The film stars Moushmi Chatterjee as a blind girl who falls in love with a man, played by Vinod Mehra. The rest of the cast includes Nutan, Ashok Kumar, David, Asit Sen and Madan Puri. The then Shakti Samanta stalwart Rajesh Khanna (having earlier made Aradhana and Kati Patang) makes a special appearance. The music is by S. D. Burman.The film became a semi-hit, while doing...

Abhimaan is a 1973 Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan; his real-life wife, Jaya Bachchan; Asrani; and Bindu. It was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.The film is perhaps best remembered for its songs, composed and arranged by the late S. D. Burman, written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and sung by famous playback singers Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mohammed Rafi. Subir...

Kati Patang is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It became a box office success. It stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations. The film is based on a published story by Cornell Woolrich titled I Married a Dead Man and had been filmed before as No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara...

Dil Kya Kare is a 1999 Hindi film, directed by Prakash Jha starring Ajay Devgan, Kajol & Mahima Chaudhary in lead roles. Anand Kishore (Ajay Devgan), his wife, Kavita (Mahima Chaudhary), and only child, a daughter, Neha (Akshita Garud), live a happy and serene life in Delhi, India. The peace and quiet of this happy family is disrupted when a mysterious woman begins...

Sabse Bada Rupaiya is a 1976 Hindi film, produced by Mehmood and directed by S. Ramanathan.The film stars Mehmood, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Farida Jalal, Asit Sen, Agha, Keshto Mukherjee and Jeevan.The title song “sabse bada rupaiya” is inspired by the music to the title song of the Hollywood musical 42nd Street (film) (1933). The song would be used...

Bombay to Goa is a 1972 adventure-comedy Hindi movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Aruna Irani and Mehmood. The movie is known particularly for its catchy tunes. The lives of Atmaram and his wife are turned upside down when they see their daughter, Mala’s pictures in a magazine. They arrange for Mala’s marriage with the son of Ramlal. Mala is...

Phir Hera Pheri is an Indian Bollywood film released in 2006. The movie is the sequel to the 2000 hit, Hera Pheri. Directed by Neeraj Vora, the movie is heavily inspired by Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.The movie stars the three men from the previous film: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty. Bipasha Basu and Rimi Sen are the leading ladies of the film....

Saaransh (1984) was a Hindi film starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan. The film marked the screen debut of Anupam Kher. It was nominated for India’s official entry for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie won National Award and Anupam Kher won Filmfare Award for Best Actor in his first film itself. This movie was distributed...

Swades is a 2004 Indian film written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film stars Shahrukh Khan and film newcomer Gayatri Joshi. Music is by A. R. Rahman, lyrics by Javed Akhtar and costume design by Bhanu Athaiya. The tagline of the film is: “We, the people.” A man searching for clues to his past pays a visit to the place where he was born...

Paap is a 2004 Bollywood film, directed by Pooja Bhatt which features John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Gulshan Grover and Mohan Agashe. Kaya (Udita Goswami) a Buddhist village girl from Spiti, is waiting to join the monastery. An elderly lama, dreams of his teacher’s rebirth and Kaya is assigned to find and bring the reincarnated boy to the monastery. Kaya finds Llahmo...