India is a Bollywood crazy nation. Anything remotely associated with Hindi films becomes a huge success. But it never happened that all films that get released become box-office churners. There are only a few who had the privilege of enthralling the audiences from the time it released till date. And here’s a list of such [...]
Bollywood has often being applauded, appalled, sneered and mocked at for its larger than life stories with quintessential happy endings. But with change in time and centuries, Hindi filmmakers also realised the worth of telling a worthy story. Quite instantly, reality-embracing movies inundated the silver screens, poignantly the concept of mortal disabilities. With Paa claiming [...]
Cast : Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman, Sanjeev Kumar Director : Gulzar Music : R. D. Burman Lyrics : Gulzar Year : 1982 Dhaniram brings a trucker named Gerulal to Jugni’s house so that he can rent a room. Jugni lives in dilapidated house with three young daughters, all of whom are of marriage [...]
Cast : Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, Dina Pathak, Om Shivpuri, C.S.Dubey Director : Gulzar Music : Salil Choudhury, Madan Mohan Lyrics : Gulzar Year : 1975 While studying for his medical exams in Darjeeling, India, Amarnath Gill sprains his leg and seeks treatment from the local healer, Harihar Thapa. Amarnath is attracted to his daughter, [...]
Cast : Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan, Asrani Director : Ramesh Sippy Music : Rahul Dev Burman Lyrics : Anand Bakshi Year : 1975 Sholay means fire. In this particular movie, a Police Officer, who family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with [...]
Cast : Sanjeev Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Om Prakash Director : Gulzar Music : R.D. Burman Lyrics : Gulzar Year : 1975 J.K. is a hotel Manager in a scenic location in India. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a drunk daughter, Aarti, of a politician, and chooses to be discrete about it. [...]
Cast : Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Sanjeev Kumar, Ranjeet, A.K. Hangal, Asrani Director : J. Om Prakash Music : Rahul Dev Burman Lyrics : Anand Bakshi Year : 1974 Rajesh Khanna plays Mumtaz’s jealous husband who begins to doubt her fidelity when his best friend Sanjeev Kumar enters their lives. She is unable to convince Rajesh [...]
Cast : Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri Director : Gulzar Music : Madan Mohan Lyrics : Gulzar Year : 1972 Haricharan Mathur delivers newspapers on his bicycle and lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, just like millions of other Bombayites. But for Haricharan there is a difference – he is both deaf and dumb. One [...]
Cast : Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja Samarth, Dinesh Thakur, A. K. Hangal Director : Basu Bhattacharya Music : Kanu Roy Lyrics : Gulzar Year : 1971 Meeta Sen (Tanuja) and Amar Sen (Sanjeev Kumar) have been married for several years. Due to Amar’s hectic work schedule, the couple have not had children, as there was no [...]
Cast : Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz, Shatrughan Sinha Director : Chander Vohra Music : Laxmikant-Pyarelal Lyrics : Anand Bakshi Year : 1970 Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons – Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an unmarried daughter, Radha. Kishore looks [...]