Bollywood World

On the 85th Birth Anniversary Of the Legend Meena Kumari(Born on 1st August 1932),I look at various dimensions of Meena Kumari.She shot to fame with Vijay Bhatt�s Baiju Bawra (1952).  She was born as Mahjabeen Bano to Ali Baksh and Iqbal Begum.Starting her carrier as a child artist she became the superstar in the 1950s and 60s.Unlike today's stars, she had

 Manoj Kumar, also known as �Bharat� Kumar for his nationalist and patriotic films like Purab Aur Paschim, Upkar and Kranti was born on 24th July 1937.He may not have Dev Anand's inborn flamboyance (or scarves collection) or Shammi Kapoor's maverick style but Manoj Kumar is a picture of sleek sophistication in his reliable stock of tweeds, bandhgalas and berets. The actor

Remembering Mukesh on his 94th Birth Anniversary,his unique singing style would make his songs popular soon after their release. His forte were both sad and jolly songs such as �Yeh mera diwana pan hai� (Yahudi), �Suhani chandni raaten� (Mukti), �Aa laut ke aaja mere meet� (Rani Roopmati), �Awara hoon� (Awara) and �Dum dum diga diga� (Chalia)�. He sang romantic

On the 100th Birth Anniversary of Music Director Roshan I have selected few great songs of Roshan.His biggest strength was that he was very comfortable in mixing the folk music with the complex classical tunes. It was his approach which made his music stand out from the others.Remember the song"Jo Wada Kiya Who Nibhana Padega" and "Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhulegi

On 103rd Birth Anniversary,here is my tribute to this great Composer of Bollywood.Anil Biswas is said to have influenced a number of singers of the day.  He had the biggest influence of Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, and Lata Mangeshkar.In fact he gave break to Talat and Mukesh.He made his debute as a music director with "Dharam ki Devi" (1935).  From 1934 until 1936,