians.The qawwali form of Sufi music has been used in Bollywood films for a long time, but there has been a recent influx of Sufi songs.
- 11/15/2009
- Filmicafe
He is one of the most 'A'rguably 'R'eal 'S'pontaneous 'H'ero 'A'nd 'D'irector's actor! Well, if you were to pick only the initials of the above, then, all the roads will surely lead to the domain of today's Birthday boy Arshad Warsi! He is the man who gave the term 'circuit' a total makeover, courtesy the hugely successful 'Munnabhai' series! After having stepped into Bollywood, with the mega musical treat called Tere Mere Sapne, Arshad went on to do films which only paved the way for him to become every cine goer's earnest dream come true! Films like Hero Hindustani, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Salaam Namaste, Kabul Express, Dhamaal, Golmaal Returns, Sunday etc… will always stand as glowing testimonies to this. It was only after the 'Munnabhai' series that Arshad got his mega superstar status, something that he has kept alive till date, with his...
- 4/20/2009
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
He is one of the most 'A'rguably 'R'eal 'S'pontaneous 'H'ero 'A'nd 'D'irector's actor! Well, if you were to pick only the initials of the above, then, all the roads will surely lead to the domain of today's Birthday boy Arshad Warsi! He is the man who gave the term 'circuit' a total makeover, courtesy the hugely successful 'Munnabhai' series! After having stepped into Bollywood, with the mega musical treat called Tere Mere Sapne, Arshad went on to do films which only paved the way for him to become every cine goer's earnest dream come true! Films like Hero Hindustani, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Salaam Namaste, Kabul Express, Dhamaal, Golmaal Returns, Sunday etc… will always stand as glowing testimonies to this. It was only after the 'Munnabhai' series that Arshad got his mega superstar status, something that he has kept alive till date, with his...
- 4/20/2009
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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