88th birth anniversary of Francois Truffaut
Film director, producer, screenplay writer, film critic and actor Francois Roland Truffaut has made over 25 films in his career spanning the last 3 decades. Pioneering the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) movement in French films, Truffaut’s character Antoine Doinel from his autobiographical film, The 400 Blows (Le Quatre Cents Coups), was well received by the audience, both home and abroad.
4y ago
Dilip Kumar turns 97
Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar, born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan in Peshawar to Ayesha Begum and Lala Ghulam Sarwar Ali Khan, turns 97 today.
4y ago
Salil Chowdhury’s 94th birth anniversary today
Songwriter, music director, lyricist, writer and poet Salil Chowdhury predominated the music industry in the 90s. He has composed songs in over 13 languages, including 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, around 27 Malayalam films.
5y ago
Sachin Dev Burman’s 113th birth anniversary today
S D Burman completed his matriculation at the age of 14 from Comilla Zilla School in 1920, then pursued higher studies from Comilla Victoria College.
5y ago
Lata Mangeshkar turns 90 today
Lata Mangeshkar has won millions of hearts with her melodious voice in the songs, Aayega Aanewala Aayega (Mahal, 1949), and Ye Zindegi Usiki Hai (Anarkali, 1953), among a plethora of others. The singer turns 90 today.
5y ago
99th birth anniversary of Hemanta Mukhopadhyay today
Today marks the 99th birth anniversary of Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, a legendary singer and composer of the subcontinent. He was born in Varanasi in 1920. His family came from Jayanagar of West Bengal. They went to Bhawanipur of Calcutta in the early 1900s. While studying in Mitra
5y ago
Looking back at Satyajit Ray’s noteworthy films
Yesterday marked the 98th birthday of Satyajit Ray. Akira Kurosawa spoke highly about his films. “It is the kind of cinema that flows with the serenity and nobility of a big river.
5y ago
Suchitra Sen an endeared icon
Suchitra Sen, for the emotive verve of her acting and the phenomenal charm of her beauty, caught the imagination of many, becoming one of the most endeared stars of the industry. The celebrated actor, who passed away in 2014, would have been 88 today.
5y ago
January 19, 2019
SOUMITRA CHOTTOPADDHAY: An honest thespian
Noted actor Soumitra Chottopaddhay was born on this day in 1935 in Krishnanagar Nadia. He is known to follow Russian theatre actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski, whose method explains that the actor must experience the character.
December 11, 2018
DILIP KUMAR Turns 96!
Dev Anand once told Dilip Kumar " Lala, tu saw saal jiyega"(Lala, [family name] you will reach the centennial mark!). Dilip Kumar turns 96 today. He was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan to Ayesha Begum and Lala Ghulam Sarwar Ali Khan in a Muslim Hindko-speaking Awan family in Kissa Qhawni Bazar, Peshawar, in 1922.
November 19, 2018
Salil Chowdhury: Remembering the maestro on his birthday
Salil Chowdhury was a maestro of prolific talent. His métier as a composer crossed boundaries, blending the sounds of east with the west. His mastery of musical instruments was proverbial. He could play the flute, piano, esraj and any other instrument he could lay his hands on.
September 26, 2018
Hemanta Mukhopaddhay's 29th death anniversary today
Hemanta Mukhopaddhay was a phenomenon of his time. He had a baritone voice, much like Pankaj Mullick, another pioneer in Bangla film music. The enchantment that Hemanta had weaved during his legendary career lives on 29 years after his death on 26 September, 1989.
May 19, 2018
Pestilential Scourge - The Plague
Published in 1947, the background of Albert Camus' The Plague is that of Oran, a coastal town of colonial Algeria. The author certainly
March 31, 2018
I Can Choose to Go, But Why Should I?
Perhaps, it is better to turn around.
December 2, 2017
The Vanishing American Adult
Benjamin Eric Sasse aka Ben Sasse is a freshman Republican Senator from Nebraska. A doctorate in American History from Yale, Sasse was named President of Midwestern University, Freemont Nebraska in 2010.
September 23, 2017
Gabo's Solitude
Love for stories, rather fairy tales, begins from childhood. The stories of childhood travel by flights of fancy. As we grow up though,
May 20, 2017
Tales of Everlasting Endearment
Women and children in masterly works of fiction tend to be endearing. From Bengal to Russia, the endearment lasts a lifetime;
February 17, 2017
Cine Brothers
The director is a pivotal figure in the making of a feature film. The singular focus ensures the homogeneity of the plot and of the story of the film. The redoubtable Dilip Kumar in his twilight years used to dabble in the work of his director. The Hindi version of Sagina Mahato is mentioned as a reference.
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