Since 1999
Articles
Articles on Hindi Films
- Details
There is a new book Vinod Kapoor retired member of the Indian Broadcasting Service, entitled, "Wrinkled Memories: Stories from Cinema". In it he has lots of stories about filmy people that he says he interacted with personally. I don't know what to think of it, because I had never heard of him and have never seen aphoto of him any filmy magazine with or without film stars. Here is an anecdote about OP Nayyar and a Khwaja Khurshid Anwar song.
Now You Know!
- Details
As told by Edwina Violette to me:
-
Saroj later became a legendary choreographer.
-
P L Raj was mainly a choreographer.
-
Dancer Aruna is different from the actress Aruna Irani.
-
Dancer Bhagwan is different from the famous actor Bhagwan.
-
Thinker and Bobby are brother and sister, respectively.
-
Harbans, also known as Harbans Papay, has been honored with the Uttar Pradesh Ratan Award.
-
Background dancer Sitara and the famous dancer-actress Sitara Devi are different.
-
Suresh is also known as Suresh Bhatt who became a choreographer.
-
Nimmi the background dancer is different from the famous actress Nimmi.
-
Vishwas (1969) was dedicated to Herman Benjamin.
Now You Know!
New 320
- Details
Although Upendra did the hard work of collecting the filmographies of hundreds of unsung artistes, the whole business of trying to identify them began in the Facebook group
THOSE WHO COUDNT MAKE IT BIG BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE WITH OUT THEM
The group is run by him and Dr Ramnath Iyer Ashok as co-admins. This is the group where many juniors were identified.
In the acknowledgement section of his books, Upendra writes,
"... but also Ramnath Ashok Iyer for making me focus not just on the most prominent junior artists but rather every one we could spot and see and Saul George for his great memory that has brought to the front many names of junior artists that would otherwise be lost."
Dr Ramnath Iyer Ashok, besides his regular work, is involved in lots of other activities. Here is one of them.
Saul George started as a junior in 1963 and worked in the industry until the 80s.
Now You Know!
Page 424 of 812
