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आज सुबह इस बेहद दुखद समाचार के साथ नींद खुली कि श्रीदेवी का देहांत हो गया है। अखबार में अभी यह समाचार नहीं आया है, लेकिन डिजिटल युग में प्रिंट बहुत पीछे रहता है। सबसे पहले तो विश्वास करना मुश्किल था, इसलिए इंटरनेट पर खोज कर देखा। लगभग सभी बड़े अखबारों ने इस खबर को अपने वेब एडीशन पर जगह दी थी। फिर उनके परिवार वालो ने भी इस खबर की पुष्टि कर दी थी। यह सब पढ़ते वक्त दिल में यही कामना थी कि काश यह खबर गलत निकले। पर अनहोनी हो चुकी थी, और श्रीदेवी सिर्फ 54 वर्ष की उम्र में इस फानी दुनिया को छोड़कर जा चुकी थी। श्रीदेवी के बारे में जब सोचता हूँ, तो आंखों के सामने एक अल्हड़ सी, चंचल और बला की हसीन युवती का अक्स छा जाता है। उसकी आँखों में एक शरारत भरी शोखी दिखती है, तो होंठों पर दिल के तारों को झंकार देने वाली मासूम सी खिलखिलाहट सुनाई देती है। हिम्मत वाला, मवाली, तोहफा, मिस्टर इंडिया, चालबाज़, चाँदनी जैसी फिल्मों की वह मासूमियत एवं चंचलता मन को मोह गई थी, और श्रीदेवी की एक अमिट छवि हमारे दिलों में डाल गई थी। पर श्रीदेवी की एक और छवि है, एक शानदार अदाकारा की, जिसे उतना ही पसंद किया गया जितना उनकी ...

Amitabh Bachchan is Super Star, or the living legend or Star of the millennium or not sure whatever names given to him. But, that does not translate to the box office register. People don’t go and watch his movies. They like him; there is no doubt about it. His game show KBC is a hit, his appearances on other TV reality shows are liked by people, his advertisements are hit, but his movies are not.  This is interesting to note, that he still command a large fan followings, and ranked #3 in Times of India Celebrity Index in January 2015. He has always been in Top 10, and was #1 in April 2014.  He has 13.6 million followers on Twitter, 19.8 million followers on Facebook, and his blog is also read by millions of people regularly, including media giants. Anything he says, post or share becomes news, as media recognize that people do like to read or see him in news.  

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you. Today, is the day we celebrate love! Love is a wonderful thing; it joins two souls into one! When you are in love with someone, you don’t remain two different individuals, but becomes one. There are lots written about love, so I am not going to fill pages about it again. I know, love is a feeling, you just can’t express it in words, you have to feel it. So, I decided to show the feeling which is love, by actually letting you feel the power of love. I picked up my all-time favorite song, “O Saathi Re” from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, which has two original versions. Both were solo versions, one by Asha Bhosle, for the female child artist who represent heroin’s child age in the movie, and another by Kishore Kumar, for the hero. Its worth mentioning here that the movie is inspired by Devdas story, and I think this is one of the much better interpretation of Devdas in modern age. Both songs are great individually, with some similar and some differe...

I wish you a very happy new year 2014. I watched Sholay 3D today, and decided to write my first post of 2014 about this movie. We all know Sholay! We have been knowing Sholay since its release or since we came to senses, whichever is later. Nothing new can be written about Sholay. We have been watching it, reading about it, discussing it, saying it all these years! I don’t think we can even remember how many times we have seen this movie. So, what would I write in a review of this movie? Just one line: GO AND RELIVE THE MAGIC OF SHOLAY IN THEATERS… AGAIN!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 TO ALL! This is my 50th post on this Blog, and I never thought I can post upto 50 when I started. I wanted to post this in December 2010, as my last post of the year. But somehow, the time taken in research as well as year end holidays delayed it, and now we are with this, my 50th post, about Sholay Special Edition DVD and Alternate Version, as the first post this year. Sholay ! The name is enough! Yes, I am talking about Sholay the movie! The most famous movie of Indian film industry ever! There are so much written about Sholay, that I don't think I can add any new information in the already known knowledge about this movie! It’s a cult movie! Even today, after 35 years of its release, people still remember the characters, not just the main characters, but small guest appearance characters such as Surma Bhopali or Jailor, Sambha, Kalia as well! We still refer Sholay dialogues in day to day conversations! So, if people know so much and remember this much...

Karwa Chouth! Yes, today is Karwa Chouth, but my wife don't do fasting. Not because she does not believe in it, but its not celebrated in our family. We have different similar fasting day for women, its Jiutiya. It's a different story that my wife does not do fasting in Jiutiya as well, because she is not into this fasting and all. She prays, but no fasting, believes in GOD, but limited to self prayers only. I truly support her in this. But, when I am saying its a great day, its not because of Karwa Chouth, but other reasons.

Just came to know about Amitabh admitted to hospital. Today is his 66th Birthday, and instead of celebration, he is being taken care by doctors. Well, I am and I know all of his fans are praying for his health. I am sure he will recover and comes back sooner than we think. Just wanted to express myself on this news, so a small post for BigB!

Watched Sarkar Raj yesterday! Its Sarkar all over again, and more! If you have seen Sarkar, and liked it, go and watch Sarkar Raj, its more intense, more shocking and I think one of the finest creation of RGV! After AAG, I was not very sure about this one, but RGV has again proved me wrong! He has delivered a masterpiece one more time! I will not take much of your time, and get down to business. The best of the movie-- Amitabh Bachchan! Should I say more ? He is same character you saw in Sarkar, with more intense look and some great dialogues which you can remember after watching the movie, something like old AB movies, after a long time. He is the central focus of the movie, like the original. There is a change from the original. Here, you get to see an angry AB, taking charge of the situation and killing people. The Sarkar AB was taken a back seat and ABjr was doing the killings. His GOD like persona is simply awesome! Abhisek Bachchan! He has deliver a great performance. I...

Yesterday, I went to watch  Bhoothnath ! I was with my kids, and enjoyed the movie! Kids were the one who enjoyed the most! The movie is for kids, but parents and the whole family will like it! Its kinda Disney movies, made for the whole family. Yes, the 2 hour 15 minute movies is not 100% well made, specially the songs are not fitting and could be taken away from the movie. I think out of all the songs, I prefer "Banku Bhaiya", Hum to hai Andhi" to be cut from the movie, and leave the "Hey Buddy" as the climax song only, and not in the movie! It still leaves us with two more songs in the movie, but these are situation based and ok to be in the movie.  The best part is of course Amitabh Bachchan! But the kid has got great talent! He and BigB both carried the movie perfectly well! Juhi is lovely as a mother! SRK was good in his small but impressive (not so impressive) role. I will really give credit to the first time director to have SRK in special appearanc...

My fascination with comics is a bit more than you could stand! And don't tell me I didn't warn you. Now I present a Comic Hero, which was another first of India. Yes, you guessed it right from the title of this post, SUPREMO! Published by Star Comics, an unknown publishers now in India, but back than (in 80s), they were HOT! Star Comics published India's first ever 3-D comics. The 3-D Comics craze died after a few issues, but these were in high demand back then. I am still in possession  of few issues of those 3-D comics with me. Someday, I will scan one of them, just to keep a piece of history. Now, back to Supremo! Yes, it was a comic about costumed hero, with a falcon who talks to him. And he is someone else when not in Supremo disguise. You can ask, what’s new about it? This seems like any other costumed hero, but beholds, the personality he is when not Supremo is the catch. It was a comic featuring our very own Superstar, Amitabh Bachchan. Yes, Amitabh played hims...