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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Jahan Pyar Miley (1969) – amnesia for religious amity!

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Baharon Ki Manzil (1966) – amnesia thriller
Sometimes the simplest of plots, with minimal twists, can make for very effective thrillers. Thats the case with this film, which I received from fellow oldies fan Shalini. With Shalini’s cautionary words ringing in my ears and my own misgivings born of previous experience with Meena Kumari-Dharmendra pairings, I approached the film with great trepidation. To my delight, it turned out to be a gripping thriller that had me glued to the TV screen well into the wee hours of morning!

Labels:
1966,
Amnesia,
Dharmendra,
Farida Jalal,
Malika,
Meena Kumari,
Polson,
Rehman,
Shefali,
Vintage Bollywood
Monday, August 10, 2009
Movieland’s medical miracles
The marvels of modern medicine need to be seen to be believed. But to a seasoned Bollyviewer (as yours truly is) these miracles hold no surprises. Hasnt Bollywood already shown that to cure any affliction be it mental or physical, or a terminal disease, we need only modern medicine? In movieland we need no gods, no saints and certainly no magic powers to make us healthy and wise. As Oscar Wilde says, Science is always making wonderful improvements in things and one never knows what may happen next. Bollywood film-makers have always known this, and exploited the full potential of science in ways that we mere muggles can never quite equal.

Labels:
Bolly-medicine,
Random stuff,
Vintage Bollywood
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