Legendary Bollywood actress and Padma Shri awardee Waheeda Rehman has donated her personal film memorabilia to Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf) for preservation.
The actress was honoured with India’s highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke award, last year, and has worked with some of the most renonwned filmmakers of the country like Guru Dutt, Satyajit Ray, Basu Bhattacharya and Yash Chopra, during her career, reports Variety.
The roles essayed by her in films have gone on to become classics in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, she has worked in more than 90 feature films. Her accolades include a National Film Award and the Padma Bhushan in 2011.
As per Variety, the memorabilia includes the saree she wore to the premiere of ‘C.I.D.’ in 1956, her photo albums and photographs and lobby cards from ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’, ‘Chaudvin Ka Chand’, ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’ and ‘Baat Ek...
The actress was honoured with India’s highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke award, last year, and has worked with some of the most renonwned filmmakers of the country like Guru Dutt, Satyajit Ray, Basu Bhattacharya and Yash Chopra, during her career, reports Variety.
The roles essayed by her in films have gone on to become classics in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, she has worked in more than 90 feature films. Her accolades include a National Film Award and the Padma Bhushan in 2011.
As per Variety, the memorabilia includes the saree she wore to the premiere of ‘C.I.D.’ in 1956, her photo albums and photographs and lobby cards from ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’, ‘Chaudvin Ka Chand’, ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’ and ‘Baat Ek...
- 3/13/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
For The Ages
Revered Indian actor Waheeda Rehman, who was accorded the Dadasaheb Phalke award, India’s highest film honor, last year, has donated her personal memorabilia to the Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf) for preservation. Rehman, the 86-year-old grande dame of Indian cinema, has worked with most of the legendary filmmakers of her country during her career and the roles she chose were in films that are considered classics in the annals of Indian cinema. She worked with Guru Dutt in “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959), Satyajit Ray in “Abhijaan” (1962), Basu Bhattacharya in “Teesri Kasam” (1966) and Yash Chopra in “Kabhie Kabhie” (1976), among many other memorable roles.
The donated material includes the saree Rehman wore to the “C.I.D.” premiere in 1956, her photo albums and photographs and lobby cards from “Kaagaz Ke Phool,” “Chaudvin Ka Chand” (1960), “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962) “C.I.D.,” “Bees Saal Baad” (1962) and “Baat Ek Raat Ki” (1962). The donation was...
Revered Indian actor Waheeda Rehman, who was accorded the Dadasaheb Phalke award, India’s highest film honor, last year, has donated her personal memorabilia to the Film Heritage Foundation (Fhf) for preservation. Rehman, the 86-year-old grande dame of Indian cinema, has worked with most of the legendary filmmakers of her country during her career and the roles she chose were in films that are considered classics in the annals of Indian cinema. She worked with Guru Dutt in “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959), Satyajit Ray in “Abhijaan” (1962), Basu Bhattacharya in “Teesri Kasam” (1966) and Yash Chopra in “Kabhie Kabhie” (1976), among many other memorable roles.
The donated material includes the saree Rehman wore to the “C.I.D.” premiere in 1956, her photo albums and photographs and lobby cards from “Kaagaz Ke Phool,” “Chaudvin Ka Chand” (1960), “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962) “C.I.D.,” “Bees Saal Baad” (1962) and “Baat Ek Raat Ki” (1962). The donation was...
- 3/13/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
New Delhi, Oct 15 (Ians) The world has stopped taking film critics and their reviews seriously, but a filmmaker in Kerala, Mubeen Rauf, director of the film ‘Aromalinte Adyyathe Pranayam’, and the Kerala High Court think otherwise.
It is no secret that every actor and, at times, a filmmaker tries to get a positive review for his film. There used to be a time when an actor would dispatch his personal PR man with an envelope to each and every critic. All that they wanted was that the heading should be dedicated to him along with the picture that the review carried.
Something like ‘Rajesh Khanna steals the show’. The heroine’s PR man would follow soon with, probably, a heavier envelope, demanding that the headline be like ‘Heroine steals the show’!
Rather a tough call for a critic!
This was a myth the film industry lived with for a long...
It is no secret that every actor and, at times, a filmmaker tries to get a positive review for his film. There used to be a time when an actor would dispatch his personal PR man with an envelope to each and every critic. All that they wanted was that the heading should be dedicated to him along with the picture that the review carried.
Something like ‘Rajesh Khanna steals the show’. The heroine’s PR man would follow soon with, probably, a heavier envelope, demanding that the headline be like ‘Heroine steals the show’!
Rather a tough call for a critic!
This was a myth the film industry lived with for a long...
- 10/15/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Oct 15 (Ians) The world has stopped taking film critics and their reviews seriously, but a filmmaker in Kerala, Mubeen Rauf, director of the film ‘Aromalinte Adyyathe Pranayam’, and the Kerala High Court think otherwise.
It is no secret that every actor and, at times, a filmmaker tries to get a positive review for his film. There used to be a time when an actor would dispatch his personal PR man with an envelope to each and every critic. All that they wanted was that the heading should be dedicated to him along with the picture that the review carried.
Something like ‘Rajesh Khanna steals the show’. The heroine’s PR man would follow soon with, probably, a heavier envelope, demanding that the headline be like ‘Heroine steals the show’!
Rather a tough call for a critic!
This was a myth the film industry lived with for a long...
It is no secret that every actor and, at times, a filmmaker tries to get a positive review for his film. There used to be a time when an actor would dispatch his personal PR man with an envelope to each and every critic. All that they wanted was that the heading should be dedicated to him along with the picture that the review carried.
Something like ‘Rajesh Khanna steals the show’. The heroine’s PR man would follow soon with, probably, a heavier envelope, demanding that the headline be like ‘Heroine steals the show’!
Rather a tough call for a critic!
This was a myth the film industry lived with for a long...
- 10/15/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Revered Indian actor Waheeda Rehman has been accorded the Dadasaheb Phalke award, India’s highest film honor.
The award is given for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema and is named after Phalke, director of “Raja Harischandra” (1913), India’s first full-length feature, who is considered the father of Indian cinema.
Rehman, the 85-year-old grande dame of Indian cinema has worked with most of the legendary filmmakers of her country during her career and the roles she chose were in films that are considered classics in the annals of Indian cinema. She worked with Guru Dutt in “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959), Satyajit Ray in “Abhijaan” (1962), Basu Bhattacharya in “Teesri Kasam” (1966) and Yash Chopra in “Kabhie Kabhie” (1976), among many other memorable roles.
But it is her role as Rosie in Vijay Anand’s “Guide” (1965) that Rehman remembers with the greatest fondness. “When I signed ‘Guide’ more than 50 years ago, my friends told...
The award is given for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema and is named after Phalke, director of “Raja Harischandra” (1913), India’s first full-length feature, who is considered the father of Indian cinema.
Rehman, the 85-year-old grande dame of Indian cinema has worked with most of the legendary filmmakers of her country during her career and the roles she chose were in films that are considered classics in the annals of Indian cinema. She worked with Guru Dutt in “Pyaasa” (1957) and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” (1959), Satyajit Ray in “Abhijaan” (1962), Basu Bhattacharya in “Teesri Kasam” (1966) and Yash Chopra in “Kabhie Kabhie” (1976), among many other memorable roles.
But it is her role as Rosie in Vijay Anand’s “Guide” (1965) that Rehman remembers with the greatest fondness. “When I signed ‘Guide’ more than 50 years ago, my friends told...
- 9/26/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Mumbai, May 4 (Ians) Sixty years after Dharmendra played Nutan’s unrequited lover in Bimal Roy’s last feature film, ‘Bandini’ (1963), his grandson, Karan Deol, is all set to marry the pioneering director’s great grand-daughter and fashion designer, Drisha Roy.
Drisha, explains a source close to the family, is the grand-daughter of Bimal Roy’s daughter, Rinki Bhattacharya, who was married to filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya (‘Teesri Kasam’ and ‘Aavishkar’).
Karan’s wife-to-be’s mother, Chimoo B. Acharya, who moved to Dubai in 1998, is a former advertising executive and promoter of one of the Middle East’s top event management companies. Drisha chose to drop the surname Acharya and adopt that of her illustrious great-grandfather.
The impending marriage therefore is being billed as a marriage of two film dynasties. Karan Deol is the newbie actor-son of Bollywood actor-director and Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol and his wife Lynda (aka Pooja). Drisha is...
Drisha, explains a source close to the family, is the grand-daughter of Bimal Roy’s daughter, Rinki Bhattacharya, who was married to filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya (‘Teesri Kasam’ and ‘Aavishkar’).
Karan’s wife-to-be’s mother, Chimoo B. Acharya, who moved to Dubai in 1998, is a former advertising executive and promoter of one of the Middle East’s top event management companies. Drisha chose to drop the surname Acharya and adopt that of her illustrious great-grandfather.
The impending marriage therefore is being billed as a marriage of two film dynasties. Karan Deol is the newbie actor-son of Bollywood actor-director and Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol and his wife Lynda (aka Pooja). Drisha is...
- 5/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Raj Kapoor’s naive innocence, as seen in “Mera joota hai Japani” to “Sab kuch seekha hamne”, Dilip Kumar’s restrained sorrow in “Toote hue khwabon” or “Yeh mera diwanapan hai”, Shammi Kapoor’s exuberant ebullience in “Chahe koi mujhe jungli kahe”, or Dev Anand’s cheerful jauntiness in “Khoya khoya chand” to “Gaata rahe mera dil” — all owe their origin to one man.
One of Hindi cinema’s most inspired, capable yet self-effacing wordsmiths, acknowledged duly by his peers — Raj Kapoor called him his “Pushkin” — and seen as inspiration by a later generation of lyricists, especially Gulzar, Shailendra, born Shankardas Kesarilal on this day (August 30) in 1923, left an indelible impact on film songs.
His oeuvre may not even add up to four figures in a career cut short by his untimely death, but in the span of a decade and half, his richness of thought entwined with an endearing...
One of Hindi cinema’s most inspired, capable yet self-effacing wordsmiths, acknowledged duly by his peers — Raj Kapoor called him his “Pushkin” — and seen as inspiration by a later generation of lyricists, especially Gulzar, Shailendra, born Shankardas Kesarilal on this day (August 30) in 1923, left an indelible impact on film songs.
His oeuvre may not even add up to four figures in a career cut short by his untimely death, but in the span of a decade and half, his richness of thought entwined with an endearing...
- 8/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
3 decades back Aamir Khan acted in a film called 'Raakh' directed by Aditya Bhattacharya which can be easily termed ahead of its time. The film, starring Aamir Khan, Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak and Homi Wadia, was a dystopian drama in which the star plays a young man who watches helplessly as his girlfriend is raped by a group of powerful crime lords and is overwhelmed when they get away with it. He then decides to take revenge on them one by one and spiralling down into this vortex of vendetta he finds himself being destroyed from the inside. The masterpiece is currently screening at the Bandra Film Festival.
Director Aditya Bhattacharya said, "More than three decades later, I am quite overwhelmed by the continuing affection and respect for my first-born, Raakh - It is something that I couldn't have imagined whilst shooting this as a 24 year old…"
Dop of Raakh...
Director Aditya Bhattacharya said, "More than three decades later, I am quite overwhelmed by the continuing affection and respect for my first-born, Raakh - It is something that I couldn't have imagined whilst shooting this as a 24 year old…"
Dop of Raakh...
- 6/16/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Sanjay Mishra is an actor who never fails to surprise. His gallery of performances ranges from buffoonery (Golmaal) to sheer brilliance (Ankhen Dekhi). There is nothing this maverick performer can’t do.
His new film Kaamyaab features Sanjay as a ‘character actor’ of Hindi cinema on a very strange mission.
“My character Sudheer is a character actor like Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor or Lalita Pawar, so brilliant that anyone can take him from granted as and how they like. Sudheer has already done 499 films in his career. He is retired and aimless when suddenly something happens, and he wants to do that one last film which would round off his career. He wants to be remembered as the only actor who has done 500 films,” says Sanjay Mishra.
Recalling how he jumped out of his seat when the director Hardik Mehta narrated the script to him, he says, “It was the...
His new film Kaamyaab features Sanjay as a ‘character actor’ of Hindi cinema on a very strange mission.
“My character Sudheer is a character actor like Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor or Lalita Pawar, so brilliant that anyone can take him from granted as and how they like. Sudheer has already done 499 films in his career. He is retired and aimless when suddenly something happens, and he wants to do that one last film which would round off his career. He wants to be remembered as the only actor who has done 500 films,” says Sanjay Mishra.
Recalling how he jumped out of his seat when the director Hardik Mehta narrated the script to him, he says, “It was the...
- 3/5/2020
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Interviewing Sharmila Tagore is always a dream come true. A favourite, she ruled my heart with her glamour and talent in the films of Satyajit Ray specially Apur Sansar, then Shakti Samanta’s Aradhana and Amar Prem and Basu Bhattacharya’s Aavishkar and Grihapravesh. No actress combines the best of the East and the West so fluentlyRead More
The post “Cakes and parties are for Taimur and Inaaya I am just happy to be healthy” – Sharmila Tagore appeared first on Bollywood Hungama.
The post “Cakes and parties are for Taimur and Inaaya I am just happy to be healthy” – Sharmila Tagore appeared first on Bollywood Hungama.
- 12/8/2017
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Ribbon
Starring Kalki Koechlin, Sumeet Vyas
Directed by Raakhee Sandilya
And then, something happens. Something awful and irreversibly life-changing happens in this true-life portrait of an urban marriage threatening to fall apart under the strain of coping with daily vicissitudes.
Debutant director Raakhee Sandilya uses her two principal actors to mirror metropolitan mores and meltdowns with masterful vigour and a scrupulous authenticity. The camera is used not to accentuate or glamorize Mumbai’s suburbia but to simply serve as a functional topography for the lives of the couple Sahana and Karan played with such an absence of bravura and flourish that we forget Kalki and Sumeet Vyas are playing characters who don’t exist beyond the film.
At least not in the way we see them here.
The authenticity instilled into the couple’s lives is comparable with what Basu Bhattacharya achieved with Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore in the...
Starring Kalki Koechlin, Sumeet Vyas
Directed by Raakhee Sandilya
And then, something happens. Something awful and irreversibly life-changing happens in this true-life portrait of an urban marriage threatening to fall apart under the strain of coping with daily vicissitudes.
Debutant director Raakhee Sandilya uses her two principal actors to mirror metropolitan mores and meltdowns with masterful vigour and a scrupulous authenticity. The camera is used not to accentuate or glamorize Mumbai’s suburbia but to simply serve as a functional topography for the lives of the couple Sahana and Karan played with such an absence of bravura and flourish that we forget Kalki and Sumeet Vyas are playing characters who don’t exist beyond the film.
At least not in the way we see them here.
The authenticity instilled into the couple’s lives is comparable with what Basu Bhattacharya achieved with Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore in the...
- 11/2/2017
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Geeta Dutt's final songs were composed by Kanu Roy for the 1971 film, Anubhav. Directed by Basu Bhattacharya, the film starred Sanjeev Kumar and Tanuja in lead roles...
- 8/8/2017
- Film Companion
The New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the full lineup last night for their 16th year of celebrating independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films from/about/connected to the Indian subcontinent (May 7 – May 14). Dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, the festival will feature 40 screenings (35 narrative, 5 documentary) –all seen for the first time in New York City. In addition, the festival will also feature five programs of short films.
The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions. All the films are subtitled in English and some of the languages this year include Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telegu, Assamese, Haryanavi and Urdu. This year’s festival will feature a couple of sidebars –Nfdc restored first films of filmmakers and a three-generations sidebar, films of Bimal Roy, Basu Bhattacharya and Aditya Bhattacharya.
The festival’s film lineup includes 2016 National Award winners A Far Afternoon,...
The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions. All the films are subtitled in English and some of the languages this year include Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telegu, Assamese, Haryanavi and Urdu. This year’s festival will feature a couple of sidebars –Nfdc restored first films of filmmakers and a three-generations sidebar, films of Bimal Roy, Basu Bhattacharya and Aditya Bhattacharya.
The festival’s film lineup includes 2016 National Award winners A Far Afternoon,...
- 4/13/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the Opening Night Gala film: Bardroy Baretto’s Nachom-ia Kumpasar (Let’s Dance to the Rhythm). Let’S Dance To The Rhythm is a Konkani feature film- a tribute to Goan music and her musicians. Narrated through the emotional rollercoaster of a love story destined to tragedy, it celebrates Goan music through the eyes of its eclectic’s generation of musicians in the 1960s and 70s.
“Lets Dance to the Rhythm is a beautiful representation of another era, where jazz music flourished outside of the realms of the popular Hindi cinema of Bombay. The film is a joyful celebration of the music, the energy and the musicians and it is a story that not many people know about, states Film Festival Director Aseem Chhabra. “It is truly a happy film and a perfect way for us to launch the 16th edition of...
“Lets Dance to the Rhythm is a beautiful representation of another era, where jazz music flourished outside of the realms of the popular Hindi cinema of Bombay. The film is a joyful celebration of the music, the energy and the musicians and it is a story that not many people know about, states Film Festival Director Aseem Chhabra. “It is truly a happy film and a perfect way for us to launch the 16th edition of...
- 4/5/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Yesterday you read how Gulzar learnt the art of poetry, today let's read how Gulzar got his first break as a lyricist and which was his first song that he penned for a Bollywood movie. After landing Mumbai, Gulzar had a tough time to survive hence for survival he even worked as a car mechanic in a garage at Worli in Mumbai. However his heart lay in writing hence he became a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (Ipta) where he made many friends like Basu Bhattacharya...
- 8/22/2013
- GlamSham
Veteran Hindi cinema actor A.K. Hangal passed away in Mumbai on Sunday morning after prolonged illness related to old age. He will be cremated Sunday afternoon at Vile Parle crematorium.
Hangal started his career with Basu Bhattacharya’s Teesri Kasam in 1966 and went on to act in around 225 Hindi films.
He is remembered for his roles in films like Namak Haraam, Shaukeen, Sholay, Aaina, Avtaar, Arjun, Aandhi, Tapasya, Kora Kagaz, Bawarchi, Chhupa Rustam, Chitchor, Balika Badhu, Guddi and Naram Garam.
Hangal was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan from the government of India for his contribution to Hindi Cinema in 2006.
He is survived by his son Vijay Hangal.
Hangal started his career with Basu Bhattacharya’s Teesri Kasam in 1966 and went on to act in around 225 Hindi films.
He is remembered for his roles in films like Namak Haraam, Shaukeen, Sholay, Aaina, Avtaar, Arjun, Aandhi, Tapasya, Kora Kagaz, Bawarchi, Chhupa Rustam, Chitchor, Balika Badhu, Guddi and Naram Garam.
Hangal was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan from the government of India for his contribution to Hindi Cinema in 2006.
He is survived by his son Vijay Hangal.
- 8/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A Retrospective of late superstar Rajesh Khanna will be organized from August 18-20, 2012 at Sirifort Auditorium II, New Delhi.
Entry is free, on first come first serve basis for all screenings and panel discussions.
This Retrospective is being organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Inauguration of the programme will be on August 18 at 12:30 pm in the presence of Choudhary Mohan Jatua, Minister of State (I & B), Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State (Parliamentary Affairs), Dimple Kapadia, actor and wife of the late superstar and Om Prakash, producer and director.
Aap Ki Kasam (1970) directed by Om Prakash will be screened after the inauguration.
The films to be screened are as follows:
18th August, 2012
Aradhana (1970) by Shakti Samanta
4:30 pm
19th August, 2012
Aakhri Khat (1966) by Chetan Anand
10:30 am
Ittefaq (1969) by Yash Chopra
1:30pm
Amar Prem (1972) by Shakti Samanta
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion- The...
Entry is free, on first come first serve basis for all screenings and panel discussions.
This Retrospective is being organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Inauguration of the programme will be on August 18 at 12:30 pm in the presence of Choudhary Mohan Jatua, Minister of State (I & B), Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State (Parliamentary Affairs), Dimple Kapadia, actor and wife of the late superstar and Om Prakash, producer and director.
Aap Ki Kasam (1970) directed by Om Prakash will be screened after the inauguration.
The films to be screened are as follows:
18th August, 2012
Aradhana (1970) by Shakti Samanta
4:30 pm
19th August, 2012
Aakhri Khat (1966) by Chetan Anand
10:30 am
Ittefaq (1969) by Yash Chopra
1:30pm
Amar Prem (1972) by Shakti Samanta
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion- The...
- 8/18/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
After Force, there.s some more action up the sleeves of Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham. The actor has once again signed up to play a cop in director Aditya Bhattacharya.s new film Kala Ghoda which will also feature Kunal Roy Kapoor of Delhi Belly fame.Kala Ghoda set in the Mumbai underbelly, will be shot in real time on actual locations and promises some real action..It.s the story of two cops, one hard-nosed no-nonsense and volatile played by John and the other a goofy ineffectual bumbling cop, played by Kunal Roy Kapoor, who come together under trying circumstances for one night of relentless action in Mumbai,. said Aditya, who is Bimal Roy.s grandson and director Basu Bhattacharya.s son.The film goes on the floors at the end of the year and involves situations that come straight out of the record books of real-life police stations.
- 4/1/2012
- Filmicafe
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