#Rajesh Kumar Magic

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The popularity of Rajesh Kumar Magic is on top. Having years of experience and being a magician and illusionist, he can leave the audience stunned. Whether you want to entertain your invitees in the wedding or corporate event, Rajesh Kumar can do that flawlessly. Visit the website or dial +91-9372074683 to contact for more information! 

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THE 236 GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN THE ENTIRE KNOWN HISTORY/COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THIS WORLD! (@INDIES)

ie. THE 236 GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN WORLD HISTORY! (@INDIES)

Rajesh Khanna

Lionel Messi

Leonardo Da Vinci

Online Indie

Muhammad Ali

Joan of Arc

William Shakespeare

Vincent Van Gogh

J. K. Rowling

David Lean

Nadia Comaneci

Diego Maradona

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Meena Kumari

Julius Caesar

Harrison Ford

Ludwig Van Beethoven

William W. Cargill

Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche

Samuel Curtis Johnson

Sam Walton

John D. Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie

Roy Thomson

Tim Berners-Lee

Marie Curie

James J. Hill

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Roman Polanski

Samuel Slater

J. P. Morgan

Cary Grant

Dmitri Mendeleev

John Harvard

Alain Delon

Ramakrishna Paramhansa (Official God)

The Lumiere Brothers, Auguste & Louis

Carl Friedrich Benz

Michelangelo

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Ramana Maharishi

Mark Twain

Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri

Bruce Lee

Bhagwan Krishna (Official God)

Charlemagne

Rene Descartes

John F. Kennedy

Bhagwan Ganesha (Official God)

Walt Disney

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

Alfred Hitchcock

Pythagoras

William Randolph Hearst

Cosimo de’ Medici

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alec Guinness

Nostradamus

Christopher Plummer

Archimedes

Jackie Chan

Guru Dutt

Amma Karunamayi/ Mata Parvati (Official God)

Peter Sellers

Gerard Depardieu

Joseph Safra

Robert Morris

Sean Connery

Petr Kellner

Aristotle Onassis

Usain Bolt

Jack Welch

Alfredo di Stefano

Elizabeth Taylor

Michael Jordan

Paul Muni

Steven Spielberg

Louis Pasteur

Ingrid Bergman

Norma Shearer

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Ayn Rand

Jesus Christ (Official God)

Luciano Pavarotti

Alain Resnais

Frank Sinatra

Allah (Official God)

Richard Nixon

Charlie Chaplin

Thomas Alva Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Wright Brothers

Arjun (of Bhagwan Krishna’s Gita)

Jim Simons

George Lucas

Swami Sri Lahiri Mahasaya

Carl Lewis

Brett Favre

Helen Keller

Bernard Mannes Baruch

Buddha (Official God)

Hugh Grant

K. L. Saigal

Roger Federer

Rash Behari Bose

Tiger Woods

William Blake

Jesse Owens

Claude Miller

Bernardo Bertolucci

Subhash Chandra Bose

Satyajit Ray

Hippocrates

Chiang Kai-Shek

John Logie Baird

Geeta Dutt

Raphael (painter)

Bhagwan Shiva (Official God)

Radha (Ancient Krishna devotee)

George Orwell

Jorge Paulo Lemann

Catherine Deneuve

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bill Gates

Bhagwan Ram (Official God)

Michael Phelps

Michael Faraday

Audrey Hepburn

Dalai Lama

Grace Kelly

Mikhail Gorbachev

Vladimir Putin

Galileo Galilei

Gary Cooper

Roger Moore

John Huston

Blaise Pascal

Humphrey Bogart

Rudyard Kipling

Samuel Morse

Wayne Gretzky

Yogi Berra

Barry Levinson

Patrice Chereau (director)

Jerry Lewis

Louis Daguerre

James Watt

Henri Rousseau

Nikita Krushchev

Jack Dorsey

Dev Anand

Elia Kazan

Alexander Fleming

David Selznick

Frank Marshall

Viswanathan Anand

Major Dhyan Chand

Swami Vivekananda

Felix Rohatyn

Sam Spiegel

Anand Bakshi

Victor Hugo

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Official God)

Steve Jobs

Srinivasa Ramanujam

Lord Hanuman

Stanley Kubrick

Giotto

Voltaire

Diego Velazquez

Ernest Hemingway

Francis Ford Coppola

Michael Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Mario Lemieux

Kishore Kumar

James Stewart

Douglas Fairbanks

Confucius

Babe Ruth

Raj Kapoor

Titian aka Tiziano Vecelli

El Greco

Francisco de Goya

Jim Carrey

Mohammad Rafi

Steffi Graf

Pele

Gustave Courbet

Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi

Milos Forman

Steve Wozniak

Georgia O’ Keeffe

Mala Sinha

Aryabhatta

Magic Johnson

Patanjali

Leo Tolstoy

Tansen

Henry Fonda

Albrecht Durer

Benazir Bhutto

Cal Ripken Jr

Samuel Goldwyn

Mumtaz (actress)

Panini

Nicolaus Copernicus

Pablo Picasso

George Clooney

Olivia de Havilland

Prem Chand

Imran Khan

Pete Sampras

Ratan Tata

Meerabai (16th c. Krishna devotee)

Queen Elizabeth II

Pope John Paul II

James Cameron

Jack Ma

Warren Buffett

Romy Schneider

C. V. Raman

Aung San Suu Kyi

Benjamin Netanyahu

Frank Capra

Michael Schumacher

Steve Forbes

Paramhansa Yogananda

Tom Hanks

Kamal Amrohi

Hans Holbein

Shammi Kapoor

Gerardus Mercator

Edith Piaf

Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba (Official God) .

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THE 236 GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN THE ENTIRE KNOWN HISTORY/COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THIS WORLD! (@INDIES)

i.e. THE 236 GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN WORLD HISTORY! (@INDIES)

Rajesh Khanna

Lionel Messi

Leonardo Da Vinci

Muhammad Ali

Joan of Arc

William Shakespeare

Vincent Van Gogh

Online Indie

J. K. Rowling

David Lean

Nadia Comaneci

Diego Maradona

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Meena Kumari

Julius Caesar

Harrison Ford

Ludwig Van Beethoven

William W. Cargill

Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche

Samuel Curtis Johnson

Sam Walton

John D. Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie

Roy Thomson

Tim Berners-Lee

Marie Curie

James J. Hill

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Roman Polanski

Samuel Slater

J. P. Morgan

Cary Grant

Dmitri Mendeleev

John Harvard

Alain Delon

Ramakrishna Paramhansa (Official God)

The Lumiere Brothers, Auguste & Louis

Carl Friedrich Benz

Michelangelo

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Ramana Maharishi

Mark Twain

Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri

Bruce Lee

Bhagwan Krishna (Official God)

Charlemagne

Rene Descartes

John F. Kennedy

Bhagwan Ganesha (Official God)

Walt Disney

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

Alfred Hitchcock

Pythagoras

William Randolph Hearst

Cosimo de’ Medici

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alec Guinness

Nostradamus

Christopher Plummer

Archimedes

Jackie Chan

Guru Dutt

Amma Karunamayi/ Mata Parvati (Official God)

Peter Sellers

Gerard Depardieu

Joseph Safra

Robert Morris

Sean Connery

Petr Kellner

Aristotle Onassis

Usain Bolt

Jack Welch

Alfredo di Stefano

Elizabeth Taylor

Michael Jordan

Paul Muni

Steven Spielberg

Louis Pasteur

Ingrid Bergman

Norma Shearer

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Ayn Rand

Jesus Christ (Official God)

Luciano Pavarotti

Alain Resnais

Frank Sinatra

Allah (Official God)

Richard Nixon

Charlie Chaplin

Thomas Alva Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Wright Brothers

Arjun (of Bhagwan Krishna’s Gita)

Jim Simons

George Lucas

Swami Sri Lahiri Mahasaya

Carl Lewis

Brett Favre

Helen Keller

Bernard Mannes Baruch

Buddha (Official God)

Hugh Grant

K. L. Saigal

Roger Federer

Rash Behari Bose

Tiger Woods

William Blake

Jesse Owens

Claude Miller

Bernardo Bertolucci

Subhash Chandra Bose

Satyajit Ray

Hippocrates

Chiang Kai-Shek

John Logie Baird

Geeta Dutt

Raphael (painter)

Bhagwan Shiva (Official God)

Radha (Ancient Krishna devotee)

George Orwell

Jorge Paulo Lemann

Catherine Deneuve

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bill Gates

Bhagwan Ram (Official God)

Michael Phelps

Michael Faraday

Audrey Hepburn

Dalai Lama

Grace Kelly

Mikhail Gorbachev

Vladimir Putin

Galileo Galilei

Gary Cooper

Roger Moore

John Huston

Blaise Pascal

Humphrey Bogart

Rudyard Kipling

Samuel Morse

Wayne Gretzky

Yogi Berra

Barry Levinson

Patrice Chereau (director)

Jerry Lewis

Louis Daguerre

James Watt

Henri Rousseau

Nikita Krushchev

Jack Dorsey

Dev Anand

Elia Kazan

Alexander Fleming

David Selznick

Frank Marshall

Viswanathan Anand

Major Dhyan Chand

Swami Vivekananda

Felix Rohatyn

Sam Spiegel

Anand Bakshi

Victor Hugo

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Official God)

Steve Jobs

Srinivasa Ramanujam

Lord Hanuman

Stanley Kubrick

Giotto

Voltaire

Diego Velazquez

Ernest Hemingway

Francis Ford Coppola

Michael Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Mario Lemieux

Kishore Kumar

James Stewart

Douglas Fairbanks

Confucius

Babe Ruth

Raj Kapoor

Titian aka Tiziano Vecelli

El Greco

Francisco de Goya

Jim Carrey

Mohammad Rafi

Steffi Graf

Pele

Gustave Courbet

Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi

Milos Forman

Steve Wozniak

Georgia O’ Keeffe

Mala Sinha

Aryabhatta

Magic Johnson

Patanjali

Leo Tolstoy

Tansen

Henry Fonda

Albrecht Durer

Benazir Bhutto

Cal Ripken Jr

Samuel Goldwyn

Mumtaz (actress)

Panini

Nicolaus Copernicus

Pablo Picasso

George Clooney

Olivia de Havilland

Prem Chand

Imran Khan

Pete Sampras

Ratan Tata

Meerabai (16th c. Krishna devotee)

Queen Elizabeth II

Pope John Paul II

James Cameron

Jack Ma

Warren Buffett

Romy Schneider

C. V. Raman

Aung San Suu Kyi

Benjamin Netanyahu

Frank Capra

Michael Schumacher

Steve Forbes

Paramhansa Yogananda

Tom Hanks

Kamal Amrohi

Hans Holbein

Shammi Kapoor

Gerardus Mercator

Edith Piaf

Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba (Official God)

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Top Wedding Decoration Trends in Coimbatore for

Weddings are a once-in-a-lifetime event, and every couple wants their celebration to be special and memorable. In Coimbatore, a city known for its rich cultural heritage and modern appeal, wedding decorators are constantly adapting to the latest trends in wedding decoration. Whether you're planning a traditional wedding or a contemporary celebration, understanding the latest wedding decoration trends is crucial to creating the perfect atmosphere. In this blog, we'll explore some of the top wedding decoration trends in Coimbatore for [Year] and how you can incorporate them into your big day.

1. Floral Fantasy: A Timeless Trend

Flowers continue to be a staple in wedding decorations, but in [Year], we are seeing an emphasis on grand floral installations. From elaborate floral arches at the entrance to suspended flower arrangements hanging from the ceiling, wedding decorators in Coimbatore are taking floral designs to new heights. Popular flowers such as marigolds, roses, and jasmine, which hold cultural significance, are being combined with exotic blooms to create lush, vibrant displays.

Tip: Consider using a mix of fresh and artificial flowers for an eco-friendly approach that’s both budget-conscious and visually stunning.

2. Sustainable Wedding Decorations

Sustainability is a growing trend in the wedding industry, and Coimbatore is no exception. Couples are increasingly opting for eco-friendly wedding decor that reduces waste. This includes using recycled materials for centerpieces, opting for biodegradable confetti, and choosing reusable fabric over plastic decorations.

Real-World Example: A wedding held at one of Coimbatore’s scenic outdoor venues used bamboo chairs, upcycled wooden signs, and potted plants as part of their décor, giving the event an organic, rustic vibe while remaining eco-conscious.

Tip: Discuss sustainable options with your wedding decorators in Coimbatore to create an elegant yet environmentally friendly wedding.

3. Personalized Decor: Adding a Touch of You

In [Year], personalization is key. Couples want their wedding decor to reflect their unique love story. This trend includes personalized backdrops, custom-made wedding favors, monogrammed seating arrangements, and even custom-made floral arrangements featuring the couple’s favorite colors or symbols that have special meaning to them.

Expert Quote: “Personalization has become a huge trend in Coimbatore weddings,” says renowned wedding decorator, Rajesh Kumar. “Couples are now more than ever wanting to make their celebration their own, from custom florals to bespoke lighting designs.”

Tip: Incorporate personal touches in your wedding décor that tell your unique story and make your big day feel extra special.

4. Light Up the Night with Statement Lighting

Lighting is one of the most impactful ways to enhance your wedding atmosphere. In [Year], dramatic lighting setups such as chandeliers, fairy lights, and LED displays are dominating the wedding scene. Wedding decorators in Coimbatore are focusing on creating immersive lighting designs that transform venues into magical settings.

Tip: Use soft lighting for a romantic feel and bright lighting for lively dance floors. Lighting can truly set the mood for different parts of your celebration.

5. Minimalist Decor: Less Is More

While elaborate decor will always have a place in weddings, the minimalist trend has gained significant traction in Coimbatore. Couples are opting for elegant, simple designs that focus on quality over quantity. Think sleek, clean lines, subtle color palettes, and minimal but impactful decor elements.

Real-World Example: A recent wedding at a Coimbatore heritage hotel featured a minimalist design with neutral tones, geometric shapes, and simple yet elegant florals that created a chic, sophisticated atmosphere.

Tip: Work with your wedding decorators in Coimbatore to achieve a minimalist style that still feels luxurious and intimate.

6. Themed Weddings: Creating a Story

Themed weddings are becoming more popular in Coimbatore, with couples opting for themes that reflect their interests or cultures. Whether it's a vintage Bollywood theme or a royal Rajputana wedding, a theme allows you to create a cohesive and memorable atmosphere.

Tip: Choose a theme that resonates with both you and your partner’s personality and incorporate it into everything from the décor to the attire and food.

Conclusion

The wedding decoration trends in Coimbatore for [Year] are all about personalization, sustainability, and creativity. Whether you’re opting for grand floral arrangements or minimalist designs, the key is to work closely with experienced wedding decorators in Coimbatore who can bring your vision to life. Make sure your wedding decorations reflect your unique style while also incorporating the latest trends to ensure your big day is as memorable as you’ve always dreamed.

Ready to start planning your dream wedding? Contact professional wedding decorators in Coimbatore today to discuss your ideas and bring your vision to life!

This blog post incorporates wedding decorators in Coimbatore naturally to help search engines rank it well while providing valuable, actionable insights to potential clients. Let me know if you’d like any further edits!

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Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri Bring Heat to the Dance Floor in 'Mere Mehboob' from 'Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video'

https://youtu.be/UdsO4SM4wKI?si=Tu-SQJ_XsI0ebCBy

The much-awaited song Mere Mehboob from the film Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video is all set to take the music world by storm. Rajkummar adds a dynamic energy that perfectly complements the vibrant visuals and infectious beats with the sizzling and glamorous Triptii Dimri in a never-seen-before avatar.

Composed by the talented duo Sachin-Jigar, the song is a perfect blend of energetic beats and captivating melodies. With vocals by the soulful Shilpa Rao and Sachet Tandon, and lyrics penned by Priya Saraiya, Mere Mehboob is a vibrant track ready to dominate the festive season. Showcasing dynamic choreography by Ganesh Acharya that perfectly syncs with the electrifying energy of the track.

At the launch event for Mere Mehboob from Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala, Triptii Dimri captivated the audience with her stunning dance performance, bringing her sizzling on-screen energy to life. The musical magic of the night was further amplified when singers Shilpa Rao and Sachet Tandon, along with the talented composer duo Sachin-Jigar, took the stage to perform the song live, enthralling everyone with their electrifying rendition.

Get ready to groove to this dazzling track that perfectly captures the festive spirit, with Triptii's charm and Rajkummar's charismatic presence making this video unmissable!

The collaboration between industry giants Bhushan Kumar & Krishan Kumar, Shobha Kapoor & Ektaa R Kapoor, Vipul D Shah, Ashwin Varde & Rajesh Bahl, and Raaj Shaandilyaa & Vimal Lahoti has set the stage for a film that is sure to leave a lasting impression.

Gulshan Kumar, T-Series, Balaji Telefilms, and Wakaoo Films, in association with Kathavachak Films, presents Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, a Wakaoo Film production, ‘Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video’ is set to hit theaters on October 11, 2024.

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Join me in the cozy ambiance of my Kitchen Studio for a heartfelt cover of "Yeh Mera Jeevan." Originally sung by the legendary Kishore Kumar and composed by Rajesh Roshan ji for the movie "Babu" (1985), this rendition is a humble tribute to the timeless classics of Bollywood. Recorded straight from the kitchen countertop of my 1-bedroom apartment in Salt Lake City, Utah, using only my basic cell phone recorder, this rendition captures the essence of simplicity and passion. Let the soulful melody of "Yeh Mera Jeevan" resonate with you as we celebrate the magic of music together.

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Remakes of the films Bawarchi by Rajesh Khanna, Mili by Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, and Koshish by Sanjeev Kumar have been announced.

While Gulzar directed Koshish, a touching film with a heart, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Bawarchi and Mili are perennial favourites.

A significant development is that Mili (1975), Koshish (1972), and Bawarchi (1972) will all have official Hindi remakes produced by Anushree Mehta, Abir Sengupta, and JAADUGAR FILMS and Sameer Raj Sippy of SRS Productions. To update these timeless works for the present, SRS Productions and Jaadugar Films have teamed up. Raj Sippy's son Sameer Raj Sippy is the great-grandson of the renowned producer N. C. Sippy.

All three films are regarded as Indian cinematic masterpieces and are beloved by millions. While Gulzar directed Koshish, a touching film with a heart, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Bawarchi and Mili are perennial favourites. The filmmakers' original ideas, relatable characters, and wholesome storytelling left a profound impression on successive generations of viewers. These films featured career-best performances from renowned actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar, and others.

Jaadugar Films' Anushree Mehta and Abir Sengupta both stated, "We are absolutely thrilled.  to be setting upon this magical journey of making three of our all-time favourite movies in a new form and mould. It is a huge responsibility as Koshish, Bawarchi and Mili are celebrated in India and across the globe which have been made by the legendary Gulzar Saab and Hrishi da who have set the standards of filmmaking for generations to come. These are the films we have grown up on and they are the stories that the new generation should also witness; to know our rich cinematic legacy. We endeavour to put our best to live upto the expectations, the responsibility and most importantly remake these films which will touch the audiences hearts far and wide."

"I feel movies are about defining moments , interesting enough to share with people, and that’s why I think it’s time we take classic stories and bring them in today’s scenario, with a newer and modern outlook. And that’s the intention behind revisiting Bawarchi, Mili and Koshish. Coming from a legendary family of filmmakers, and being inspired by the family business, I now want to continue this legacy that has been handed down by my grandfather, Shri N. C. Sippy, my uncle Romu Sippy and my father Raj Sippy." said Sameer Raj Sippy.

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[rajeshkumarmagic]

The popularity of Rajesh Kumar Magic is on top. Having years of experience and being a magician and illusionist, he can leave the audience stunned. Whether you want to entertain your invitees in the wedding or corporate event, Rajesh Kumar can do that flawlessly. Visit the website or dial +91-9372074683 to contact for more information!

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60′s BOLLYWOOD !

60′s BOLLYWOOD ! :

PERHAPS THE MOST UNDERRATED 10 YRS OF HINDI CINEMA ! CONTRIBUTING ~1/4TH OF THE ALL-TIME 1000 FILMS IE. ~250 HINDI FILMS OUTTA ALL-TIME TOP 1000, BELONGING TO THIS BEAUTIFUL DELICATE BLOSSOMING DECADE! ... WHAT MORE, GIVING 36 OF THE ALL-TIME TOP 100 FILMS! .. FURTHER, 60 OF ALL-TIME TOP 200, & 90 OF ALL-TIME TOP 300 ! ALL 400 HERE, FINDING PLACE IN THE HIGHLY PRIZED ALL-TIME TOP 1600, BTW ! IF THE 50s CAN BE DEFINED AS ERA OF FINEST STORYTELLING....THE 60s UNDOUBTEDLY SHOWCASED THE TIME FOR PURE SURREALISM ! 1. DOMINATED LARGELY BY THE LOVING MAJESTY OF INDIAN CINEMA'S HIGH MENTOR ASHOK KUMAR, WHO UNDENIABLY RULED THIS TIME PERIOD! 2. FOLLOWED NOT TOO FAR BEHIND BY THE EVER MAGNANIMOUS CHARM, GRACE & ENCHANTING POISE OF SUNIL DUTT! THE NEXT RUNG OCCUPIED BY THE 2 DEBUTANTE GENTLEMEN OF THIS DECADE, 3. THE FAG BEGINNINGS OF THE TORNADO, RAJESH KHANNA, THAT WAS TO LEAVE EVERYONE BEHIND IN IT'S WAKE, & THAT ALMOST CAUGHT UP WITH THE TWO SEASONED ABOVE-MENTIONED STALWARTS IF NOT FOR TIME! & 4. AND THE NOTICEABLE & IMPRESSIVE YOUNG EMOTIVE STRENGTH OF DHARMENDRA ! ALSO ENCAPSULATING THE BEST MOST TRIUMPHANT SCREEN YEARS OF 50's HANDSOME ETERNAL LOVERBOYS, 5. DEV ANAND & 6. SHAMMI KAPOOR, WHO DID SOME OR ALL OF THEIR UNIQUELY PATH-BREAKING HIGH-ENTT DEFINING WORK HEREIN! . . ON THE FEMALE FRONT, THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MINDS, THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD, THAT FIRMLY ESTABLISHED MEENA KUMARI AS THE FOREVER NO. 1 FEMALE STAR OF HINDI CINEMA ! WITH A LEVEL OF DOMINATION (MORE THAN TWICE MORE THAN THE VERY NEXT!) UNSEEN BEFORE, OR AFTER, BAR KHANNA A DECADE LATER. FOLLOWED BY THE ENRAPTURING CHARM & PRESENCE OF WAHEEDA REHMAN, THE NEXT 2 RUNGS MADE OWN BY INDIAN CINEMA'S EMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE, MALA SINHA, & THE QUEEN OF BEAUTIFUL ETIQUETTE, NUTAN ! 1. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500803158/ 2. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500803653/ WITH TECHNICOLOR SCREEN JUST ABOUT BEGINNING TO MAKE IT'S MARK IN IT'S LATER HALF, DELIGHTFULLY JUXTAPOSING IMAGES OF THE FEROCIOUSLY YET COSILY BURNING LAST LAMPS OF THE CLASSICAL ERA, SEAMLESSLY ADJUSTING INTO THE MOST EARTH-SHATTERING TRANSFORMATION FROM B & W TO COLOR, THIS NOVELTY OF BIDDING ADIEU TO THE UNFORGETTABLE OLD WORLD, ALONGSIDE DISCOVERING THE UNMISSABLE UNFATHOMABLE MAGIC OF THE NEW, LENDING ITSELF TO SOME OF CINEMA'S MOST ARTISTICALLY RICH & FULFILLING TIMES. LIVE THE TIMES FOR YOURSELF NOW, & DREAM ANEW !

INDIES TOP 400 HINDI FILMS OF 60′s BOLLYWOOD  :

 Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Maya Machhendra 

Phool Aur Patthar

Godaan

Kohraa

Mughal-E-AzaM 

Aradhana 

Mamta

Tere Ghar Ke Samne

Sautela Bhai

Palki

Shri Ram Bharat Milap

Maa

Dosti

Teen Devian

Satyakam

Kanoon

Guide

Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan

Dil Diya Dard Liya

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai

Haqeeqat

Chitralekha

Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke

Char Diwari

Anupama

Sara Akash

Khamosh 

Asli-Naql 

Maya

Sachaa Jhutha

Gunga Jumna

Baharon Ke Sapne

Do Raaste

Bandhan

Teesri Kasam

Ram Aur Shyam

Shiv Parvati

Bhakta Prahlada

Veer Bhimsen

Balram Shri Krishna

Krishna Bhakt Sudaama

Noorjehan

Aaye Din Bahar Ke

Ladki Sahyadri Ki

Batwara

Aarti

Sunghursh

Sangeet Samrat Tansen

Taj Mahal

Kabuliwala

Hum Dono

Aakhri Kha 

Baraat

Bombai Ka Babu

Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke

Aanchal Ke Phool

Waqt

Benazir

Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke

Hameer Hath

Kashmir Ki Kali

Majhli Didi

Gazal

Hamraaz

Bheegi Raat

Bezuban

Milan

Sanjog

Dil Hi To Hai

Beti Bete

Chirag

Ghunghat

Professor

Parakh

Chhoti Chhoti Baatein

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai

Shagird

Mere Mehboob

Budtameez

Teesri Manzil

Love in Simla

Barsaat Ki Raat

Jhuk Gaya Aasman

Dharmputra

Biwi Aur Makan

Senapati

Patthar Ke Sanam

Junglee

Sawan Ki Ghata

Sati Sulochana

Sikandar E Azam

Tamanna

Gehra Daag

Ankhen

Khandan

Meri Bhabhi

Suraj

Pyasi Sham

Jewel Thief

Pyar Mohabbat

Saraswatichandra

Do Dil

Dooj Ka Chand

Phoolon Ki Sej

Shakespeare-Wallah

Rishte Naahte

Main Suhagan Hoon

Dr. Vidya

Haseena Maan Jayegi

Begaana

Upkar

Jai Chitod

Bahurani

Harishchandra Taramati

Hanuman Chalisa

Rambhakta Hunuman

Jahan Sati Wahan Bhagwan

Mahabharat

Sant Gyaneshwar

Jyoti

Rahgir

Shravan Kumar

Subhadra Haran

Faulad

Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi

Aashirwad

Mera Saaya

Chhaya

Bhai Bahen

Mehrban

Hariyali Aur Rasta

Main Chup Rahungi

Sajan

Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere

Sasural

Gharana

Pyar Ka Sapna

Juari

Baharon Ki Manzil

Pujarin

Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati

Sharabi

Bandini

Jeene Ki Raah

Nartakee

Ek Musafir Ek Hasina

Suhagan

Raat Aur Din

Raja Aur Runk

April Fool

Pyar Ka Bandhan

Pyar Kiye Jaa

Jigri Dost

Rajkumar

Samson

Taqdeer

Patang

Diwana

Neel Kamal

Gumrah

Amar Rahe Ye Pyar

Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare

Basant

Ayee Milan Ki Bela

Grahasti

Mera Ghar Mere Bachche

Sanjh Aur Savera

Hamrahi

Maain Bhi Ladki Hun

Kajal

Sanjh Aur Savera

Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja

Sujata

Rungoli

Nannha Farishta

Shagoon

Barood

Punar Milan

Aasra

Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal

Chanda Aur Bijli

Anita

Dil Tera Diwana

Bahu Beti

Kaise Kahoon

Shama

Shola Aur Shabnam

The Householder

Apna Ghar

Zindagi

Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain

Nai Roshni

Prince

China Town

Love in Tokyo

Doli

Raja Saab

Arzoo

Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai

Tumse Achha Kaun Hai

Saheli

Aabroo

Ansoo Ban Gaye Phool

Shaadi

Naya Kanoon

Suhag Sindoor

Apna Ghar Apni Kahani

Laadla

Aas Ka Panchhi

Tu Nahin Aur Sahi

Mere Huzoor

Mere Sanam

Daadi Maa

Rakhi Rakhi

Sati Naari

Yaadein

Brahmachari

Kala Bazar

Gangu

Thakur Jarnail Singh

Faisla

Nishan

Aandhi Aur Toofan

Sangdil

Maharaja Vikram

Daal Me Kala

Chandan Ka Palna

Zindagi Aur Khwab

Aashiq

Anuradha

Badrinath Yatra

Aurat

Zindagi Aur Hum

Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai

Apne Huye Paraye

Yakeen

Sangam

Chandi Ki Deewar

Roop Sundari

Chand Aur Suraj

Chhoti Si Mulaqat

Piya Milan Ki Aas

Bin Badal Barsaat

Rikshawala

Duniya Nachegi

Aaya Toofan

Opera House

Nakli Nawab

Dil Ne Pukara

Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi

Ladka Ladki

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya

Bluff Master

Dil Aur Mohabbat

Saheli

Do Dooni Char

Darasingh: Ironman

Veer Durgadas

Lootera

Watan Se Door

Rustom-E-Rome

Rustom-E-Baghdad

Awara Abdulla

The Thief of Baghdad

Razia Sultana

Sardar

Oonche Log

Mohabbat Zindagi Hai

Bedaag

Phool Bane Angaare

Gauri

Suhaag Raat

Aadmi Aur Insaan

Amrapali

Soorat Aur Seerat

College Girl

Singapore

Raaz

Shaheed

Mujhe Jeene Do

Intaquam

Masoom

Baghi Shehzada

Rakhi

Rustom Sohrab

Pooja Ke Phool

Meri Surat Teri Ankhen

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Babar

Man-Mauji

Krorepati

Ghar Ki Laj

Boy Friend

Kalpana

Nazrana

Nai Maa

Hare Kkaanch Ki Choodiyaan

Do Dilon Ki Dastaan

Shankar Khan

Chhota Bhai

Aap Ki Parchhaiyan

Mere Arman Mere Sapne

Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai

Miya Bibi Razi

Man Ka Meet

Maa Beta

Main Hoon Aladdin

Hum Sab Ustad Hain

Aag

Mere Sanam

Saaz Aur Awaaz

Vidyapati

Pati Patni

Golden Eyes Secret Agent 077

Do Bhai

Reshmi Rumal

Pyar Ki Pyas

Kinare Kinare

Shatranj

Kohinoor

Jantar Mantar

Chand Par Chadayee

Apna Haath Jagannath

Gogola

Jadoo

Smuggler

Padosan

Usne Kaha Tha

Girl Friend

Ek Phool Char Kante

Sampoorna Ramayana

Lav-Kush

Johar in Bombay

Modern Girl

King Kong

Himalay Ki Godmein

Picnic

Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai

Khilari

Bharosa

Ek Dil Sau Afsane

Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein

Shikar

Baazi

Woh Kaun Thi?

Mera Naam Johar

Bombay Race Course

Ghar Basake Dekho

Afsana

Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai

Husn Aur Ishq

Shrimanji

Jahan Ara

Ishaara

Night in London

Balak

Nadir Shah

Ziddi

Naunihal

Leader

Shikari

Zameen Ke Tare

Reporter Raju

Spy in Rome

Samay Bada Balwan

Devar

Jhumroo

Saat Hindustani

Bhoot Bungla

Daku Mangal Singh

Gyara Hazar Ladkian

Nasihat

Kahin Aur Chal

Burmah Road

Aao Pyar Karen

Jahan Pyar Miley

Around the World

Jaal

Pinjre Ke Panchhi

Kailashpati

Har Har Gange

Shankar Sita Ansuya

Passport

Jhoola

C.I.D. 909

Love and Murder

Adhi Raat Ke Baad

Bindya

Do Badan

Nawab Sirajuddaula

Zindagi Aur Maut

Akeli Mat Jaiyo

Pyaar Ka Saagar

Maa Baap

Anpadh

Akashdeep

Paisa Ya Pyar

Anjaana

Akalmand

Mr. X in Bombay

Bahana

Jaali Note

Cha Cha Cha

Ek Ke Baad Ek

Dulhan Ek Raat Ki

Parasmani

Nache Nagin Baje Been

Bandish

Naag Jyoti

Surya Devata

The Killers

Mera Munna

Hercules

Khufia Mahal

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21 Bollywood Old Songs That Will Remain Evergreen Till Eternity

Our Bollywood film industry is known for its amazing songs and dance moves. Indian cinema has a long history of music in films. The legendary singers like Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, etc have sung some of the evergreen old songs whose lyrics are so beautiful they’ll instantly make you love the song. Maybe that’s the reason your grandfather or dad keeps playing the old classic songs and gets lost in their melody.

Here we have a list of some best old Bollywood songs that tend to stay close to you forever.

Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana: This song was sung by the legendary Kishore Kumar for the movie Andaz in 1971. The song also received the Filmfare for the Best Lyricist. It was written by Hasrat Jaipuri.

Tere Bina Jiya Jaye Na Jaye Na: This iconic old song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar, written by Gulzar for the 1978 film Ghar featuring and stars Rekha and Vinod Mehra. The music direction of Tere Bina Jiya Jaye Na was done by R.D. Burman.

Hamen Tumse Pyar Kitna: This song was sung by Kishore Kumar for the 1981 film Kudrat. Written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and the Music Director of Kudrat was R.D. Burman. The song was also nominated for the Filmfare.

Abhi Na Jao Chod Kar: This iconic song was sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle for the 1961 film Hum Dono starring Dev Anand and Sadhna. Jaidev was the Music Director and the lyricist was Sahir Ludhianvi.

Roop Tera Mastana: The song was sung by legend Kishore Kumar and he won the Filmfare for the Best Male Playback Singer for this song. The song was sung for the 1969 film Aradhana that featured Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. The lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi and the music was composed by S.D. Burman.

Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua: This amazing song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey. This song was featured in the movie Shree 420 starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis.

Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se: The song was sung by Kishore Da and was featured in the 1974 film Ajanabee starring Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman. The on-screen chemistry of the actors together made this song magical. R.D. Burman was The Music Director of this song.

Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kahana: This superhit classic old Hindi song was sung by Kishore Kumar from the blockbuster Hindi movie of Amar Prem (1972) starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. The music was composed by R.D.Burman and lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi.

Mere Sapno ki Rani Kab Ayegi Tu: This iconic Hindi classic romantic song was sung by Kishore Kumar and was featured in the 1969 film Aradhana that featuring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. The lyricist of the song is Anand Bakshi.

Lag Ja Gale: Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, this evergreen song features in Who Kaun Thi?. Written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, the iconic song was released in the year 1964. It stars Manoj Kumar alongside Sadhna. Madan Mohan Kohli is the music director.

Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe: Sung by Mohammed Rafi, this old Bollywood song was one of the most heartwarming songs of the movie Kanyadan. The film featured legends like Shashi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. The lyrics were written by Neeraj.

Kya Hua Tera Wada: The song was composed by R. D. Burman. Sung by Mohammed Rafi and Sushma Shrestha, the song won both Filmfare best male playback singer and National film award.

Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna: This beautiful Hindi song was sung by the legend Kishore Kumar and was composed by R. D. Burman. The song was featured in the 1981 Indian Hindi drama film, Kudrat. The movie starred Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini. The song is heard twice in the movie, the first time by Parveen Sultana and the second time by Kishore Kumar.

Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein: It is an old Hindi song from the movie Kabhi Kabhie released in the year 1976 featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee. The lyricist of this amazing song is Sahir Ludhianvi. The original song is in literary Urdu and was in fact a poem from his collection Talkhiyan.

Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge: This is one of the most epic Bollywood songs on friendship. The song was sung by Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey for the popular movie Sholay featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra. R. D. Burman composed the music, and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

Mera Joota Hai Japani: This song is one of the most popular old songs from Raj Kapoor’s film Shree 420 that was released in 1955. The song was sung by Mukesh and Shailendra was the lyricist.

Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Naata Koi: This song is from Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore starrer movie Aa Gale Lag Jaa. Kishore Kumar sang the song and the music was given by R. D. Burman. The lyrics are penned by Sahir Ludhianvi.

Ek Radha Ek Meera: Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, this song featured in the 1985 romantic drama movie Ram Teri Ganga Maili that starred stars Mandakini and Rajiv Kapoor. Ravindra Jain was the music director of the film and he received a Filmfare Award for this movie.

Yeh Raaten Yeh Mausam: Sung by legends like Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle, this song featured in the film Dilli Ka Thug. The music was by Ravi and the lyrics were penned by Shailendra.

Tum Ko Dekha Toh Ye Khayal: This evergreen ghazal was sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh for the 1982 film Saath Saath featuring Farooque Shaikh and Deepti Naval in the lead roles.

Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi: The song has a female and a male version that was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Anup Ghoshal respectively for the 1983 film, Masoom. The song was composed by R. D. Burman and the lyrics of the song were written by Gulzar. He also won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for this song.

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Rajesh Kumar is amongst the best illusionists and iPad magicians in India. He is originally based in Mumbai and has been associated with various TV channels for magic consultancy and shows. The magician has also been renowned as one of the top 10 magicians in India. 

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Happy Birthday Amitji

Amitabh Bachchan completes 77 years and 50 years of entertaining us.

It was 1969 he made his debut. I was just 5 years old.

In 1970 we left for Brighton England for my Fathers doctorate, ( before which in 1969 a superstar came on the horizon in form of Rajesh Khanna

I remember the last movie we saw before leaving India was Aradhana).

We were in England for almost 4 years. So I missed the phenomena of Rajesh Khanna and the blooming of Amitabh Bachchan.

I remember the first movie I saw was Roti Kapada aur Makaan it was 1974 at Heer Palace Kanpur. I fell in love with the charismatic character of Vijay .

His journey from a unruly youth to the army where he looses his arm( my father used to tease me for many days as Dunda Haath Chalaaye Bandook ) was very well depicted by him under the direction of Manoj Kumar. The way he drives the motorcycle with the accelerator between his teeth. I was overwhelmed , His anger was so genuine.

The second movie I remember was Benaam. A suspense thriller and my admiration for him increased.

This was followed by reruns of Anand Namak Haraam and Abhimaan at our L7  auditorium at IIT Kanpur ( as they had been released when we were abroad )

I used to ask my parents to take me to see his releases.

Those were the days of advance booking and being away from the main city many times we could not get tickets to his movies..

We had to try thrice before we could see Deewar and Sholay both released in the year of emergency 1975.

Faraar, Chupke Chupke and Mili were the first movies I saw more than once in those days as a 11 year old. Thankfully for me my parents also were movie buffs. ( Obviously I could not go alone then but started doing so 4 years later )

Something which came to me genetically as my grandmother also was a movie fan. We used to see movies over the fortnight.

After almost 2and half months during my Diwali Vacation of 1975, we finally got tickets to Sholay at Sundar theatre. The movie then was ruthlessly edited with Asranis scenes as also Jayas Holi Scenes being cut . But that movie had a great impact on me, esp the character of Jai.

It was later in 1976 in its Golden Jubilee week I we saw Deewaar.

After Deewar I was totally smitten with Amitji, I used to tie a knot on my shirt like he did. Since then somehow or the other I saw every movie released.

In 1978 we shifted to Pune.

In Pune I realised that theatres were not so far as in Kanpur and I had a cycle.

In 1979 in 9th Standard I bunked school and went to see The Great Gambler ( which my parents would not allow as it was for Adults ). In Pune I understood the concept of Advance Booking, where bookings for a movie used to open on Monday and if one wished to see a film First day then that booking needed to be done.

In vacations we used to go my Dads Hometown of Washim ( then in Akola, now a district ) , there we had a theatre owned by a trust of which my grandfather was a trustee. Movies were free for us and seats were reserved for trustees.

Used to love going to the movies there but my memory brightens up when I remember that I saw Muqaddar Ka Sikander 4 times on the trot in 4 days, including once ( Interval to Interval ). Sholay I saw there 5 times in a week, this was thankfully the uncut version .

It is a well-known chapter of Indian film history beginning with the release of Prakash Mehras Zanjeer in 1973 which turned Amitabh into a goldmine.

This movie I finally got to see first on DD and in the theatre as late as 1980 during a re-run. Smouldering in the Salim-Javed dialogues and refracted through the Amitabh flamboyance fired the imagination of a whole nation as nothing had ever done before a trend which was carried ahead in Deewar, Sholay,Trishul, Don, Kaala Pathhar, Shaan, Shakti.

Movies then used to release phase wise first in Metros and a week or even later in other cities . Pune normally movies released a week later than Mumbai

And Lonawala used to come in the Mumbai circuit. I used to take a local to Lonawala to see Amitabhs movies. Once for Yaarana the tickets were not available in Black also , I took a ride at the back of a truck and went till Khopoli and saw the movie. Similarly Kaalia also I saw at Lonawala.

From Pune used to go for Summer Vacations to Mumbai and saw many movies there. Namak Halaal, Dostana, Desh Premee, Mahaan were all seen there.

Once I decided to go and visit his house, then Prateeksha. I had gone alone and after I reached just looked at the house in awe.

I always used to think if I could ever meet him, see him.

Thats a long story and long time ahead.

One incident I remember that in 1991, my father was travelling from Delhi to Mumbai,( and from Mumbai to Pune by road, as Pune airport was not functional then). On reaching home he asked me during dinner , guess who was next to me on the flight ( He was eligible for Business Class then ). I couldnt guess and he told me, your favourite Amitabh Bachchan. I was zapped, I said Dad did you get his autograph ? Dad replied, why should I , Iam not his fan, when you meet him, take it .

Cut to 1994 , I had won the All India award for Best Sales performance and the award was to be given at Mumbai. We were invited to Mumbai and put up at Ajantha Ambassador hotel. We were to join the team from Pune as they started from Sangli by Mahalaxmi express which reached Pune at 6am, we found that very early and decided to come by Deccan Queen which reached Mumbai by 10.30 am. As I reached the Hotel, I saw a Mercedes Van coming out of the gate, I wowed it and came to the reception where my colleague Pravin Rayate greeted me with.. You should have come a bit earlier, Amitabh Bachchan was in the lobby to pick up Jaya Ji {who had her office on the second floor ( Saraswati Audiovisuals, the makers of the TV hit seriel Dekh Bhai Dekh )}. So I Mercedes I saw was his and if I had taken Mahalaxmi express and come, I would have met him. It was not to be. It dampened the spirits of my award ( which I received two days later at Taj from the hands of Adi.B and Nadir.B Godrej .

The Journey moved on..

Insipte of the ups and downs, odds and evens Amitabhs box-office records can be described only in superlatives. Producers and distributors seemed to believe still that even a flop with Amitabhs name on the marquee is a good enough grosser, which was proved by the trade.

His image of the angry young man had viewers reeling under the magic of neorealism, where dream and daydream coalesced in a brave new world. The myriad manifestations of Amitabhs no-holds-barred rebellion offered a blissful release to the repressions of a whole generation. The star became a cult figure of radical dynamism, of iconoclastic change. He was no stranger to the seaminess of street life. His idealism rose not from birth or class, but from action. His avatars recurred in shanties and ghettos, in the underworld dens and among the dregs of humanity. There he battled with the predators of the concrete jungle for survivalhis belligerence hiding a tender heart, family virtues, human kindliness. He was the ultimate good man, often turned bad by circumstances, whose atonement came through self-sacrificeoften unto gory, long-drawn death.

So from Zanjeer through Deewar, Sholay, Mukaddar ka Sikandar, Shahenshah, Inderjeet, Agneepath and Akayla, to Khuda Gawah, the Amitabh archetype continues to reflect variations on a simplistic mould, magnified to a brilliant potency; it has now become part of the collective psyche of a nation of filmgoers. It was the perfect antidote to the dystopian nightmare of modern mechanistic existence, especially in the less cynical times of the recent past. Amitabh individuates his roles with the utmost confidence and conviction. He makes the unsubtle seem subtle, touches the crass with class, makes melodrama credible. Certainly, no other Indian actor had the speaking eyes and spellbinding voice to infuse nuanced suggestivity into stereotypical situations. His finesse did not alienate his characters from the masses.

In the mid 90s he moved towards central Character roles the catalyst being Mohobattein.

Then came the super hit T.V. show Kaun Banega Carorepati anchored by Amitabh. It gave an entire new life to his career which was under the dark shadow.

Finally out of the blue came the date, 12th November 2018.

The prelude to this date was the fact that I had connected to Amitji on all his social media accounts , also my senior colleague Dr Manoj Mehta who was an active participant of ABEF ( Amitabh Bachchan extended Family ), offered us a chance to be a spectator at the KBC show , we ( My friend / ex senior from Godrej Sanjay Pandey, and current colleague Kapil Sharma ) . The date was 12th November. It was the last week of shooting of that season. We reached the sets at Film City at 2 pm sharp but had a long wait till 8pm till we were finally seated, alas in the third row. It was another wait for an hour before the shoot began. Finally at @ 9.00pm he came in a Maroon Suit, seeing him I froze.. There he was some 25 feet away from me. Very interactive with the crowd, very sportive, responding to our comments and jokes. How almost 4 hours past, and it was well after 12am that the photos he has with the audience started and well after 1 am that he left. Look at his dedication reached the sets at 9 am completed 2 episode shoots and left at 1 am. He had just turned 76 then. I had finally seen with my eyes, my hero , my idol, or even if I may say My god.

But better things were ahead, The 2019 edition of KBC started in August 2019.

We had epressed our wish to be a participant again. It was 18th July, at 7.12 pm got a message from Dr Manoj that we could attend the shoot on 6th August as the show restarted on 5th August. This time the procedure was different. There was an online procedure which need to be followed up with the invite.

We did that. But July end, rains started in Mumbai and Pune, everywhere there were spells of flooding, roads closed. Sanjay and Myself were the only two left from Pune and a friend of Sanjay, Kailash Agarwal was to jpin us at Mumbai.

The forecast was rains, we debated till late evening weather to go or quit, but the urge of seeing him was so much that we decided to take the risk.

We reached at 3 pm sharp , but this time there wasnt a long wait. We enrolled ourselves and it was an hour and half later that we were inside. This time being enrolled from the ABEF , we got privileged entry, and were in the first row.

Oh what a feeling it was !! Another hour Later Big B made his majestic entry. Again he was interactive with the crowd, and the shooting ended at 8.30 pm.

Then the photographs moments came. Finally he was in front of me, I had taken a token gift for him, which he accepted. Took his Biography along which he autographed. I was trembling in joy as I shook hands with him, talked to him, it lasted a minute but the emotions were beyond eternity.

Finally at the age of 55 and 45 years later I got to meet him.

Nobody else ever had this deadly combination of unmatched talent and charisma and nobody else will ever have it in future. Then there was style, polish and a great deal of seclusion encouraging rumours and augmenting the aura. Anyway one looked at it, the man radiates power. To recapitulate there has only been one super star in India, and that is Amitabh Bachchan. 

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STAR REPORT CARDS & TRIBUTES TO - THE MOST POPULAR ACTORS IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY!

I) RAJESH KHANNA -

RAJESH KHANNA'S CARS - RAJESH KHANNA'S FILMS .

OUTTA THE 136 OFFICIAL RAJESH KHANNA FILMS (118 LEAD + 10 GUEST + 8 SUPPORTING) IN INDIES ALL-TIME BLOCKBUSTERS LIST…

Folks, guess how many films in TOP 100 BOLLY BLOCKBUSTERS OF ALL TIME'?!

37!!!!!!

Incl 8 in Top 10, 12 in Top 15, 21 in Top 50 !

MOREOVER,

WITH 73 FILMS IN TOP 300 !

& 75 FILMS IN TOP 360 !

(Adding upto his long-known 48 Platinum Jubilees + 27 Golden Jubilees tally!)

Was beginning my usual fun morning proceedings, when few strange pictures flashed on screen - and a weird feeling of connection btwn them & yesterday's or day before's mind-boggling revelations . A wonderful, almost prophetic connect, btwn Rajesh Khanna's cars (car number plates included), & his Honored Film numbers.

You have to check this out- even just for fun!

The 1st car Rajesh is known to've gifted his bride on marriage (tho no public pics of him in it exist) - A ultra-luxury 1973 Lotus Elan, number plate 'MAS 17', peculiar for it being the super speed version, very supposedly rare & top-of-the-line anywhere in the world then.

Now what is generally called MAS/MASS? - any 3 connected pts not in a straight line & 4th in another plane.

Know the number of his Films in The Top 50 All-Time Biggest Bollywood Blockbusters?! - 17+4 = 21 !

The car he is famously photographed with, alongside his wife, it seems quite often then. The white MG Sports Car, number plate 5042.

Know the number of his Films in the All-Time Top 125 Biggest Bollywood Blockbusters Ever?! - 42 !

Know the number of his Films in The All-Time Top 150 All-Time Biggest Bollywood Blockbusters Ever?! - 50 !

The super-luxury Toyota he is most famous for being photographed on, during the youngest years of his Emperorship, number plate 7260.

Know the number of Rajesh Khanna Films in The Top 200 All-Time Biggest Bollywood Blockbusters Ever!? - 60 !

Know the number of Rajesh Khanna films in The All-Time Top 300 Biggest Bollywood Blockbusters Ever - 72!

Driving Box-Office pundits the world over, into a tizzy!

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

II) AN ODE TO THE UNSHAKABLE ONE.

IN HONOR OF,

ON SHEER DEPTH OF POPULARITY, IF NOT BREADTH,…THE 2ND MOST POPULAR ACTOR IN THE 111 YEAR HISTORY OF HINDI CINEMA !

MR. RAAJ KUMAR !

WITH 9 FILMS IN TOP 100 ALL-TIME BLOCKBUSTERS, 16 IN TOP 300, & 46 MASSIVE SUPERHITS ON THE WHOLE IN INDIES ALL-TIME SUCCESSES LIST!

A BARITONE TO MOVE VERITABLE MOUNTAINS FROM THEIR SLUMBER, DEEPEST VISAGE, & A ATTITUDE THAT CONJURE HAPPY REALITY FROM IMPOSSIBILITIES, THIS ONE-MAN-ACTING ARMY TRIUMPHED OVER ALMOST EVERY GENRE OF CINEMA, BARRING BUFFOONERY - ROMANCE, HIGH-OCTANE DRAMA, TRAGEDY, THRILL, & BY THE VERY END, EVEN FRONT-BENCH MASALA ACTION!

FORMING ESPECIALLY POPULAR SCREEN PAIRINGS WITH MALA SINHA,..& WHAT'S REGARDED IN MANY BOLLYWOOD CONNOISSEUR GROUPS, AS THE MOST EROTIC SCREEN-PAIRING OF ALL TIME , WITH MEENA KUMARI !

A GUARANTEED SOLID ENTERTAINER FOR ALL TIMES, OLD & NEW!

THE THANKLESS TREE TRUNK THAT HELPED HOLD THE MASSIVE BOLLYWOOD FOLIAGE ALOFT, FOUR DECADES.

FOR "THE BIG MAN OF BOLLYWOOD".

VI) THE WHIZKID OF HINDI CINEMA ! - SACHIN !!!

BY METRICS OF TOP-NOTCH SUCCESS MAGNITUDE ALONE…THE 5TH MOST POPULAR ACTOR IN THE HISTORY OF HINDI CINEMA (AFTER THE 4 60'S SUPERSTAR ICONS - RAJESH, SHAMMI, DEV & ASHOK KUMAR) ! ! !

SACHIN ! ! !

WITH 8 FILMS IN LEAD OR PARALLEL LEAD OR SUPPORT IN TOP 100, 16 IN TOP 300, & 40 FILMS OVERALL IN INDIES ALL-TIME BLOCKBUSTERS LIST !

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHILD ACTOR IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA, ON SHEER BOX-OFFICE RECORD!

BUT FURTHER MAGICAL GOING AHEAD…AMONG THE TOP 4 MOST POPULAR LEAD BOLLYWOOD ACTORS THRU ENTIRE 70'S DECADE !…WHAT MORE, FINDING SOME HUUGE BOX OFFICE NUMBERS IN MID 80S TOO, & WITH A CONSISTENTLY GOOD/ HIT REPORT CARD THRU ENTIRE 80'S.

SUPERLATIVE GRACE, BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION, & HEART-ACHING INNOCENCE, COMBINED WITH SOME TRULY MESMERIZING & EVOCATIVE STORYBOARDS & SUPERHIT MUSIC ALL ALONG, THIS CELLULOID ANGEL BECAME THE DARLING OF 60'S & 70'S MASSES IN NO TIME, CONSISTENTLY WORKING HIS WAY TO RETIRE FROM LEAD ROLES BY END OF THE 80'S AS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE FIGURES IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY.

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS.

OUR LOVING ADORATIONS, AT THE FILMY PULPIT OF-

BOLLYWOOD'S BOY WONDER !

VII) TRIBUTING THE CHAMELEON OF INDIAN CINEMA ! - SANJEEV KUMAR !

ON SHEER MAGNITUDE OF SUCCESS, THE 7TH MOST POPULAR ACTOR IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY, AFTER RAJESH-RAJ KUMAR-SHAMMI-DEV-ASHOK & SACHIN !

WITH 6 FILMS IN TOP 100 ALL-TIME BLOCKBUSTERS, & 13 IN TOP 300,

ALSO BOLLYWOOD'S 5TH MOST POPULAR ON QUANTUM OF SUCCESS, WITH 66 FILMS ON THE WHOLE IN INDIES BLOCKBUSTERS COMPILE!

IF EVER WAS AN ACTOR THAT GREW ON YOU, WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, YEAR & DECADE!

IN AN IMPACTFUL 25 YEAR CAREER BEFORE A SOMEWHAT EARLY DEMISE, THIS MASTER OF DISGUISE, CREATED A NICHE OF CINEMA ENTIRELY UNIQUE TO HIM & HIS NAME, THAT ENDURE AS LONG AS BOLLYWOOD HISTORY BE TOLD!

PERHAPS THE MOST SUCCESSFULLY EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA !

WITH A PENCHANT FOR EXPLORING & PRESENTING THE EXTREME FACETS OF HUMAN PERSONA, SHALLOW AS WELL AS DEEP, IN A COLLECTIVE GRACE, POISE, CHARM & VIBRANCY KNOWN ONLY TO HIM, THIS GENIUS OF HIS CRAFT, ETCHED CHARACTERS THAT SEEM TO STAY FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH HIM ALONE, TILL TODAY, IN THEIR UNIQUE BRILLIANCE & TOUCHING DEMEANOR.

DISPLAYING A TRIUMPHANT TALENT FOR THEATRICAL HISTRIONICS FROM AN EARLY AGE, STARTING OFF PLAYING UNBELIEVABLY REAL GERIATRIC CHARACTERS ON STAGE WHEN BARELY PAST HIS TEENS, THIS DRAMA PRODIGY WOULD IN COMING FEW YEARS CREATE A LUCRATIVE MARKET FOR A SORTA MEDIUM PARALLEL CINEMA OF HIS OWN KIND, BEFORE EVOLVING OR MUTATING INTO WHAT WAS TO BE HIS MOST MEMORABLE & LASTING LEGACY TO POPULAR CINEMA - IN LIGHT COMEDY!

INARGUABLY THE NO. 1 COMIC ACTOR OF 80'S BOLLYWOOD!

PASSING AWAY BY THE END OF 1980'S, THIS LITERAL & FIGURATIVE GIANT OF A SCREEN HERO, LEAVES A BODY OF WORK THAT'S AS VIVID AS IS VAST.

OUR HEARTIEST GREETINGS IN CELEBRATION OF INDIAN CINEMA'S 'MASKED GENIUS' !

VIII) IN HONOR OF, PRADEEP KUMAR!

THE MOST SOPHISTICATED ROMANTIC HERO OF INDIAN CINEMA ! AKA BOLLYWOOD'S ROYAL PRINCE !

THE 8TH MOST POPULAR ACTOR IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY, AFTER RAJESH KHANNA-RAAJ KUMAR-SHAMMI KAPOOR-DEV ANAND-ASHOK KUMAR-SACHIN & SANJEEV KUMAR!

WITH 6 FILMS IN TOP 100, 14 IN TOP 300, & A FULL 50 FILMS IN THE TOP 1251 SUPERHITS/BLOCKBUSTERS LIST OF ALL TIME !

ENDOWED WITH A MUSICALLY MAGICAL BARITONE, NESTED IN THE MOST AFFECTIONATE & COMPASSIONATE SET OF EYES, TALL & ELEGANT PHYSIQUE, & A MOST CHARMING PERSONA ON THE WHOLE, THIS SUBTLE LOVERBOY BROKE THRU ALL RANK & FILE, TO ETCH HIS NAME AS THE ONE & ONLY 'PRINCE OF BOLLYWOOD', NOT JUST FOR HIS SUPERLATIVELY IMPRESSIVE ROYAL PORTRAYALS, BUT A LEVEL OF SERIOUS SOPHISTICATION, ELAN & CAREFREE GRACE THAT BECAME A UNIQUE CALLING CARD.

FORMING AN ESPECIALLY BLOCKBUSTER SCREEN-PAIRING WITH ANOTHER ARTIST OF COMMENSURATE QUALITY - MEENA KUMARI, & AN ESPECIALLY ROYAL TWOSOME WITH BINA RAI! & MANY MANY OTHERS, BEING THE QUINTESSENTIAL IDEAL ELIGIBLE BACHELOR OF THE MOVIES!

MOVING ON IN LATER YEARS TO EMERGE AS A MOST DEPENDABLE & BOX OFFICE-FRIENDLY ELDERLY LEAD SUPPORT CAST, OF VARYING SHADES, & IN MANY MASSIVE SUCCESSES THRU THE 70'S & 80'S!

OUR DEAREST TRIBUTES, AT THE LOVE NEST OF,

PRADEEP KUMAR

XV) DHARMENDRA-

THE EMOTIONAL LIGHTHOUSE OF INDIAN CINEMA !

BOLLYWOOD'S PERMANENT ULTRA-LUXURY 20TH c. TAIL-LIGHT!

AMONG THE ONLY 3 MEN TO 'VE RECEIVED THE HONOR, OF LORDING OVER, FULL 4 FILM GENERATIONS NO LESS, AS LEADING MAN !

AMONG THE ONLY 10, HINDI CINEMA ACTORS & ACTRESSES, TO BE HONORED IN THE SUPER PRESTIGIOUS 1036 ALL TIME WORLD ACTORS-ACTRESSES LIST @ INDIES !

STARTING WORK IN THE MOTION PICTURE BUSINESS IN THE LATE 1950's, DHARAM SINGH DEOL WOULD GO ON TO MOVE & ENTHRALL MOVIEGOERS AS IT'S CONSTANT VIABLE HEROIC PRESENCE, UPTIL LATE 1990's!

WITH 76 FILMS IN THE ALL-TIME 3600 BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS LIST!

(A FULL: 6 IN TOP 200; 12 IN TOP 300; 24 IN TOP 500; 37 IN TOP 1000; 46 IN TOP 2000; & 74 IN TOP 3600!)

THERE IS HARDLY A SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL & FINANCIAL PHASE OF HINDI CINEMA, THAT DHARMENDRA HASN'T SEEN OR COME TO REPRESENT, & PASSED THRU WITH FLYING COLORS!

AND HARDLY A KNOWN GENERATION OF FILM-LOVERS, TODAY, THAT HAVEN'T SPENT HEAVILY THRU THEIR HARD-EARNED INCOME & PROFIT, ON HIM, TO GET ENTERTAINED & REJOICE!

THE MASTER OF ALL THINGS REEL!

THE 'DHARAM' OF SHOW-BUSINESS!

THE PRIDE OF INDIAN MOVIES !

OUR DEVOUT PRANAAMS, SHRI DHARMENDRA.

XI) VINOD KHANNA -

THE RELUCTANT SUPERSTAR !

ARGUABLY THE COOLEST 'HERO' IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA !

WITH A FULL 51 FILMS (INCL HANDFUL OF SUPPORTING/VILLAINOUS & LOTSA PARALLEL LEAD ROLES) IN THE ALL-TIME TOP 3600 BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS LIST! >

3 Films In Top 20 ; Total 4 Films In Top 60 ; 16 Films In All In Top 1000 ; Full 25 in Top 2000 ; And a Whole 50 Of Them in All-Time Top 3600 Money-Makers at B.O.!

One thing you could be rest assured with a Vinod Khanna film -

You'd come out of the cinemas rooting for him, be it in a small or a petty or a big way, in the end..

There was a certain likability & niceness about him, in every thing he did!

To offer better understanding to today's & to international viewers alike, (& as previously mentioned here) - He was THE CARY GRANT OF INDIA.

A niceness of persona, clearly borne of deeper spiritual leanings, leanings that even made him give up his chosen profession for full 5 yrs at peak of his stardom from 1982-1987 to devote full-time attention to meditation with Osho in USA.

A success based on deep goodwill & sweet connect with the masses. For even when he left them, they didn't leave him, offering him a ready-made & some'd say even more raucous welcome upon comeback in 1987, the final phase of his lead career being as lucrative as the previous ones.

OUR OBEISANCES TO THE LIFE & CAREER OF 'THE COOL ONE'.

XIX) MITHUN CHAKRABORTY -

BOLLYWOOD'S DISCO KING ! - THE WHOLESALE DEAL ! - MITHUN CHAKRABORTY !

ONE OF THE MOST ALL-ROUND EMOTIVE ACTORS OF BOLLYWOOD!

A SUPERLATIVE DANCER, WHO ALSO EXCELLED AT DRAMA, AS ALSO COMEDY, & MOST OF ALL ACTION!

THE CURIOUS CASE OF MITHUN DA! - THE SUPERSTAR WHO'S HEROIC MOVIE EMPIRE BURGEONED DURING & POST MID-LIFE!

WITH 50 FILMS IN INDIE'S ALL-TIME ~3600 BLOCKBUSTERS, OVER A 25 YRS LEAD CAREER !

33 OF THESE FILMS EMERGING OUTTA HIS LAST 10 LEAD YRS!

(BREAKUP WITHIN THE ~3600 STRONG LIST BEING: 1-100: 2 100-200: 0 200-300: 2 300-500: 1 500-1300: 45)

A HEART-ACHINGLY EMOTIONAL VISAGE, ATHLETIC PHYSIQUE, & FEET OF FIRE, COMBINED WITH A PROLIFIC WORK ETHIC, ENSURED THAT THIS BANGLA-BORN HINDI SUPERSTAR GIANT, MAXIMIZED NOT ONLY HIS TRULY ENORMOUS TALENTS BUT ALSO HIS SURROUNDINGS, TO RACK UP ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORIES IN MODERN POST-EMERGENCY (80'S ON) BOLLYWOOD !

THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RIGHT JOB !

HOLDING THE WORLD RECORD FOR MOST FILMS AS LEADING MAN - 250 !

PLAYING THE BOLLYWOOD RECORD TO HIS OWN RHYTHM, DANCING HIS MERRY WAY INTO A BILLION HEARTS & MANY JINGLING BANKS!

THE DANCER-TO-DEATH >> MITHUN CHAKRABORTY !

IX) AMITABH BACHCHAN -

THE ETERNAL EVER-YOUNG PRINCE OF THE INDIAN BOX OFFICE !

How can one truthfully make an Indian All-Time Blockbusters List, & not include one of its biggest ever success stories on this front!

In Indies opinion - THE BIGGEST PARADOX IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA.

BACHCHAN MANIA, ask anyone, was a real thing in the 1980's!

And it honestly gives Indie great pleasure, especially given that we (believe it or not, even to our own surprise) left him out entirely of the Indies Top 2400 All-Time Bollywood Actors List (perhaps for fact that most of his post- liberalization cinema films were heavily non-traditional, deeply center-left, fight-to-death, dog-eat-dog films, entirely in the John Wayne mode & philosophy of film-making), for this is one list where "MERA BAAP BHI NAHI ROK SAKTA".

Hence the paradox.

HE MADE VERY BAD & VERY UNHEALTHY FILMS LOOK VERY VERY GOOD.

Also for we've ourselves spent countless pleasurable moments GROWING UP AS PRE-TEENS in the 80's (even spending days rehearsing for & enacting the kiddie roles from his extremely famous Mr. Natwarlal song in annual building functions!), watching atleast 12 OF THE 21 BACHCHAN FILMS, IN THE ALL-TIME TOP 1000 BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS segment!

With 3 Films in The All-Time Top 20 Blockbusters, 7 Films in Top 100, 9 Films in All-Time Top 200, 16 Films in Top 500, a super-impressive 21 Films in All-Time Top 1000 Blockbusters, & a one imagines quite satisfying & hugely successful sum of 38 FILMS IN THE ALL-TIME TOP 3600 HINDI BOX-OFFICE RULERS EVER!

The man who brought the national box-office to it's knees.

Ama bade hi lambe haath the yaar! Aur hathon ka jalwa usse bhi bada!

Your Box-Office Legend of Legends, Folks !

THE SUPREME, AMITABH BACHCHAN.

XV) JEETENDRA -

BOLLYWOOD'S GOOD-HEARTED JUMPING JACK!

WITH 35 FILMS IN THE ALL-TIME 3600 (INFLATION ADJUSTED) BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS @ INDIES!

A TOTAL - 1 IN TOP 100, 3 IN TOP 300, 8 IN TOP 500, 17 IN TOP 1000, 24 IN TOP 2000, & 35 IN TOP 3600!

A MASTER DANCER & GOOD-HEARTED EMOTER…"THE OLD WINE IN EVER YOUNG BOTTLE".

A SLEW OF SHADES & ROLES, THAT JEETENDRA COULD EASILY SLIP INTO, LENDING IT GRACE & YOUTHFUL EARTHINESS - THAT COMBINED WITH HIS DELIGHTFULLY BOYISH LOOKS & PHYSIQUE, THE REASON FOR HIS EVER-VIABLE & SUPER-LONG CAREER AS LEADING MAN.

DOMINATING BOTH THE DRAMA & ACTION ZONES WITH EQUAL COMFORT, HE CAME TO BECOME ONE OF THE BUSIEST & MOST MULTIFARIED ALL-ROUND HEROES OF BOLLYWOOD FOR A FULL 2.5 DECADES.

THE POWER OF INNOCENT CHARM & ABANDONMENT OF SPIRIT, THAT RULED OVER YOUNG BOLLYWOOD HEARTS FOR 2 GENERATIONS & SOME.

OUR LOVE & TRIBUTES AT THE SUPER SUCCESSFUL FILMY ALTAR OF - "BOLLYWOOD'S HEARTBREAK KID".

XXII) SHASHI KAPOOR -

THE CHARM OF INDIAN CINEMA !

SELECTED AMONG THE TOP 70 ACTORS-ACTRESSES IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD CINEMA @ INDIES !

AS ALSO AMONG HINDI & INDIAN CINEMA'S TOP 5 ACTORS OF ALL TIME !

ALSO AMONGST THE CREME DE LA CREME OF THE BOLLYWOOD BOX OFFICE !

WITH A FULL 30 BLOCKBUSTERS IN THE ALL-TIME TOP 3600 BOLLY BLOCKBUSTERS LIST! (TOTAL- 1 IN TOP 30; 4 IN TOP 300; 9 IN TOP 500; 18 IN TOP 1000; 21 IN TOP 2000, & 30 IN TOP 3600)

THERE WAS NO FACET OF INDIAN HEROISM- BE IT OF THE HOPELESS ROMANTIC, MACHO STREET-SMART WINNER, SANE & SERIOUS INTELLECTUAL THINKER, OR THE WISE MATURE & ADORABLE ELDERLY…THAT SHASHI KAPOOR DID NOT TO THE POINT OF EXCEEDINGLY EXCEL IN.

A WISE & VIBRANT HEAD STEERING A PRECIOUS CINEMATIC LEGACY & BACKGROUND, THIS YOUNGEST SON OF, THE PARALLEL LEAD HERO OF INDIA'S FIRST TALKIE FILM IN 1931, ONLY TOOK EVERYTHING HE GOT AS LEGACY, AND MULTIPLIED IT MANIFOLD, FOR HIMSELF & FOR CINEMA AT LARGE.

MORE A HERO OF THE CLASSES & THE THINKING MAN & WOMAN, HE NONETHELESS ESTD A STRONG FOOTHOLD IN THE MASALA MOVIE MARKET TOO, FROM MID 70s RIGHT UPTO MID 80S, WITH A SLEW OF SUPER ENTG MULTI-STARRERS, ALONGSIDE MOST LEADS OF THE TIME, NOT TO FORGET HIS HUGELY UNDERRATED & SUCCESSFUL (IN INFLATION-ADJUSTED) STINT AS HERO OF SOLID GRACEFUL ENTERTAINERS FROM MID TO LATE 1960s, AS ALSO FEW TOP FILMS AS CHILD ARTIST IN EARLY 50s!

THE MAN YOU JUST COULDN'T SEE DOING ANY WRONG.

THE ARISTOCRAT OF DESI FUN!….TRULY A CLASS APART.

SALUTATIONS TO 'THE UNBEATABLE BOMBAY CHARM'.

SHASHI KAPOOR.

XL- CX) THE 90's GANG ! -

AND AS I'M SURE MOST OF Y'ALL BE WONDERING HOW THE 90'S CLUB FARED IN THIS MOST MASSY OF (INFLATION-ADJUSTED ) LISTS!

HERE ARE THE RESULTS:

SALMAN KHAN - 10 FILMS IN ALL-TIME 3600 BLOCKBUSTERS!

SHAHRUKH KHAN - 10 FILMS IN ALL-TIME 3600 BLOCKBUSTERS!

AAMIR KHAN - 7 FILMS IN ALL-TIME 3600 BLOCKBUSTERS!

&

AKSHAY KUMAR - 5 FILMS IN ALL-TIME 3600 BLOCKBUSTERS !

(THESE ARE THE ONES WITH A NOTABLE SUM, HENCE ALONE MENTIONED)

PS. We at Indies, openly admit, that the parameters of adjudication adopted in our assessment, namely of assessing number of ticket sales at world box office alone, may infact, if anything, be against the heros of 90s & thereon, given the alternative modes of (electronic) entt that came into being by then, & most of all, by advent of the millennia, by the internet of all things. Also equally & infact perhaps even more pertinently, by advent of 'multiplex culture' by start of 2000s, reducing the 'profit game' to mere week or two weeks, not allowing the months upon months of uninterrupted run of movies of past, a now bygone movie-watching culture which consequently also produced longer lasting produce.

…YET, BEING THE ONLY POSSIBLE TRUE, RIGHT, CORRECT METHODOLOGY THAT COMES TO MIND, FOR MEASURING MASS APPEAL, & in undertaking such a critical project of potentially historical understanding.

XXV) MASTER VITHAL -

OFFERING SALUTATIONS @ INDIES TO 'THE FIRST HERO OF INDIAN CINEMA' - MASTER VITHAL !

No mean feat for a star of the 20 yr Bollywood period from mid 1920's to mid 1940's, to amass no lesser than 10 FILMS IN THE INDIES ALL-TIME BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS LIST, almost all incidentally within the Top 1000 Biggest Bolly Blockbusters Ever!

For a time when cinema network within the nation wasn't anywhere as strong as say 1960's on, to sell as many tickets as to compete with biggies 70-80 yrs on, just on sheer un-inflatable numbers, demonstrates the amazingly high fan base he must 've attracted even in those near-nascent cine times, most prominently from late 30s to mid 1940's, his last 6-7 yrs stint at helm!

ALSO THE FIRST STUNT HERO OF BOLLYWOOD, & HERO OF INDIA'S FIRST TALKIE, 'ALAM ARA' (1931)!

XVII) MASTER BHAGWAN -

Yes, Master Bhagwan, lovingly referred to as ‘Bhagwan dada’, known till now as the hero of one or two giant musical hits here & there, & a revolutionary dancer on screen, plus somehow useful semi-supporting act from color era, now emerges as, surprise of all surprises, THE 2ND MOST POPULAR HERO (BY CERTAIN METRICS) IN THE HISTORY OF HINDI CINEMA AFTER RAJESH KHANNA!

With a remarkable lead or parallel lead blockbuster tally of- 77 BLOCKBUSTER FILMS IN LEAD! Further break-up being – 9 in Top 400, 25 in top 1000, 36 in Top 2000, & 77 in Top 3600! ..That’s excluding umpteen semi-supporting acts from the colour era, already a hexagenerian by then! A career that actually took off 16 yrs before 'Albela', & 2 1935 Silver Jubilees (Indies benchmark),infact with ~ 20+ blockbusters to credit before the classy Geeta Bali starrer, his 1st lead being a silent pic from 1931, aged 18!

XVIII) GOVINDA -

THE BOLLYWOOD MAGNET !

GOVINDA AALA RE !

IF THERE IS ONE MAN THAT CAN VERITABLY COME TO DEFINE 90'S & 2000'S BOLLYWOOD, IN GENERAL MASS APPEAL & CORE CULTURAL BENT, IT IS GOVINDA !

WITH A WHOPPING 55 ALL-TIME BLOCKBUSTERS TO HIS CREDIT IN THE INDIES LIST- 2 IN TOP 300, 30 IN TOP 1000, & 55 IN TOP 1418 , & A SLEW OF MID TO LATE 80'S FILMS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF INDIES CUT-OFF POINT, CROSSING THE MAGICAL HALF CENTURY MARK IN FIGHTING FIT STYLE!

OBVIOUSLY THE GREATEST DANCER IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY, BUT ALSO INARGUABLY (PERHAPS ALONGSIDE BHAGAWAN DADA) THE GREATEST COMEDIC HERO TINSELTOWN'S EVER SEEN, & WHAT GIVEN LESSER DUE FOR, HIS ENORMOUSLY MAGNETIC PERFORMANCES IN 80'S & EARLY 90'S ACTION REGALIA! - IF EVER WERE A MORE ALL-ROUND STAR TO 'VE GRACED THE INDIAN SILVER SCREEN !

EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY, RATED AMONG THE TOP 30 MOST VALUABLE PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA, FOR CARRYING INDIAN FILM CULTURE ALONG A VERY UNCERTAIN & CERTAINLY HITHERTO UNKNOWN HOTCH-POTCH PHASE BACK IN THE 90'S & 2000'S, MOREOVER TAKING HEROIC COMEDY TO NEWER HEIGHTS & DIMENSIONS IN HIS FINAL & MOST UNIQUE FILM AVATAR.

A MAN THAT WAS BORN TO ENTERTAIN & CULTURE ENMASSE.

THE FOREVER SPARKLING SUPERSTAR !

OUR DEVOUT RESPECTS.

XL-XXC) BAFFLING BLOCKBUSTER/SUPERHIT REPORT CARD OF 50'S STALWARTS -

Indies research reveals, believe it or not, each of these (truly) great actors, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Balrah Sahni, Sunil Dutt, delivering not more than 7-8 superhits/blockbusters to their credit overall!

Hence that, w/o meaning to offend anyone, Indies continues to ask to just how 50's media couldn't see the comparatively PHENOMENAL SUCCESS OF Bhagwan Dada, staring them in the face, with 77 superhits or big hits, that's more than twice all of them put together, delivered in the same 50's time period of their youth! Or Bharat Bhushan with twice the box-office success of each of them, in the same decade!

Just which offices were all these box-office figures shown on wiki or touted in legacy media invented in, may one ask?

That's leaving out superstars like Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, & Kishore Kumar, who continued in the same vein, infact some at even greater pace in the 60's.

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Peugeot 308 - Drawn by attraction from Mark Jenkinson on Vimeo.

It was a lot of fun to design and bring this little character to life with a brilliant team. Awesome work as ever with @gudnason and amazing CG work by the Mill. Huge thanks to my wonderful producer Giulia and to everyone who worked on this!

Production Company Movie Magic International Executive producer Giorgio Borghi Producer Giulia Buffa Director Mark Jenkinson DOP Ottar Gudnason 1st AD Ferran Rial 2nd AD: Jesus Espin Production Designer Jon Blud Stylist: Claudia Martins Wardrobe assist: Felipe Rojas / Natalia Castillo Arm Car: @car_shooting111 Marc Roca @x_moliner @montoliuxavier Precision Driver Dan Adams / Marc Sangra Stunt rider @natasha.duran 1st AC: Alex Benhamou 2nd AC Francesc Rubio VTR: Celia Abraira DIT: Sergi Aranda Key Grip: Xavi Gordi Gaffer: Ricard Pujol Car care Victor Sanchez Service Company Vivi Film EP: Fabrizio Vittucci / Carlos Soms Prod Manager: Serge Hernandez Shot on Sony Venice 2

Editor Quin Williams at Tenthree Global Head of Peugeot Marketing & Communications : Phil York Brand Content Director : Erika Bouteloup Brand Manager : Elodie Bugat Agency : OPEn Global Account Lead: Stéphane Boutier Global Business Director: Judith Romero Global Account Director : Lena Lieuvin Global Account Executive: Helia Bardon Chief Strategy Officer: Loïc Mercier Head of Planning: Nicolas Orsoni Creative Director: Stephane Lecoq Art Director: Jake Butler Copywriter: Nick Kugge Head of Production/agency producer: Patricia Lucas Agency post-producer: Florence Marquet Sound Designer : Fabrice Pouvreau

VFX Studio: THE MILL PARIS Executive Producer: Fabrice Damolini VFX Producer : Stéphanie Mollet VFX Supervisor et Flame: Alexis Baillia CG Supervisor: Mickael Girod Editing : Maxime Didelot Grading: Philip Hambi Modelling & Environment: Jaspreet Kay Dua, Tytouan Botte, Nicolas Du That Co Generalist: Guillaume Dadaglio Rigging: Marine Sisnaki, Alexandre Sauthier Animation : Alban lelièvre, Geoffroy Barbet Massin, Ludovic Martin, Hervé Anceau FX: Pierre Carcedo Lighting : Valentin Lesueur, François-Xavier Gonnet, Balthazar Bourguignon, Tytouan Botte Compositing : Ugo pierantoni, Fabrice Fernandez, Jordan Recoquillon, Killian Roy Flame : Alexis Baillia VFX Coordinator : Milan Vicet, Mathilde Cohen Selmon Assistant : Julie Rigaud, Chloé Charrier, Felix Fléchet, Naomie Dumas, Pauline Royo, Antoine Zimer, Maité Tamain VFX support: The Mill Bangalore Associate Production Manager: Rushikesh Shelar Production Coordinator: Raman Dhode, Srinivas Bandi, Nividita Dakua Compositing Supervisor: Venkata Siva Kumar Mannepalli Compositing Lead: Rajesh S Compositing Artist : Pavan Gurhalkar, Ragesh Ramchandran, Gopinathan Sekhar, Sudeep Bandi Asset Lead: Nishant Kumar Rigging Lead: Garlapati Yeswant Lighting Supervisor: Aritra Kumar Sarkar Lighting Artist: Trinath Sarkar, Romika Tiwari, Karan Patel, Sourabh Soni MMRA Supervisor: Elangovan Ganeshan MMRA Lead : Smijumon Viswanathan, Avaneetharan Karuppasamy MMRA Artist : Puppala Vinod Kumar, Anirudh Krishna Kurve, Tirupati Bhavani Shankar Derangula , Upasana Choudhary, Swapnil Bharat Nerkar, Yallamraju Venkata Raja Chandra, Praveenkumar Palani, Asif Mohammad, Paras Pareshkumar Shah, Typhan Rai, Chetan Balasaheb Kadam, Vijay Bapu Chavan Prep Supervisor : Sugumar S Prep Lead : Kiran Veeraswarapu, Sachin Ranaware Prep Artist : Ritesh Patil, Sikandar Shaikh, Anuj Pathania, Prashant Kamble, Abhishek Deswal, Sagar Gawande, Bruno Roosewelt, Jagadeesh Dasari, Utkarsh Indis, Sagar Dasgaonkar Roto Supervisor : Sivakumar S Roto Lead : Rohit Charde, Moumita Ganesh Pratihar Roto Artist : Rahul Jagtap, Laxman Nathuram Bodere, Nitin Yashwant Thorat, Sudhir Balaram Jadhav, Ahamadulla Khan, Hrushikesh Kadu, Shrikant Jadhav, Sudev S, Tanmay Bera, Aditya Shrikant Salunkhe, Rakesh Gharti, Sekh Sahangir Versions Digitales VFX Producer: Kahina Lamblin

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Best Reasons to Hire Corporate Magician to Make Your Event Successful

From various objectives, corporate events are arranged to make memorable experiences that boost business relationship, networking and brand value. Gone those days when corporate events were limited to singing or dancing. With a reputed corporate magician like Rajesh Kumar, you can truly make the corporate event enjoyable and memorable leaving a lasting impression on attendees. Here is how hiring a corporate magician is beneficial to make the event success. 

Adding Entertainment Value to the Event  

A corporate magician adds entertainment value to the event. Needless to mention, unlike conventional dance or singing shows, magic shows are engaging and captivating offering a break from the usual speeches or presentations. The magic entertainment can range from illusions to close-up magic offering unique experience  that impress the mass audience. They get indulged with the magic show leaving their daily routine or chaos. 

Boosting Networking 

Networking is one of the biggest parameters to achieve in corporate events. However, magicians always perform close-up magic tricks in small groups. This is not only amazes but also encourages to interact with the audience. These tricks act like ice-breaker that makes it easier for the guests to start the conversation and network. When people are thoroughly amazed and entertained, they feel more relaxed and open to engaging with others which boosts friendly and collaborative environment. 

Lasting Memories 

It is imperative to leave a lasting impression in the corporate world. Memorable events foster better bonds with stakeholders, staff, and clients as well as a positive company image. A magician's performance has the power to stay with guests, making the occasion memorable long after it ends. This can be especially helpful for company milestones, product debuts, or any occasion where you want to create a big impression.

Customized Magic Tricks to Entertain and Educate Attendees 

Expert magicians can customize their performances to fit the corporate message or the event's theme. Magicians have the ability to craft a unique experience that connects with the audience by integrating business values, merchandise, or branding into their performances. This degree of customization can increase the performance's relevance and increase its impact and significance for the audience.

Boosting Morale of The Corporate People 

Corporate events are frequently used to inspire staff members, celebrate successes, and give recognition for hard work. This can be facilitated by a magical performance, which offers a joyful and uplifting experience. It might act as a reminder that the business appreciates the welfare of its workers and is prepared to make investments to foster a happy and fulfilling work environment. This may raise spirits and motivate people, which will enhance output and loyalty.

Audience Engagement 

It might be difficult to maintain the audience's interest and focus during the event, particularly in longer sessions. An entertaining interlude from a magician like Rajesh Kumar can break up the monotony and maintain a high level of enthusiasm. This guarantees that participants pay attention and are open to the primary points that are made during the program.

Versatile Performance 

Rajesh Kumar showcases adaptable performances that may be tailored to fit a variety of event styles. Magicians can modify their style and delivery to suit the occasion, whether it's a formal gala, a laid-back networking event, or a team-building retreat. They are the perfect option for a variety of corporate occasions because of their adaptability.

Hiring a corporate magician like Rajesh Kumar can elevate the charm and experience of the event. Incorporating illusion, science and mind reading, he can electrify the event while leaving everyone stunned. This unique blend makes lasting memories while making the event a success.

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WHEN THE 2 MOST POPULAR ACTORS IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORY, FOUGHT OVER THE SAME FILM....& HAPPILY WORKED AGAIN THEREAFTER.

Building this story from Indies' just discovered news of the year! By metrics of sheer magnitude of popularity!...The 2 most popular actors in Bollywood History! RAJESH KHANNA & RAJ KUMAR. One with 37 Films in Top 100, & the other with a full 9 ! Do you know what else brings these 2 biggest of legends together? - These 2 incidentally passed away at exactly identical ages - just 3-4 mths before their 70th birthdays! But here's the main story - Did you know that, the 1 of 2 films Rajesh Khanna is most crazily remembered for by both the left & right wing audiences in India at the same time- Amar Prem, was initially being planned & near finalized in pre-production with Raj Kumar in lead! But Rajesh Khanna who'd heard of the script from somewhere, & desperately wanted to be it's part, sent a quiet feeler to Dir Shakti Samanta (who was to soon after become part of his innermost friend circle) , that he, Rajesh Khanna, would be willing to work for half his market price for this particular film! One must remember that Rajesh Khanna's market price at that point of time was said to be upto 70 times more than the next highest paid actor! - Yet an offer Shakti instantly jumped at, knowing how this was the only impediment in not offering Rajesh this film initially in the first place, a fact that Rajesh too probably knew. Thus the deal was struck- But what both these genuises realized was, THEY'D GET TO HEAR OF IT FROM RAJ KUMAR!, a person known in industry circles for not pulling any punches, & certainly not taking insults lying down. Rajesh had just shared a pretty nice time with Raj ji incidentally in a massively successfully film called 'Maryada' they'd worked on just a few mths back infact, Raj even attending Rajesh's private post-shoot parties a few times, yet he knew a big scolding was in offing sometime. And that moment did arrive, at Amar Prem's premiere. As the galaxy of stars, oldest to newest, made beeline, for what was to soon be declared among Top 10 Biggest Blockbusters in History, & gathered for group photos, among them the legendary senior stalwart- Rajesh was more than expecting what was to follow, & had probably prepared himself to. In front of entire photo press circuit, Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar & Rajendra Kumar, with Rajesh holding hands in unison, came the first loud blow! "Arre hamare phenke hue tukdon pe toh kutte bhi bulldog ban jate hain, hai ki nahi!?". All tried to avoid, a moment magically even captured by cameras for posterity! And the final open shot- "Dekhna, ek din ye ladka Rajesh bhi superstar ban hi jayega". The motley lot strategically did an about turn to a pvt gathering, & perhaps few more pvt scolding sessions. .. But the 2 legends never took these moments to heart, even going ahead to work 2 more films together later in life! OF FINEST FAIREST COMPETITORS, & SOME VERY FINE STORIES!