The Filmistan Connection

Sorry for not blogging for almost a month now. The reasons for our absence are ones that anyone who has been home for almost 6 months without work or school would totally relate to. We had just been uninspired and preoccupied with nothing…we really are the kind of people who get more done when we [...]

Tum jeeyo hazaaron saal, yeh hamari hai aarzoo…Happy Bir-day to you! Asha Bhosle was born in Sangli, Maharashtra, into the family of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar. Her father was a theater actor and classical singer who had been born in the village of Mangeshi in Goa. When she was nine years old, her father died. The [...]

Tum jeeyo hazaaron saal, yeh hamari hai aarzoo…Happy Bir-day to you! Sampooran Singh Kalra, better known by his pen name Gulzar is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He was born to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur, in Dina, Jhelum District, British India. Before he was Gulzar saab he worked as a car mechanic [...]

Sona: I hate my life! I hate my life! I hate my life! Jasmine: I hate my life, a little more than you hate yours! Sona: No you don’t! I hate mine more!! Jasmine: Kyam! There’s no point arguing…our lives suck! I don’t know what to do, where to go!! Sona: Me neither…urggghhh I feel [...]

As you all know My Name is Khan was supposed to be shot in San Francisco, remember we were psyched about it and we were disappointed about Shabana Ji leaving the film. Well we were psyched about it again! Why shouldn’t we have been, it was so close to us. The movie had been postponed [...]

He was so full of life and he had a style that was like no one else. You couldn’t help but take notice when he was in front of you, when he was talking so elegantly. So, it was truly such a shock when we found out Feroz Khan passed away at his farmhouse in [...]

Tum jeeyo hazaaron saal, saal ke din hon pachaas hazaar…here’s wishing you a happy birthday! In honor of one of our favorite filmistani fairies, here’s an all out gushathon on why we love Lara Dutta: She is our favorite person on Koffee with Karan’s rapid-fire round. She has this accent, we haven’t heard it before, [...]

It was disheartening to read about Shakti Samanta’s demise, a very talented filmmaker who has some of the biggest Hindi film classics to his name. He died of cardiac arrest at his Santa Cruz home. He was recovering from a stroke he had suffered about two months ago. He was born in Burdwan, West Bengal [...]

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