The first iteration of the Cannes Film Festival, planned for 1939, was scuppered when Germany invaded Poland to trigger the start of World War II. But when the festival finally got off the ground in 1946, Indian cinema came out swinging. Mounted shortly after the conclusion of the war, the first “real” Cannes Film Festival featured competition entries from Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend), Roberto Rossellini (Open City), and David Lean (Brief Encounter). In the spirit of post-war peace and reconciliation, the competition jury, headed by French historian Georges Huisman, handed the top prize — then the Grand Prix — to films from 11 of the 18 countries represented that year.
This included India, with Chetan Anand’s social-realist drama Neecha Nagar, and, for a decade at least, the country was a regular fixture in Competition. After Anand came V. Shantaram with Amar Bhoopali (1952), then Raj Kapoor with Awaara (1953), and Bimal Roy with Do Bigha Zamin...
This included India, with Chetan Anand’s social-realist drama Neecha Nagar, and, for a decade at least, the country was a regular fixture in Competition. After Anand came V. Shantaram with Amar Bhoopali (1952), then Raj Kapoor with Awaara (1953), and Bimal Roy with Do Bigha Zamin...
- 5/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming streaming series ‘Freedom at Midnight’, based on the eponymous book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, stars an array of international talents.
The makers of the show revealed the international lineup on Tuesday, which includes Luke McGibney, Andrew Cullum, Richard Teverson, Alistair Finlay, and Cordelia Bugeja.
McGibney and Bugeja will play the last Viceroy and Vicereine of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, respectively.
Sharing his thoughts on portraying Lord Louis Mountbatten, Luke McGibney stated, “As Mountbatten, I step into the shoes of a pivotal figure in India’s history. Mountbatten’s role during the transfer of power and partition was both profound and controversial. It’s a fascinating challenge to tap into the complexities of a character who wielded immense influence during a critical period. From his tenure as the last Viceroy of India to the tumultuous aftermath of partition, ‘Freedom at Midnight’ allows us...
The makers of the show revealed the international lineup on Tuesday, which includes Luke McGibney, Andrew Cullum, Richard Teverson, Alistair Finlay, and Cordelia Bugeja.
McGibney and Bugeja will play the last Viceroy and Vicereine of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, respectively.
Sharing his thoughts on portraying Lord Louis Mountbatten, Luke McGibney stated, “As Mountbatten, I step into the shoes of a pivotal figure in India’s history. Mountbatten’s role during the transfer of power and partition was both profound and controversial. It’s a fascinating challenge to tap into the complexities of a character who wielded immense influence during a critical period. From his tenure as the last Viceroy of India to the tumultuous aftermath of partition, ‘Freedom at Midnight’ allows us...
- 5/7/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Exclusive: SonyLIV’s ambitious Indian independence drama Freedom at Midnight has added British cast.
Cordelia Bugeja, Richard Teverson, Luke McGibney, Andrew Cullum and Alistair Findlay have joined the series, which charts India’s struggle for independence and subsequent partition.
McGibney and Bugeja will play the last Viceroy and Vicereine of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, respectively. Finlay is Archibald Wavell, the Commander-in-Chief and Viceroy of India preceding Mountbatten. Cullum brings to life Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, while Teverson portrays Cyril Radcliffe, the chairman of the Boundary Commission for the Partition of India.
They join Sidhant Gupta (Jubilee), who stars as Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, Chirag Vohra (Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story) as...
Cordelia Bugeja, Richard Teverson, Luke McGibney, Andrew Cullum and Alistair Findlay have joined the series, which charts India’s struggle for independence and subsequent partition.
McGibney and Bugeja will play the last Viceroy and Vicereine of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, respectively. Finlay is Archibald Wavell, the Commander-in-Chief and Viceroy of India preceding Mountbatten. Cullum brings to life Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, while Teverson portrays Cyril Radcliffe, the chairman of the Boundary Commission for the Partition of India.
They join Sidhant Gupta (Jubilee), who stars as Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, Chirag Vohra (Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story) as...
- 5/7/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Mumbai, May 2 (Ians) The upcoming streaming show ‘Freedom at Midnight’, based on the eponymous book, is set to delve into India’s fight for Independence, showcasing critical moments from the partition era.
It details the events behind the last year of British Raj from 1947 to 1948 and how it gave away India, which was a part of its empire.
The events begin with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India and conclude with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
The first look of the show was unveiled on Instagram on Thursday by showrunner and director Nikkhil Advani, who captioned Gandhi’s quote, “Jawahar and Sardar will be like two oxen yoked to the government cart. One will need the other, and both will pull together.”
The show stars Sidhant Gupta, once again showcasing his acting prowess against the backdrop of partition after ‘Jubilee’.
It also...
It details the events behind the last year of British Raj from 1947 to 1948 and how it gave away India, which was a part of its empire.
The events begin with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India and conclude with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
The first look of the show was unveiled on Instagram on Thursday by showrunner and director Nikkhil Advani, who captioned Gandhi’s quote, “Jawahar and Sardar will be like two oxen yoked to the government cart. One will need the other, and both will pull together.”
The show stars Sidhant Gupta, once again showcasing his acting prowess against the backdrop of partition after ‘Jubilee’.
It also...
- 5/2/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Woh Bhi Din The Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: John Abraham, Rohit Saraf, Sanjana Sanghi, Charu Bedi, Adarsh Gourav, Gaurav Parajuli, Zeishan Quadri
Director: Sajid Ali
Woh Bhi Din The Movie Review Out ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The underlying message is that even naughty or flawed children can attain distinction in adult life and that childhood should be guilt-free, while school also prepares you for the outside world and is not just about books and examinations. A subtle message thus goes out to strict parents.
What’s Bad: A film that craved for skilled editing and horrendous (can’t think of any other word) music!
Loo Break: Therefore, quite frequently in many stretched sequences. At 2-hour plus, this one could have been crisply told in about 90 minutes.
Watch or Not?: Do you have to write about it? Then yes. Otherwise, we learn its messages in school, called...
Star Cast: John Abraham, Rohit Saraf, Sanjana Sanghi, Charu Bedi, Adarsh Gourav, Gaurav Parajuli, Zeishan Quadri
Director: Sajid Ali
Woh Bhi Din The Movie Review Out ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The underlying message is that even naughty or flawed children can attain distinction in adult life and that childhood should be guilt-free, while school also prepares you for the outside world and is not just about books and examinations. A subtle message thus goes out to strict parents.
What’s Bad: A film that craved for skilled editing and horrendous (can’t think of any other word) music!
Loo Break: Therefore, quite frequently in many stretched sequences. At 2-hour plus, this one could have been crisply told in about 90 minutes.
Watch or Not?: Do you have to write about it? Then yes. Otherwise, we learn its messages in school, called...
- 4/3/2024
- by Rajiv Vijayakar
- KoiMoi
Sara Ali Khan will be seen shortly in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video presentation, ‘Ae Watan Mere Watan’, which is based on the life of the young Gandhian, Usha Mehta, and her Congress Radio, which became the voice of the 1942 Quit India Movement.
Mehta was an ordinary young woman with extraordinary resilience, but she may never have been known, had her voice not benefited from the amplification provided by equipment supplied by Nanik Motwane.
He was the Bombay industrialist who ensured, literally, that Mahatma Gandhi got heard by the masses by providing the Congress with mics for its sessions and rallies. In fact, Motwane’s Chicago Radio branding appears on mics in all pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other Congress leaders photographed during some of the iconic moments of the freedom struggle.
Motwane, who was moved by the sight of the Mahatma going from one group of people...
Mehta was an ordinary young woman with extraordinary resilience, but she may never have been known, had her voice not benefited from the amplification provided by equipment supplied by Nanik Motwane.
He was the Bombay industrialist who ensured, literally, that Mahatma Gandhi got heard by the masses by providing the Congress with mics for its sessions and rallies. In fact, Motwane’s Chicago Radio branding appears on mics in all pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other Congress leaders photographed during some of the iconic moments of the freedom struggle.
Motwane, who was moved by the sight of the Mahatma going from one group of people...
- 3/18/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actor Randeep Hooda, who is gearing up for his upcoming directorial debut ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’, has said that his film is not a propaganda.
The actor shared that it’s actually the antidote to the propaganda against freedom fighter and politician Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
The actor, who stars in the film in the titular role, spoke with the media on Monday at the film’s trailer launch event at a multiplex in the Juhu area of Mumbai.
Randeep opined as he told the media that the public perception of Savarkar has been heavily skewed owing to propaganda against him.
The actor said: “This is an anti-propaganda film. It will counter all the propaganda against Savarkar that has been going on since decades. He was not a ‘maafiveer’ (apologist). Not only him, many other people too wrote mercy petitions at the time. I have addressed this very extensively in the film...
The actor shared that it’s actually the antidote to the propaganda against freedom fighter and politician Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
The actor, who stars in the film in the titular role, spoke with the media on Monday at the film’s trailer launch event at a multiplex in the Juhu area of Mumbai.
Randeep opined as he told the media that the public perception of Savarkar has been heavily skewed owing to propaganda against him.
The actor said: “This is an anti-propaganda film. It will counter all the propaganda against Savarkar that has been going on since decades. He was not a ‘maafiveer’ (apologist). Not only him, many other people too wrote mercy petitions at the time. I have addressed this very extensively in the film...
- 3/4/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Rituraj Singh, who passed away at the age of 59 in the wee hours of Tuesday, was a member of Tag, the same Delhi theatre group as Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan. The two used to rehearse together and play football. And they acted together in Shah Rukh Khan’s debut film ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’.
Aired in 1989, it was made for Doordarshan by filmmaker-environmentalist Pradip Kishen based on Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy’s script drawing heavily on her days as a student at Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture.
Those days, Srk, despite being well-known for his pivotal role in the TV serial ‘Fauji’, was nowhere near being the super star that he was to become, so the role that he was so keen to essay went to Rituraj.
In the film, which won two National Awards (Best Feature Film in English and Best Screenplay...
Aired in 1989, it was made for Doordarshan by filmmaker-environmentalist Pradip Kishen based on Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy’s script drawing heavily on her days as a student at Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture.
Those days, Srk, despite being well-known for his pivotal role in the TV serial ‘Fauji’, was nowhere near being the super star that he was to become, so the role that he was so keen to essay went to Rituraj.
In the film, which won two National Awards (Best Feature Film in English and Best Screenplay...
- 2/20/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Politics and actors have always had a deep-rooted connection, so it is hardly surprising that irrespective of his or her political affiliation, an actor does not let an opportunity to essay the role of a popular leader pass by. Especially if the subject is the former Prime Minister late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Directed by Ravi Jadhav, ‘Main Atal Hoon’ is a biographical drama that follows the life and political career of Vajpayee, a beloved mass leader who was not only a politician, but also a poet, a gentleman, and as the film suggests, “a statesman”.
Highlighting Vajpayee’s role in shepherding India during some of its most challenging times, including the Kargil War with Pakistan and the Pokhran nuclear tests, the 137-minute film attempts to explore the man behind the politician, revealing his personal struggles and relationships with family and friends, as well as his love for poetry and literature.
Directed by Ravi Jadhav, ‘Main Atal Hoon’ is a biographical drama that follows the life and political career of Vajpayee, a beloved mass leader who was not only a politician, but also a poet, a gentleman, and as the film suggests, “a statesman”.
Highlighting Vajpayee’s role in shepherding India during some of its most challenging times, including the Kargil War with Pakistan and the Pokhran nuclear tests, the 137-minute film attempts to explore the man behind the politician, revealing his personal struggles and relationships with family and friends, as well as his love for poetry and literature.
- 1/19/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Sam Bahadur Star Cast’s Salary: Vicky Kaushal Paid 900% Higher Than Fatima Sana Shaikh & Sanya Malhotra (Picture Credit: Facebook)
Vicky Kaushal has transformed brilliantly into Sam Manekshaw on-screen and is winning hearts with Sam Bahadur. But you’ll be shocked if you know how much he charged for this transformation. The actor reportedly has charged a whopping 10 crore for this brilliant transformation on-screen.
Helmed by Meghna Gulzar, the biographical war drama has been made on a reported budget of 55 crore; while it is Vicky’s second war film after Uri: The Surgical Strike, the actor has been appreciated for his transformation into the former Army Chief.
The film has been in the making for more than three years, and earlier, Ranveer Singh was being considered for the lead role, but with time, Meghna rested her trust with the Raazi actor, and they reunited for the film. Meghna tried connecting to...
Vicky Kaushal has transformed brilliantly into Sam Manekshaw on-screen and is winning hearts with Sam Bahadur. But you’ll be shocked if you know how much he charged for this transformation. The actor reportedly has charged a whopping 10 crore for this brilliant transformation on-screen.
Helmed by Meghna Gulzar, the biographical war drama has been made on a reported budget of 55 crore; while it is Vicky’s second war film after Uri: The Surgical Strike, the actor has been appreciated for his transformation into the former Army Chief.
The film has been in the making for more than three years, and earlier, Ranveer Singh was being considered for the lead role, but with time, Meghna rested her trust with the Raazi actor, and they reunited for the film. Meghna tried connecting to...
- 12/1/2023
- by Trisha Gaur
- KoiMoi
Renowned National Award filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee, acclaimed for his distinguished cinematic storytelling, gears up for a gripping cinematic exploration of the mysterious death of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. The story of the film titled ‘Who Killed Deendayal’ is based on Deendayal Upadhyay’s ‘Sampoorna Vangmay’ by Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma.
Breaking away from traditional biopics, Chatterjee’s upcoming project will shine a spotlight on the unexplained circumstances surrounding Pandit Upadhyay’s tragic demise. Deendayal Upadhyay, revered as a prominent political figure and the then-newly appointed chairman of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, met an untimely and mysterious end that continues to be shrouded in intrigue and unanswered questions.
His death remains an unresolved chapter in Indian history, clouded by cryptic events and speculations. The film will delve into the details of the perplexing incident that unfolded on a February night in 1968.
On that fateful evening, Upadhyay boarded the Sealdah Pathankot Express from Lucknow to Patna.
Breaking away from traditional biopics, Chatterjee’s upcoming project will shine a spotlight on the unexplained circumstances surrounding Pandit Upadhyay’s tragic demise. Deendayal Upadhyay, revered as a prominent political figure and the then-newly appointed chairman of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, met an untimely and mysterious end that continues to be shrouded in intrigue and unanswered questions.
His death remains an unresolved chapter in Indian history, clouded by cryptic events and speculations. The film will delve into the details of the perplexing incident that unfolded on a February night in 1968.
On that fateful evening, Upadhyay boarded the Sealdah Pathankot Express from Lucknow to Patna.
- 11/22/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Renowned National Award filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee, acclaimed for his distinguished cinematic storytelling, gears up for a gripping cinematic exploration of the mysterious death of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. The story of the film titled ‘Who Killed Deendayal’ is based on Deendayal Upadhyay’s ‘Sampoorna Vangmay’ by Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma.
Breaking away from traditional biopics, Chatterjee’s upcoming project will shine a spotlight on the unexplained circumstances surrounding Pandit Upadhyay’s tragic demise. Deendayal Upadhyay, revered as a prominent political figure and the then-newly appointed chairman of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, met an untimely and mysterious end that continues to be shrouded in intrigue and unanswered questions.
His death remains an unresolved chapter in Indian history, clouded by cryptic events and speculations. The film will delve into the details of the perplexing incident that unfolded on a February night in 1968.
On that fateful evening, Upadhyay boarded the Sealdah Pathankot Express from Lucknow to Patna.
Breaking away from traditional biopics, Chatterjee’s upcoming project will shine a spotlight on the unexplained circumstances surrounding Pandit Upadhyay’s tragic demise. Deendayal Upadhyay, revered as a prominent political figure and the then-newly appointed chairman of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, met an untimely and mysterious end that continues to be shrouded in intrigue and unanswered questions.
His death remains an unresolved chapter in Indian history, clouded by cryptic events and speculations. The film will delve into the details of the perplexing incident that unfolded on a February night in 1968.
On that fateful evening, Upadhyay boarded the Sealdah Pathankot Express from Lucknow to Patna.
- 11/22/2023
- by Editorial Desk
New Delhi, Sep 1 (Ians) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed how the ‘Bharat Kokila’ Sarojini Naidu had consoled his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan when he went outside his caste and married Teji, which was looked down upon at that time in Allahabad.
Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a poet and writer of the ‘Nayi Kavita’ literary movement. He is best known for his work ‘Madhushala’. He married Teji in 1941.
In the 14th episode of the quiz-based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ season 15, host Big B welcomed Yojana Yadav, a senior news editor from Panchkula, Haryana to the hot seat.
For the Rs 3,20,000 question, Yojana was asked: Begum Akhtar was inspired to take up a career as a performer after she was lauded by which poet? The options given were A: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit B: Mahadevi Verma C: Sarojini Naidu, and D: Subhadra Kumari Chauhan.
After using the audience poll lifeline, Yojana gave...
Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a poet and writer of the ‘Nayi Kavita’ literary movement. He is best known for his work ‘Madhushala’. He married Teji in 1941.
In the 14th episode of the quiz-based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ season 15, host Big B welcomed Yojana Yadav, a senior news editor from Panchkula, Haryana to the hot seat.
For the Rs 3,20,000 question, Yojana was asked: Begum Akhtar was inspired to take up a career as a performer after she was lauded by which poet? The options given were A: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit B: Mahadevi Verma C: Sarojini Naidu, and D: Subhadra Kumari Chauhan.
After using the audience poll lifeline, Yojana gave...
- 9/1/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Bengaluru, Aug 23 (Ians) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called on Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chief S. Somanath and congratulated him on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on Wednesday.
Acknowledging the historical feat, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the Chandrayaan-3 mission was the dream of India for many years.
The scientists of Isro have turned this dream into a reality, he said.
“It is our duty to remember the first Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru who extended support and provided required help to space science in the beginning days. The sustained efforts of scientists of the country and the hard work of decades have borne fruit today… I congratulate all scientists who achieved this extraordinary feat and the achievement has put India in the league of top countries,” the Chief Minister added.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar paid a personal visit to the Isro Headquarters here and congratulated...
Acknowledging the historical feat, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the Chandrayaan-3 mission was the dream of India for many years.
The scientists of Isro have turned this dream into a reality, he said.
“It is our duty to remember the first Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru who extended support and provided required help to space science in the beginning days. The sustained efforts of scientists of the country and the hard work of decades have borne fruit today… I congratulate all scientists who achieved this extraordinary feat and the achievement has put India in the league of top countries,” the Chief Minister added.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar paid a personal visit to the Isro Headquarters here and congratulated...
- 8/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
AnalysisWith the ‘save farmers’ trope coming back to mainstream discussion after the jallikattu protests in 2017, movies once again began connecting Tamil identity to agriculture. Any threat to agriculture was seen as a threat to Tamil identity itself.In Tamil popular culture, a film that claims to be based on the ‘plight of farmers’ is immediately looked down upon. One could say that the Tamil audience is tired of how filmmakers abused the trope of ‘save agriculture, save farmers’ in numerous films over the last few years. After the massive protests against the ban of jallikattu in 2017, movies on farmers were a hot commodity in Kollywood. Kavan (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Kana (2018), Seema Raja (2018), and Bhoomi (2021) are some of the movies that hopped on the bandwagon of the ‘save farmers’ trope. However, romanticising agriculture and making movies on the struggles of farmers is not new to Tamil cinema. Mgr’s Vivasayi (1967) and Sivaji Ganesan...
- 8/22/2023
- by AkchayaaR
- The News Minute
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’ nephew Ardhendu Bose passed away in Mumbai on Monday due to a heart attack. His wife, Kermeen Bose shared the news of his demise with the media. Remembering Ardhendu, Kermeen said that he lived a proud man with his chest always high, and was very proud of his legendary uncle, his heroic deeds and sacrifice until the end.
A model and actor by profession, Ardhendu Bose was based out in 1970s Bombay where he started his career and starred in various Bollywood movies such as ‘Cobra’, ‘Mera Yaar Mera Dushman’, ‘Vishkanya’ and Bengali films such as ‘Kalkut’.
He began a strong successful career as a Bombay Dyeing model in the 1970s for many years and from then on made his way towards films.
Ardhendu’s own life was not without hiccups, particularly back from his childhood in the 1960s to the 1980s as he, his father...
A model and actor by profession, Ardhendu Bose was based out in 1970s Bombay where he started his career and starred in various Bollywood movies such as ‘Cobra’, ‘Mera Yaar Mera Dushman’, ‘Vishkanya’ and Bengali films such as ‘Kalkut’.
He began a strong successful career as a Bombay Dyeing model in the 1970s for many years and from then on made his way towards films.
Ardhendu’s own life was not without hiccups, particularly back from his childhood in the 1960s to the 1980s as he, his father...
- 8/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Washington, July 30 (Ians) J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist called the “father of the atom bomb”, had tried and failed to prevent then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from supplying the US material — especially thorium — needed for a bomb far deadlier than his creation.
Oppenheimer’s appeal was conveyed in a phone call to the then Indian Ambassador to US, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, who reported it to her brother, Prime Minister Nehru, in a letter dated February 10, 1951, reproduced in a 2014 book by her daughter Nayantara Sahgal.
It came amidst intense negotiations between the two countries over an India request for emergency food grains assistance that Pandit had conveyed to the Harry S. Truman administration just weeks before in December.
According to the Emergency Food Aid Ac signed by Truman in June 1951, India was promised 2 million tonnes of food grains but among the conditions attached was the continue supplies of “strategic materials”, which,...
Oppenheimer’s appeal was conveyed in a phone call to the then Indian Ambassador to US, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, who reported it to her brother, Prime Minister Nehru, in a letter dated February 10, 1951, reproduced in a 2014 book by her daughter Nayantara Sahgal.
It came amidst intense negotiations between the two countries over an India request for emergency food grains assistance that Pandit had conveyed to the Harry S. Truman administration just weeks before in December.
According to the Emergency Food Aid Ac signed by Truman in June 1951, India was promised 2 million tonnes of food grains but among the conditions attached was the continue supplies of “strategic materials”, which,...
- 7/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Biography films are a fascinating genre that depict the lives of real people, often with dramatic and artistic flair. They can inspire us, educate us, entertain us, and challenge us to think about the world in new ways. Some of the most acclaimed and influential films of all time belong to this genre, and they span across different eras, cultures, and themes.
In this article, we will rank the 10 best biography films of all time, after the release of Oppenheimer in 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been praised for its stunning cinematography, complex narrative, and powerful performances. It is widely considered to be one of the best films of 2023, and a masterpiece of biographical cinema.
But what are the other films...
In this article, we will rank the 10 best biography films of all time, after the release of Oppenheimer in 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been praised for its stunning cinematography, complex narrative, and powerful performances. It is widely considered to be one of the best films of 2023, and a masterpiece of biographical cinema.
But what are the other films...
- 7/28/2023
- by amalprasadappu
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Mumbai, July 24 (Ians) The Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra directorial ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, which starred Farhan Akhtar in the role of Indian track and field sprinter, Milkha Singh, recently clocked ten years of its release.
The makers of the film have now decided to hold a special screening for the film in the honour of the late Milkha Singh.
The film, which released in 2013, captured the inspiring journey of the late Milkha Singh and showed how he overcame many agonising moments in his life from being orphaned at a young age during the Partition of India in order to battling his inner conflicts, rise above the other and carving a place for himself in the world of track and field sprinting.
He became a world champion, Olympian, and one of India’s most iconic athletes during the course of his journey and earned the title of ‘The Flying Sikh’.
A spokesperson from Romp Pictures,...
The makers of the film have now decided to hold a special screening for the film in the honour of the late Milkha Singh.
The film, which released in 2013, captured the inspiring journey of the late Milkha Singh and showed how he overcame many agonising moments in his life from being orphaned at a young age during the Partition of India in order to battling his inner conflicts, rise above the other and carving a place for himself in the world of track and field sprinting.
He became a world champion, Olympian, and one of India’s most iconic athletes during the course of his journey and earned the title of ‘The Flying Sikh’.
A spokesperson from Romp Pictures,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Prayagraj, June 16 (Ians) Plans are afoot to convert the age-old film centre located in Prayagraj’s Civil Lines area into a museum.
The proposed museum will showcase the rich legacy of the film history of North India.
An amount of around Rs 4 crore will be spent on the project, said officials.
The dilapidated centre which was once part of education extension department, was earlier proposed to be auctioned a few years ago.
The new museum will be one of its kind.
The Smart City authorities would be taking the help of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach) for making this closed centre a museum.
The centre was established in 1938 to make educational films during the British rule and was the only film centre in North India at the time.
Mission manager (technical) of Prayagraj Smart City Limited, Sanjeev Sinha said: “After reading the history of the movie centre,...
The proposed museum will showcase the rich legacy of the film history of North India.
An amount of around Rs 4 crore will be spent on the project, said officials.
The dilapidated centre which was once part of education extension department, was earlier proposed to be auctioned a few years ago.
The new museum will be one of its kind.
The Smart City authorities would be taking the help of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach) for making this closed centre a museum.
The centre was established in 1938 to make educational films during the British rule and was the only film centre in North India at the time.
Mission manager (technical) of Prayagraj Smart City Limited, Sanjeev Sinha said: “After reading the history of the movie centre,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Scholars have devoted tomes to it, politicians have waxed long about it, but it was an Urdu poet who furnished the most abiding, yet concise expression of the idea, history, and ethos of India. And that too in less than a dozen words – though with two compound formulations, while including his pen-name too: “Sarzameen-e-Hind par aqwam-e-alam ke ‘Firaq’ / Kafile baste gaye, Hindustan banta gaya.”
This composite and syncretic sentiment forms the bedrock of the poetry of Raghupati Sahai ‘Firaq Gorakhpuri’, considered among the foremost Urdu poets of all time, and one who enriched and further indigenised the tradition.
Equally fluent in Hindi and Urdu, Persian and Sanskrit, he incorporated elements from his deep, self-taught knowledge of the Vedic and Puranic ethos into his poetry.
If he could proclaim: “Meri ghutti mein padhi this ho ke hal Urdu zabaan/Jo bhi mein kehta gaya husn-e-bayan hota gaya”, he could also pen:...
This composite and syncretic sentiment forms the bedrock of the poetry of Raghupati Sahai ‘Firaq Gorakhpuri’, considered among the foremost Urdu poets of all time, and one who enriched and further indigenised the tradition.
Equally fluent in Hindi and Urdu, Persian and Sanskrit, he incorporated elements from his deep, self-taught knowledge of the Vedic and Puranic ethos into his poetry.
If he could proclaim: “Meri ghutti mein padhi this ho ke hal Urdu zabaan/Jo bhi mein kehta gaya husn-e-bayan hota gaya”, he could also pen:...
- 4/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, April 6 (Ians) Author and Ians Editor-in-Chief, MD and CEO Sandeep Bamzai’s book on the tumultuous political history of Jammu and Kashmir from 1931 to 1953 was released on Thursday in the presence of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (eetd), Iic Director K.N. Shrivastava and J&k’s former Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu.
The slim yet insightful book titled “Gilded Cage: Years That Made and Unmade Kashmir” will be invaluable to any scholar or journalist trying to make sense of what is happening in Kashmir today. It offers a riveting account, drawing from previously unaccessed private papers, of what transpired in the Valley between the sunset years of the British Raj and the events leading up to the dismissal and imprisonment of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on August 8, 1953.
Racily written and packed with new details, the book, which is the third part of the author’s Kashmir Trilogy,...
The slim yet insightful book titled “Gilded Cage: Years That Made and Unmade Kashmir” will be invaluable to any scholar or journalist trying to make sense of what is happening in Kashmir today. It offers a riveting account, drawing from previously unaccessed private papers, of what transpired in the Valley between the sunset years of the British Raj and the events leading up to the dismissal and imprisonment of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on August 8, 1953.
Racily written and packed with new details, the book, which is the third part of the author’s Kashmir Trilogy,...
- 4/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Lucknow, March 29 (Ians) The Lucknow University (Lu) will be hosting the 109th Indian Science Congress (Isc) for a sixth time next year.
Scientists from across the country will gather in the city to advance and promote the cause of science in the country,
Lu Vice Chancellor Prof Alok Rai said” “It is a historic moment for us. At a time when we are striving to make it at an international level, hosting Isc will be a milestone. Incidentally, we received the letter on Tuesday, the day when the chancellor met our Prime Minister. She has even extended our invitation to inaugurate the mega scientific event.”
Lu has previously hosted the Isc in 1916, 1923, 1953, 1985 and 2002.
Varsity officials said that Lu is related to the Indian Science Congress Association (Isca) since its origin.
In fact, Isca owes its creation to the foresight and initiative of a British chemist Prof P.S. Macmohan who...
Scientists from across the country will gather in the city to advance and promote the cause of science in the country,
Lu Vice Chancellor Prof Alok Rai said” “It is a historic moment for us. At a time when we are striving to make it at an international level, hosting Isc will be a milestone. Incidentally, we received the letter on Tuesday, the day when the chancellor met our Prime Minister. She has even extended our invitation to inaugurate the mega scientific event.”
Lu has previously hosted the Isc in 1916, 1923, 1953, 1985 and 2002.
Varsity officials said that Lu is related to the Indian Science Congress Association (Isca) since its origin.
In fact, Isca owes its creation to the foresight and initiative of a British chemist Prof P.S. Macmohan who...
- 3/29/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
EntertainmentRocket Boys is a fictionalised version of the story of Dr Homi J Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), who engineered India's nuclear programme, and Dr Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh), who established the Indian Space Programme.SCREENGRABThe Hindi web series Rocket Boys, which was very well received when it began streaming in 2022, is all set for Season 2, which starts streaming on Sony Liv from Thursday, March 16. The series is created by Nikkhil Advani, directed by Abhay Pannu, and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Monisha Advani, and Madhu Bhojwani for Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment. Rocket Boys is a fictionalised version of the story of Dr Homi J Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), who engineered India's nuclear programme, and Dr Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh), who established the Indian Space Programme. Set between the 1940s-1970s, other important characters in the series also include Mrinalini Sarabhai (Regina Cassandra), Dr Apj Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan), who pioneered...
- 3/16/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
Mumbai, March 16 (Ians) Series ‘Rocket Boys’ was a hit when it began streaming in 2022 and the show is all set for its success with season 2, which streams from March 16.
The series is created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Abhay Pannu, and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani for Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment. It is a fictionalised version of the story of Dr Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), who engineered India’s nuclear programme and Dr Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh), who established the Indian space programme.
Set during the 1940s-1970s, key players in the series also include Mrinalini Sarabhai (Regina Cassandra), a pillar in Dr Sarabhai’s life, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan), who pioneered modern Indian aerospace and nuclear technology, and who would go on to become the President of India, and the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (Rajit Kapur) who supported the scientists.
The series is created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Abhay Pannu, and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani for Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment. It is a fictionalised version of the story of Dr Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), who engineered India’s nuclear programme and Dr Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh), who established the Indian space programme.
Set during the 1940s-1970s, key players in the series also include Mrinalini Sarabhai (Regina Cassandra), a pillar in Dr Sarabhai’s life, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan), who pioneered modern Indian aerospace and nuclear technology, and who would go on to become the President of India, and the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (Rajit Kapur) who supported the scientists.
- 3/16/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
SonyLIV’s Rocket Boys, about Indian scientists Dr. Homi J. Bhabha and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed web series in India last year, winning multiple awards for its performances, writing and direction.
Created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Abhay Pannu, the series was set over three decades from the 1940s to 1960s and followed Bhabha’s attempts to launch India’s nuclear program and Sarabhai’s attempts to launch the country’s space program. Jim Sarbh and Ishawk Singh played the two scientists, and the show was produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur’s Roy Kapur Films and Advani’s Emmay Entertainment.
With Season 2 launching today (March 16), Advani and Roy Kapur talked to Deadline about how the story has been taken forward and how India’s recent history has become a hot new topic in local drama. Again, directed by Pannu, Season 2 covers...
Created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Abhay Pannu, the series was set over three decades from the 1940s to 1960s and followed Bhabha’s attempts to launch India’s nuclear program and Sarabhai’s attempts to launch the country’s space program. Jim Sarbh and Ishawk Singh played the two scientists, and the show was produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur’s Roy Kapur Films and Advani’s Emmay Entertainment.
With Season 2 launching today (March 16), Advani and Roy Kapur talked to Deadline about how the story has been taken forward and how India’s recent history has become a hot new topic in local drama. Again, directed by Pannu, Season 2 covers...
- 3/16/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Series “Rocket Boys” was a hit for SonyLIV when it began streaming in 2022 and the streamer is expecting to replicate its success with season 2, which streams from March 16.
The series is created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Abhay Pannu, and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani for Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment. It is a fictionalized version of the story of Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), who engineered India’s nuclear program and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh), who established the Indian space program. Set during the 1940s-1970s, key players in the series also include Mrinalini Sarabhai (Regina Cassandra), a pillar in Dr. Sarabhai’s life, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan), who pioneered modern Indian aerospace and nuclear technology, and would go on to become the President of India, and the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (Rajit Kapur) who supported the scientists.
The series is created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Abhay Pannu, and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani for Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment. It is a fictionalized version of the story of Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (Jim Sarbh), who engineered India’s nuclear program and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh), who established the Indian space program. Set during the 1940s-1970s, key players in the series also include Mrinalini Sarabhai (Regina Cassandra), a pillar in Dr. Sarabhai’s life, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan), who pioneered modern Indian aerospace and nuclear technology, and would go on to become the President of India, and the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (Rajit Kapur) who supported the scientists.
- 3/16/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The trailer of the second season of the hit streaming series ‘Rocket Boys’ was unveiled recently and it tells the story of independent India’s formative years. It shows the country grappling with the loss of its first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the rising geopolitical tensions.
As the country sails through the turbulence with belligerent political hostility, changing hands of power within the country and international agencies keeping close watch on the country’s ambition, the lead character of India’s nuclear energy and space pioneers Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (played by Jim Sarbh), Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (played by Ishwak Singh), and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam cross paths to help the nation with their discoveries.
It also shows India’s proximity to making the nuclear bomb and the operation Smiling Buddha, which was India’s first successful nuclear bomb test conducted on May 18, 1974 with Vikram Sarabhai opening a new...
As the country sails through the turbulence with belligerent political hostility, changing hands of power within the country and international agencies keeping close watch on the country’s ambition, the lead character of India’s nuclear energy and space pioneers Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (played by Jim Sarbh), Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (played by Ishwak Singh), and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam cross paths to help the nation with their discoveries.
It also shows India’s proximity to making the nuclear bomb and the operation Smiling Buddha, which was India’s first successful nuclear bomb test conducted on May 18, 1974 with Vikram Sarabhai opening a new...
- 3/7/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is currently busy with the shooting of her biopic ‘Emergency’, shared a special note on the birth anniversary of the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The ‘Queen’ actress took to the story section of her Instagram on Saturday and shared a picture from the younger days of Gandhi. She wrote on the picture: “Why a woman is only about her body? She had the mind of a conqueror, spirit of a phoenix and power of a dictator…Happy birthday Mrs Gandhi. She has Cleopatra’s nose, Pauline Bonaparte’s eyes, and the breasts of Venus (sic).”
These words are by M.O. Mathai, who was the Private Secretary to Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Kangana also shared a picture of herself from her make-up session in her stories. In the picture, one can also see an image of Indira Gandhi placed...
The ‘Queen’ actress took to the story section of her Instagram on Saturday and shared a picture from the younger days of Gandhi. She wrote on the picture: “Why a woman is only about her body? She had the mind of a conqueror, spirit of a phoenix and power of a dictator…Happy birthday Mrs Gandhi. She has Cleopatra’s nose, Pauline Bonaparte’s eyes, and the breasts of Venus (sic).”
These words are by M.O. Mathai, who was the Private Secretary to Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Kangana also shared a picture of herself from her make-up session in her stories. In the picture, one can also see an image of Indira Gandhi placed...
- 11/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
In contrast, the number of children dying from heart failure or related problems has dropped by 50 per cent in the advanced countries, he said, as the country prepares to celebrate Children’s Day on Monday (November 14), the 133rd birth anniversary of Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
"Nevertheless, paediatric heart failure remains a pressing issue as it is the prime cause for death in children under the age of 5 world over — Heart disease ranks among the most prominent diseases among children. Moreover, children with heart failure face a higher mortality rate in emergency situations compared with adults," a grim Dr. Panda told Ians.
Elaborating, the renowned surgeon — who performed a successful heart operation on the former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in January 2009 — said that there are two types of congenital heart defects in children, simple and complex.
"Some of the simple types of congenital heart defects close (cure) naturally,...
"Nevertheless, paediatric heart failure remains a pressing issue as it is the prime cause for death in children under the age of 5 world over — Heart disease ranks among the most prominent diseases among children. Moreover, children with heart failure face a higher mortality rate in emergency situations compared with adults," a grim Dr. Panda told Ians.
Elaborating, the renowned surgeon — who performed a successful heart operation on the former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in January 2009 — said that there are two types of congenital heart defects in children, simple and complex.
"Some of the simple types of congenital heart defects close (cure) naturally,...
- 11/13/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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Paul Glickler, who directed, co-wrote, produced and edited the sex-filled 1973 independent film The Cheerleaders, has died. He was 81.
Glickler died Sept. 19 of a heart attack at his Topanga home in Los Angeles, his sister, Louise G.S. Plaschkes, told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Cheerleaders starred Stephanie Fondue, Denise Dillaway and Jovita Bush in a playful film about Amorosa High School cheerleaders who have sex with the opposing team’s football players the night before a big game to sap them of their strength.
The X-rated movie — eventually recut to an R rating — was made for 120,000, saw a great return on its investment, was name-checked in a John Grisham novel and spawned quick features including The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), directed by Jack Hill, and Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976), helmed by Richard Lerner, a co-writer and producer on Glickler’s movie.
Glickler described The Cheerleaders as...
Paul Glickler, who directed, co-wrote, produced and edited the sex-filled 1973 independent film The Cheerleaders, has died. He was 81.
Glickler died Sept. 19 of a heart attack at his Topanga home in Los Angeles, his sister, Louise G.S. Plaschkes, told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Cheerleaders starred Stephanie Fondue, Denise Dillaway and Jovita Bush in a playful film about Amorosa High School cheerleaders who have sex with the opposing team’s football players the night before a big game to sap them of their strength.
The X-rated movie — eventually recut to an R rating — was made for 120,000, saw a great return on its investment, was name-checked in a John Grisham novel and spawned quick features including The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), directed by Jack Hill, and Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976), helmed by Richard Lerner, a co-writer and producer on Glickler’s movie.
Glickler described The Cheerleaders as...
- 10/26/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 153rd birthday on Sunday, acknowledging that his ideas and philosophy are still alive and cinema has in its way promoted it, his life will be brought on screen through several movies.
On the special occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, here’s a list of actors, who have given some memorable performances in films based on the Father of the Nation:
Ben Kingsley in ‘Gandhi’: This definitive biopic of the Mahatma and Richard Attenborough directorial starred Ben Kingsley in an Oscar-winning role and on its release in 1982, became an instant global success. The film followed Gandhi’s journey from South Africa to India where he became a mass leader helming the non-violent, non-cooperative Independence movement against the British.
Interestingly, Naseeruddin Shah had auditioned for this role too but Kingsley got the part and prepared rigorously by reading over 28 books on Gandhi, losing a huge...
On the special occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, here’s a list of actors, who have given some memorable performances in films based on the Father of the Nation:
Ben Kingsley in ‘Gandhi’: This definitive biopic of the Mahatma and Richard Attenborough directorial starred Ben Kingsley in an Oscar-winning role and on its release in 1982, became an instant global success. The film followed Gandhi’s journey from South Africa to India where he became a mass leader helming the non-violent, non-cooperative Independence movement against the British.
Interestingly, Naseeruddin Shah had auditioned for this role too but Kingsley got the part and prepared rigorously by reading over 28 books on Gandhi, losing a huge...
- 10/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
A high-level delegation led by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Mumbai University’s Annabhau Sathe Study Centre Director, Dr. Baliram Gaikwad, and Central Eurasian Studies Department Director, Dr. Sanjay Deshpande, besides other professors shall attend the ceremony on September 14.
Vice Chancellor Dr. Suhas Pednekar and Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Ravindra Kulkarni – who inspired and contributed to the project majorly – will join the event online.
Dr. Gaikwad said that the proposal was first mooted at an international literary meet in the Russian Consulate in Mumbai in 2017, since Sathe is a well-known figure in the Russian academia.
"Annabhau Sathe, who is also the proponent of rural literature in India, had been invited to Russia several times, but finally made it for two months in 1961 as India’s ‘cultural ambassador’ and left an indelible mark there. He is widely regarded as the ‘Maxim Gorky’ of Indian literature, and he...
Vice Chancellor Dr. Suhas Pednekar and Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Ravindra Kulkarni – who inspired and contributed to the project majorly – will join the event online.
Dr. Gaikwad said that the proposal was first mooted at an international literary meet in the Russian Consulate in Mumbai in 2017, since Sathe is a well-known figure in the Russian academia.
"Annabhau Sathe, who is also the proponent of rural literature in India, had been invited to Russia several times, but finally made it for two months in 1961 as India’s ‘cultural ambassador’ and left an indelible mark there. He is widely regarded as the ‘Maxim Gorky’ of Indian literature, and he...
- 9/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Veteran filmmaker Saawan Kumar Tak – who made blockbusters like ‘Souten’ – passed away following multiple health issues here on Thursday, his family said. Tak was 86 and is survived by his wife and eminent music director Usha Khanna, and other relatives.
He breathed his last following a heart attack at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, after battling lung and chest related diseases for the past few days, his nephew Navin told the media.
Tak launched his film career in 1967 by penning the script for the superhit musical ‘Naunihal’ for which the Mohammed Rafi song ‘Meri Awaz Suno’ was shot during the funeral procession of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Over his 55-year-long Bollywood career, Tak had made over 20 films including the musical blockbuster ‘Souten’ (1983) starring Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim (Ambani) and Padmini Kolhapure.
Other major films from his creative stable included ‘Gomti Ke Kinare’ (1972), his debut directorial venture which was...
He breathed his last following a heart attack at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, after battling lung and chest related diseases for the past few days, his nephew Navin told the media.
Tak launched his film career in 1967 by penning the script for the superhit musical ‘Naunihal’ for which the Mohammed Rafi song ‘Meri Awaz Suno’ was shot during the funeral procession of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Over his 55-year-long Bollywood career, Tak had made over 20 films including the musical blockbuster ‘Souten’ (1983) starring Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim (Ambani) and Padmini Kolhapure.
Other major films from his creative stable included ‘Gomti Ke Kinare’ (1972), his debut directorial venture which was...
- 8/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Despite a relatively short life, thespian Sanjeev Kumar stood out for the range and diversity of his on-screen roles. In real life, too, he left an indelible imprint on the countless people he came across. Swaroop Sampat Rawal, who’s still remembered for her role in the sitcom “Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi”, is one of them.
“My father Bachu Sampat was a theatre veteran and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had tasked him with starting Int (Indian National Theatre). Those days, Sanjeev Kumar had just started out in Gujarati cinema and he used to call my father ‘boss’,” the actress-turned-educator, who was most recently seen in “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, recalled.
Swaroop Sampat was speaking at the book reading session of Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Uday Jariwala’s “Sanjeev Kumar – The Actor We All Loved” at the University of Mumbai’s Department of Communications and Journalism here on Tuesday.
Author Gupta added: “Students of cinema,...
“My father Bachu Sampat was a theatre veteran and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had tasked him with starting Int (Indian National Theatre). Those days, Sanjeev Kumar had just started out in Gujarati cinema and he used to call my father ‘boss’,” the actress-turned-educator, who was most recently seen in “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, recalled.
Swaroop Sampat was speaking at the book reading session of Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Uday Jariwala’s “Sanjeev Kumar – The Actor We All Loved” at the University of Mumbai’s Department of Communications and Journalism here on Tuesday.
Author Gupta added: “Students of cinema,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has turned narrator for the show ‘Lal Qile Se Goonj – Nehru Se Modi Tak’, which showcases historical facts and anecdotes about Indian Prime Ministers from 1947 to 2022.
Talking about the show, Kher said: “India has progressed immensely over the last 75 years, and our Prime Ministers have been crucial in making this possible.”
The audience will also get to know about the decisions and policies of different Prime Ministers and the impact they had on the country through Kher’s narration.
“As someone who has passionately followed the nation’s political history, I believe this show to informative as well as interesting,” he said.
Starting from the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, the show has been shot within the premises of the Prime Minister’s Museum at the Teen Murti Bhavan to give it a more authentic look.
The show airs on History TV18.
Talking about the show, Kher said: “India has progressed immensely over the last 75 years, and our Prime Ministers have been crucial in making this possible.”
The audience will also get to know about the decisions and policies of different Prime Ministers and the impact they had on the country through Kher’s narration.
“As someone who has passionately followed the nation’s political history, I believe this show to informative as well as interesting,” he said.
Starting from the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, the show has been shot within the premises of the Prime Minister’s Museum at the Teen Murti Bhavan to give it a more authentic look.
The show airs on History TV18.
- 8/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Channel 4 is to give the Get Back treatment to the 1947 partition of India with a colorized documentary telling the story of the bitter personal rivalry between Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Britain’s Lord Mountbatten.
India 1947: Partition in Colour from All3Media-backed Optomen is the latest to embrace the historical colorization approach, which Peter Jackson oversaw for acclaimed Disney+ Beatles doc Get Back and BBC Two World War One feature They Shall Not Grow Old, and Channel 4 embraced for Auschwitz Untold: In Colour.
The two-parter follows the extraordinary events that unfolded from 1946 in the context of a rumored affair between Nehru and Mountbatten’s wife Edwina Mountbatten, along with the growing enmity between Mountbatten and Muslim League Leader Jinnah while the partition negotiations were taking place.
Cyril Radcliffe was then given the task of creating a border between India and Pakistan and the doc has access to his private unpublished memoir,...
India 1947: Partition in Colour from All3Media-backed Optomen is the latest to embrace the historical colorization approach, which Peter Jackson oversaw for acclaimed Disney+ Beatles doc Get Back and BBC Two World War One feature They Shall Not Grow Old, and Channel 4 embraced for Auschwitz Untold: In Colour.
The two-parter follows the extraordinary events that unfolded from 1946 in the context of a rumored affair between Nehru and Mountbatten’s wife Edwina Mountbatten, along with the growing enmity between Mountbatten and Muslim League Leader Jinnah while the partition negotiations were taking place.
Cyril Radcliffe was then given the task of creating a border between India and Pakistan and the doc has access to his private unpublished memoir,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment The singer, who passed away aged 92 in February, was featured in a BAFTA 2022 honorary montage with Hollywood star Sidney Poitier, Hindi film actor Dilip Kumar and several other global icons.Tnm StaffFacebook/ Lata MangeshkarLegendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away aged 92 on February 6, was featured in the ‘In Memoriam’ segment at the 2022 edition of the British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA). The star-studded event, held on Sunday, March 13 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, moved several Indian music aficionados to tears after the late singer appeared in an honorary montage sequence along with Hollywood star Sidney Poitier, Hindi film actor Dilip Kumar and several other global icons. “An Indian playback singer, who recorded an estimated 25,000 songs for more than 1,000 Hindi films over a career spanning 70 years. Mangeshkar rarely appeared on screen, preferring instead to record the songs that other actors would later lipsync,” read lines from the tribute.
- 3/15/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Music and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
A very young very pained girl face is being painted, prepared for something not very pleasant. She is grimacing and to add to her pain a firm hand holds her face, stuffs her mouth with a cloth and pierces her nose with something as sharp as the dialogues of this film. As she bleeds the blood mingles with her cheap makeup.
This opening sequence is like a piercing scream in the dark that sets the mood for a film that defies analysis. How do we describe what Sanjay Leela Bhansali has done with his Gangubai? And where are the words to reify the illimitable pain that Alia Bhatt’s eyes convey? She smiles, she laughs, she dances, she bullies her enemies and berates her friends… But her eyes remain ceaselessly swathed in sorrow.
I have never witnessed a performance more heroic...
Music and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
A very young very pained girl face is being painted, prepared for something not very pleasant. She is grimacing and to add to her pain a firm hand holds her face, stuffs her mouth with a cloth and pierces her nose with something as sharp as the dialogues of this film. As she bleeds the blood mingles with her cheap makeup.
This opening sequence is like a piercing scream in the dark that sets the mood for a film that defies analysis. How do we describe what Sanjay Leela Bhansali has done with his Gangubai? And where are the words to reify the illimitable pain that Alia Bhatt’s eyes convey? She smiles, she laughs, she dances, she bullies her enemies and berates her friends… But her eyes remain ceaselessly swathed in sorrow.
I have never witnessed a performance more heroic...
- 2/26/2022
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
DeathShe is amongst the handful of Indians whose name strikes a chord in distant corners of the globe.PTIShe made our hearts go up an octave or more with love and longing, moved us to tears of joy and sorrow, sometimes introspect and other times dance in abandon, her voice mirroring our every emotion, her songs covering the cadence of time and history from the gramophone to the digital age. Lata Mangeshkar is dead but the music plays on in a seemingly endless refrain, as it has for almost eight decades and likely for many more. Mangeshkar, 92, who died on Sunday. February 6, in a Mumbai hospital, sang not just in Hindi but in almost every other Indian language, that lilting voice emoting for actors down generations, from Madhubala to Preity Zinta and scores of others in between. Hers is the golden voice that millions of South Asians tune into when...
- 2/6/2022
- by Haripriya
- The News Minute
Being a child is the most beautiful and carefree stage of life. We often relish childhood memories. Children’s Day on November 14 is celebrated as a tribute to India’s first Prime Minister, the late Jawaharlal Nehru, is quite special for many of us. Because it makes us nostalgic to recall the celebration during schooldays and […]...
- 11/14/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
As India celebrates 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday, it is time for a musical rewind, the Bollywood way.
There are a countless classics that spring to mind. We look at a few that continue to resonate with the youth today, for the way they capture various moods of India.
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo
The definitive Republic Day song, it was sung live by Lata Mangeshkar on January 26, 1963, as a tribute to Indian soldiers who died during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The song is written by Kavi Pradeep and composed by C. Ramchandra. The first rendition of Mangeshkar, a live rendition at National Stadium in New Delhi, happened with President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the audience.
Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon
Sung by Shanti Mathur for the 1962 film "Son Of India", this song has long been associated with Republic Day and Independence Day, especially at schools where students perform to its beat.
There are a countless classics that spring to mind. We look at a few that continue to resonate with the youth today, for the way they capture various moods of India.
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo
The definitive Republic Day song, it was sung live by Lata Mangeshkar on January 26, 1963, as a tribute to Indian soldiers who died during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The song is written by Kavi Pradeep and composed by C. Ramchandra. The first rendition of Mangeshkar, a live rendition at National Stadium in New Delhi, happened with President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the audience.
Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon
Sung by Shanti Mathur for the 1962 film "Son Of India", this song has long been associated with Republic Day and Independence Day, especially at schools where students perform to its beat.
- 1/26/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
ControversyKamal’s letter asking Minister Balan to consider making Left-leaning and progressive employees permanent at the Academy created a row.CrisMalayalam filmmaker Kamal, who is also the Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, landed in controversy recently over a letter that he had written to the state's Minister of Culture Ak Balan last year. The letter, which lists reasons for making four employees of the Academy permanent, has a part highlighting their Leftist leanings. This part has been criticised as Kamal trying to win the favour of the Left government. In the letter, Kamal had said, "It will help to sustain the leftist character of the Chalachithra Academy, which has a great place among Kerala's cultural institutions, to make permanent these employees who are Left sympathisers and engaged in cultural work involving leftist and progressive values." Kamal told Tnm that he regrets writing the last part and could have avoided it.
- 1/13/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Mumbai, Nov 15 (Ians) Actor Sachin Pilgaonkar on Sunday revisited his childhood days and remembered a deeply special moment when India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had given him his red rose.
"This moment I can never forget. 1963...I remember going to Delhi to receive the national award for my first Marathi film 'Haa Maaza Marg Ekala' presented by Dr Radhakrishnan, the second President of India in the presence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
"I was a 5-year-old wearing a black Sherwani, churidaar with mojarris which my mother got for me.
"After receiving the award I did Namaste to the both of them and was leaving the stage when I heard 'Suno'.
"It was Panditji," Sachin recalled.
If that was not enough, Sachin sat on Nehru's lap for a few minutes.
"He made me sit on his lap. Took out his red rose and put it on my Sherwani and said 'Jao.
"This moment I can never forget. 1963...I remember going to Delhi to receive the national award for my first Marathi film 'Haa Maaza Marg Ekala' presented by Dr Radhakrishnan, the second President of India in the presence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
"I was a 5-year-old wearing a black Sherwani, churidaar with mojarris which my mother got for me.
"After receiving the award I did Namaste to the both of them and was leaving the stage when I heard 'Suno'.
"It was Panditji," Sachin recalled.
If that was not enough, Sachin sat on Nehru's lap for a few minutes.
"He made me sit on his lap. Took out his red rose and put it on my Sherwani and said 'Jao.
- 11/15/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Naseem (1995) is now showing in the series A Journey into Indian Cinema.“The karsevaks in Ayodhya are gathering with bricks. There is tension in Faizabad. Muslim families are leaving…”Mere hours before a right-wing Hindu mob of 150,000 people tore down the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, on December 6, 1992, the eponymous teenaged protagonist (Mayoori Kango) reads out the day’s news to her ailing grandfather (Kaifi Azmi) in Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s Naseem. “That’s enough, darling,” he stops her.“We had a dream in 1947 about the kind of country we wanted to be. That collapsed over a period of time but the actual last stroke to me, personally, when the Babri Masjid came down,” Saeed Akhtar Mirza says in the Netflix documentary about his life and works. Naseem, as it juxtaposes a secular past with a communal riot-struck present,...
- 5/11/2020
- MUBI
Bharat
Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Grover, Disha Patani, Jackie shroff
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar
It’s easy to be dismissive of a film that has no formal structure, one which doesn’t compartmentalize life’s flow… but chooses to go with it. The flow, I mean.
But then again,it takes almost three hours of playing time for us to realize that Bharat is no small achievement. Like Sultan before this, director Ali Abbas Zafar doesn’t hesitate in blowing open Salman Khan’s image of the Superstar who always plays variations of himself.
In some of the sequences in this episodic endearing oddball off a film Salman invests genuine emotions. Watch him closely in the sequence where he is reunited with his sister whom he has lost in the tumult of India’s Partition in two badly divided halves. Salman achieves great heights of emotionalism in...
Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Grover, Disha Patani, Jackie shroff
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar
It’s easy to be dismissive of a film that has no formal structure, one which doesn’t compartmentalize life’s flow… but chooses to go with it. The flow, I mean.
But then again,it takes almost three hours of playing time for us to realize that Bharat is no small achievement. Like Sultan before this, director Ali Abbas Zafar doesn’t hesitate in blowing open Salman Khan’s image of the Superstar who always plays variations of himself.
In some of the sequences in this episodic endearing oddball off a film Salman invests genuine emotions. Watch him closely in the sequence where he is reunited with his sister whom he has lost in the tumult of India’s Partition in two badly divided halves. Salman achieves great heights of emotionalism in...
- 6/6/2019
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Actor-politician Rajinikanth on Tuesday termed the Lok Sabha election outcome a victory for one individual: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rajinikanth also said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi need not resign from his post owning responsibility for the party's defeat.
Speaking to reporters here, Rajinikanth said the victory in the 2019 general election was for Modi the individual.
After Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, "it is Modi who is a charismatic leader attracting people", he said.
Rajinikanth said there was an anti-Modi wave in Tamil Nadu and the Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp) lost in the state due to the campaign against various industrial projects that are being planned to be implemented.
According to him, Rahul Gandhi should not resign from his post.
The senior leaders of Congress did not function in a coordinated manner during the elections, Rajinikanth said.
The actor said he will attend the swearing...
Rajinikanth also said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi need not resign from his post owning responsibility for the party's defeat.
Speaking to reporters here, Rajinikanth said the victory in the 2019 general election was for Modi the individual.
After Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, "it is Modi who is a charismatic leader attracting people", he said.
Rajinikanth said there was an anti-Modi wave in Tamil Nadu and the Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp) lost in the state due to the campaign against various industrial projects that are being planned to be implemented.
According to him, Rahul Gandhi should not resign from his post.
The senior leaders of Congress did not function in a coordinated manner during the elections, Rajinikanth said.
The actor said he will attend the swearing...
- 5/28/2019
- GlamSham
As the web series "Hutatma", based on the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, is in Marathi, its director Jayprad Desai says he isn't worried about the language limiting the audience from accessing the historical story because it lends authenticity.
"I am not disheartened that the language is going to limit the propagation of such content. Rather I think that if the choice of the language makes the content more authentic and strong, I am sure it will transcend the barriers of language. I would rather concentrate on making authentic content than making it accessible to people by using a certain language," Desai told Ians here.
The show has been dubbed in Hindi too and was released on May 1 on Ott platform ZEE5.
"The subject lent itself towards Marathi context. All the actors in the show are cultural icons of Maharashtra. The essence of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and the struggle lend itself to the Marathi language,...
"I am not disheartened that the language is going to limit the propagation of such content. Rather I think that if the choice of the language makes the content more authentic and strong, I am sure it will transcend the barriers of language. I would rather concentrate on making authentic content than making it accessible to people by using a certain language," Desai told Ians here.
The show has been dubbed in Hindi too and was released on May 1 on Ott platform ZEE5.
"The subject lent itself towards Marathi context. All the actors in the show are cultural icons of Maharashtra. The essence of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and the struggle lend itself to the Marathi language,...
- 5/6/2019
- GlamSham
Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh Movie Review ? A memorable classic
Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh movie review is here. The second and concluding part of one of Marathi best-loved humourists, writer-director-playwright-screenplay writer-actor-music composer-harmonium player Purushottam Laxman Deshpande. Does Mahesh Manjrekar?s second and concluding part fills the dots which were left open in Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli part one. Let?s find out in Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh movie review.
The best part of Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh
Finally, Mahesh Manjrekar?s biopic of the legendary Marathi humourist, playwright and musician ?Pu. La? gets a deserving tribute in a resolute and deeply respectful portrayal of one of the greatest legends in the field of art and culture - Purushottam Laxman Deshpande aka Pu La aka Bhaai.
The most memorable standout moment
In a rare tribute to the devotees of classical music/lovers of art, an extraordinary musical performance...
Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh movie review is here. The second and concluding part of one of Marathi best-loved humourists, writer-director-playwright-screenplay writer-actor-music composer-harmonium player Purushottam Laxman Deshpande. Does Mahesh Manjrekar?s second and concluding part fills the dots which were left open in Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli part one. Let?s find out in Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh movie review.
The best part of Bhaai ? Vyakti Kee Valli Uttarrardh
Finally, Mahesh Manjrekar?s biopic of the legendary Marathi humourist, playwright and musician ?Pu. La? gets a deserving tribute in a resolute and deeply respectful portrayal of one of the greatest legends in the field of art and culture - Purushottam Laxman Deshpande aka Pu La aka Bhaai.
The most memorable standout moment
In a rare tribute to the devotees of classical music/lovers of art, an extraordinary musical performance...
- 2/8/2019
- GlamSham
Indian-French co-production comprises four short stories tackling different issues that have plagued India since independence.
India’s Drishyam Films is teaming with France’s Backup Media to co-produce an anthology film, Tryst With Destiny, directed by rising Indian filmmaker Prashant Nair.
Currently in production, the film will comprise four short stories that tackle different issues that have plagued India since independence. The title of the film is taken from a famous speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the country’s parliament on the eve of independence on August 14, 1947.
Cast on the film includes actors...
India’s Drishyam Films is teaming with France’s Backup Media to co-produce an anthology film, Tryst With Destiny, directed by rising Indian filmmaker Prashant Nair.
Currently in production, the film will comprise four short stories that tackle different issues that have plagued India since independence. The title of the film is taken from a famous speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the country’s parliament on the eve of independence on August 14, 1947.
Cast on the film includes actors...
- 10/8/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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