The Filmistan Connection

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 [...]

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 [...]