Thursday, November 27, 2008

disco k bappi


Bappi Lahiri (born 27 November 1952) a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema, and also sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like disco dancer namak
halal and sharabi among others. Fond of jewellery and is usually wears gold ornaments and black glasses.
kolkata
Bappi Lahiri was born in calcutta into a family with a tradition in classical music. His father aparesh lahiri was a famous singer and his mother was a musician and a singer
At a very early age He began to play the tabla at the tender age of three. Was trained by his parents .daadu was first musical score
Mumbai
He came to bollywod at the young age of 19. The first film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The turning point of his career was Hindi film zakhmi for which he composed music and doubled as a playback singer. Same film. The songs of his next film, chalte chalte, became a rage. He also scored music for many Hindi films produced from South India..
music style
Bappi Lahiri pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavour.
Songs
Lahiri also known to have used similar popular western numbers, and many of his popular songs sample key melodies from popular western hits without credit or permission
He disappeared from the Indian film industry in the 1990s. He made a brief comeback in the mithun starrer 'Dalal'. The songs were big hit
2004he brought out his album 'Bappi Magic - The Asli Baap Mix'
2005 he composed the background score for the jahnu barua film, 'Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara', thus reaffirming his identity as a very versatile composer.
2006he lent his voice to another composer for the first time with the song "Boombai Nagariya" which he sang vishal sekhar for the movie taxi no 9211
guru he has once again lent his voice to the title track of the mani ratnam film guru.
2006 he appeared on the popular television show saregamapa lil champs on zeetv as co-judge with singer's alka yagnik and abhijit
2007. Judge for the 2007 edition of Zee TV's saregamapa' Sony Entertainment Television's k for kishore reality show).
2008 credit for sarkar raj
disco k bappi ka safar chalta ja rha wo kbhi ruke nhi..chalte chalte.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

king DARA SINGH


He was perhaps Bollywood's first macho man. Dara Singh, who turned80 19th nov, says after starring in over 120 films that the big screen was never his aspiration.
He was never interested in doing films as he terms. He was pulled into the industry because of the fame I received from wrestling. Forced to do
King kong(1962) and it became a hit and that started his film career
Dara Singh never wanted to play a negative role.
Not many know that prior to starring in Babubhai Mistri's King Kong, Dara Singh had done cameos in films like Sangdil (1952), Pehli Jhalak (1955) and Jagga Daku (1959).
Born in 1928 in Amritsar, Punjab, Dara Singh is credited to be the first hero in Bollywood to bring the machismo appeal on-screen with his well-built body.
Much like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hollywood, Dara Singh's career too rose because of his body landing him roles in hero-centric films like Rustam-E-Baghdad (1963), Faulad (1963), Hercules (1964), Tarzan Dilli Mein (1965), Sikander-E-Azam (1965), Rustom-E-Hind (1965), and Boxer (1965), among others.
After 1970, he forayed into direction and directed six films in Hindi and Punjabi - Nanak Dukhiya Sab Sansar (1970), Mera Desh Mera Dharam (1973), Bhakti Mein Shakti (1978) and Rustom (1982) among them.
small screenDara Singh has been immortalised among younger viewers for his portrayal of monkey god Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's TV adaptation of the epic Ramayan (1986).
Dara Singh was also seen on TV in programmes like Had Kar Di and Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka. Right now, though, he doesn't have any plan to go back to the small screen.
Dara Singh still picks up roles that he "feels like doing".
the body," he suggested.
included milk, home-made butter, almonds and chicken soup," he replied.
On his birthday, Dara Singh spent time with his family.
achievement
he has done everything in life. In fact, worked with everyone from thespians like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor to the new league of actors.

Monday, November 24, 2008

one minute please




CUTTING REVIEWS




Dasvidaniya- enjoy life at fullest .all common man can do in at last.one of the films for common man.earlier was A WEDNESDAY and AAMIR.




Ek vivah aisa bhi-sooraj barjatya once agian focusing on one of the oldest but most talked about instituions.watch sonu sood and isha koppikar in all together characters .




Quantaum of Solace- daniel craigs second bond film.The bond is all energetic and ready for action as always.fresh hollywood arrival in action category .all bond lovers may go for quantum.




Yuvraj-DIRECTED by subash ghai the film has katrina-salman jodi.gulzar has written hummable songs..look out for zayed and anil kapoor .the story is of three brothers.




Golmaal returns- Rohit shetty is doing david dhawan comedy.




Fashion-Har sab naye MADHUR BAHNDARKAR is back with fashion industry .




EMI-Munna bhai -EMI liya hai to chalana padega.
Dostana-karan johar opus comedy for gay recogntion






Tuesday, November 18, 2008

salam BR


Legendary filmmaker BR CHPORA who made immortal classics highlighting socially relevant issues has DIED. He took his last breath at his juhu resident. On 5th Nov 2008.

BALDEV RAJ CHOPRA one of India's most respected filmmaker BR is survived by his son RAVI CHOPRA and two daughters.

Offbeat issues- He was known for making films based on offbeat themes dhool ka phool (1959) waqt (1965) Naya daur (1957) Kanoon (1958) Humraaz (1967) Insaf ka tarazu (1980) Nikah (1982).

Adultery- Gumrah Mistaken identity-Afsana
Politics of rape-Insaf ka tarazu Muslim matrimony laws-Nikah
Rehabilitation of prostitutes-Sadhna widow remarriage-Ek hi Rasta

Early carrier-He started his carrier with CINE HERALD magazine

Birth-born on 22nd April 1914 in Pakistan.
Migration-He migrated to Delhi and later Mumbai.
Production house-in 1955 BR CHOPRA established his own production house BR FILMS Naya daur (1957).

Twilight yrs-In his twilight yrs i.e.; late eighties he made MAHABHARAT a popular TV series.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Music Ratna


Hindustani clsssical vovalist pandit BHIMSEN JOSHI has been awarded bharat ratna.the 86 yr old doyen of KIRANA gharana is credited with leading the renaissnce of indian classical music.the celebrated singer through his magical grip over GAYAKI styles created unique blend.Receipient of several other awards including PADMA BHUSAN and PADAM SHREE joshi endeared himself to greatness with generation of music lovers with his khayals and bhajans.Born in 1922 in gadag karnatka joshi left home at age 11.Joshi left home in search of GURU and homing on USTAD HAFIZ KHAN of gwalior.later he began training underSWAMI GANDHRVA

FIRST PERFORMANCE-he gave his first line of performance at 19 yrs of age.

DEBUT ALBUM-cut his debut album acollection of bhajans in kannada at 20.

SIXTH TO GET-only the sixth person from music/culture to get BHARAT RATNA.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

khiladi vs badshah


AKSHAYkumar with tremendous box office success of singh is king and host recent hits has managed to challenge khans.the hit kumar is currently seen as safe bet for many filmamkers with a background ofstring of blockbusters .

the films that have capataulated him to the forefront in his two decade long career are hera pheri (2000) mujhse shadi karoge(2004) garam masala(2005) phir hera pheri(2006) bhagam bhag(2006) namastey london(2007)heyy baby(2007) bhool bhulaiya(2007) welcome(2007). the phenomenol success of of these and singh is king have brought him to pinnacle of suceess

it is to be noted that the box office collections of first week for the film singh is king is astonishing 28 crore more than 22crore for shahrukh the badshah starrer om sahnti om .the hype and response rceived was something seen with shahrukh only.the magic of akki also ruled television TRP on colors with khatron k khiladi

The yrs two biggest blockbusters ghazni and rab ne bana di jodi yet to be released but akshay has also chandni chowk to china kambhakt ishq and also priyadshan's next

a threatening competitor to khan camp khiladi is all set to be next big thing.

Monday, November 3, 2008

reason to fashion


FASHION madhur bhandarkar's latest offering has releasedworldwide.fresh from the success of national awards traffic signal bhandarkar is charged up and has somehow efficiently carried from where he had left .Bhandarkar 's fashion is cover story into the green room of fashion world

the film's USP is of course is bhandarkar himself..look at the films of this reality driven filmmaker .watch it for bhandarkar and some green room exclusive of fashion world