This Album Requested by Shankar
Dev Kumar Verma (Kumar Gaurav) comes from a middle-class family and must find employment to support his dad (A.K. Hangal) and mom (Dina Pathak). Dev, however, has set his mind upon becoming a music sensation like Elvis Presley. He loses his job because of this, and refuses to work until and [...]

Chandni is a family/romance film by Yash Chopra, and stars Sridevi, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Juhi Chawla and Anupam Kher.
Shiv Hari is the music director for Chandni. I haven’t been familiar with his music until now, and to be honest I didn’t like the songs of Chandni. I am personally not so [...]

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak is one of the most loved movies of 80’s. It is directed by Mansoor Khan and stars Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dalip Tahil, Reema Lagoo and Alok Nath. If you call yourself an Aamir Khan or Juhi fan then you better have watched this film or you are not their fan [...]

Here’s an oldie/classic/golden album for ya’ll! Director Shekhar Kapoor started his directorial career with Masoom, and what a start. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, and child artists Jugal Hansraj, Urmila Matondkar and Aradhana. Masoom won 5 Filmfare Awards including Best Actor’s (Naseerudhin Shah). I read a great review of this film by Carla from FilmiGeek.com [...]

Here is another classic album for ya’ll. Silsila is one of the most watched and most remembered Bollywood movies of all times. A really great movie and great music. It is directed by Yash Chopra and was surprisingly a flop when released. The star cast of Silsila includes Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri (now Jaya Bachchan), [...]

Starring Jeetendra and Asha Parekh, Caravan is directed by Nasir Hussain. The beautiful music of Caravan is directed by R.D. Burman. Truly great songs. I’d heard some of them a few times before, and I’ve enjoyed them everytime I did. Well I know nothing about the cast and crew of the movie or the movie [...]

With the release of Jodhaa Akbar around the corner, I thought we should revisit Mughal-E-Azam which was once the biggest film Bollywood had produced. I personally think it still is the biggest. Starring Dilip Kumar as Prince Salim, Madhubala as Anarkali and Prithviraj Kapoor in his biggest role ever as the Mughal emperor Akbar, it [...]

Well, well, well!!!! Happy new year to everyone!! I wish you all a wonderful year. I hope you enjoyed the Top 50 Songs of 2007 post. Ok, now let’s start 2008 with songs from 50 years ago.
Madhumati is a film by Bimal Roy and stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Pran. If you haven’t watched it [...]