Thursday, October 24, 2013

Legendry Playback Singer Manna Dey no more


Manna Dey

{Prabodh Chandra Dey} (1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013)
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A legendary playback singer and musical maestro Manna Dey died at ripe age of 94.He sang more than 3,500 songs in his career. He sang with greats like Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar, and dominated the Hindi film music industry in the 50’ to 70’s.


Zindagi kaisi hai paheli hai -Anand


Friday, October 18, 2013

Good Old Classics…. A great watch again -Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
There have been many a movie made in both Hollywood and Bollywood history which are labeled as golden classics. These movies can be watched and enjoyed many times over the years.  Few of these will be getting mentioned here ….

Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 film about the relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish widow and her African American chauffeur, reflecting the changing times from 1948 to 1973.



http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/61293/Driving-Miss-Daisy-Original-Trailer-.html



Cast
•    Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn
•    Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan
•    Dan Aykroyd as Boolie Werthan
•    Patti Lupone as Florine Werthan
•    Esther Rolle as Idella
•    Joann Havrilla as Miss McClatchey
•    William Hall Jr. as Oscar
•    Alvin M. Sugarman as Dr. Weil
•    Clarice F. Geigerman as Nonie
Directed by    Bruce Beresford
Produced by    Richard D. Zanuck,    Lili Fini Zanuck
Written by    Alfred Uhry
Photographed by   Peter James
Edited by    Mark Warner
Music by   Hans Zimmer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rated PG
 Duration: 96 minutes




"Boolie Werthan: What I need is for somebody to drive my mother around.
Hoke Colburn: Well, if you don' mind my askin', sir—how come she's not hirin' for herself?
Boolie Werthan: See, it's kind of a delicate situation.
Hoke Colburn: Oh, yessir, yessir...done gone around the bend a little bit. Well, now, that'll happen as they get old...
Boolie Werthan: Oh, no, she's all there. Too-much-there is the problem! [Hoke laughs]"



Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bollywood Movie Releases: October/November 2013



Besharam
Cast-Ranbir Kapoor,Pallavi Sharda,Rishi Kapoor,,Neetu Singh,Jaaved Jaaferi, Amitosh Nagpal, Himani Shivpuri,Rajkumar Kanojia
Producer-Sanjeev Gupta,Himanshu Kishan Mehra
Director- Abhinav Singh Kashyap
Story / Writers-    Abhinav Singh Kashyap,    Rajeev Barnwal
 Music-Lalit Pandit, Ishq Bector,    Shree D
Release Date-    2 Oct 2013
Genre-    Drama, Action, Romance






Boss
Cast-Akshay Kumar,Aditi Rao Hydari,Shiv Pandit, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa,Johny Lever,Parikshit Sahani,    Ronit Roy, Sonakshi Sinha( Item Number)Harry Josh,Prabhu Dheva( Cameo)
Producer-Ashwin Varde
Director- Anthony D'Souza
Story / Writers/screenplay -Sajid ,Farhad
Music-    Sandeep Shirodkar,Meet Bros Anjjan,Yo Yo Honey Singh,Chirantan Bhatt, P. A. Deepak
Release Date- 16 Oct 2013
Genre- Comedy, Drama, Action



Krrish 3
Cast-    Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Vivek Oberoi,    Arif Zakaria,Kangna Ranaut,Shaurya Chauhan, Rakhi Sawant
Producer/Director- Rakesh Roshan
Asst. Director-Jaideep Sen, Raksha Mistry
Story / Writers-    Rakesh Roshan
Music- Rajesh Roshan, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
Release Date-    1 Nov 2013
Genre-    Action, Romance, Adventure, Sci-Fi








Ram-Leela
Cast-Ranveer Singh,Deepika Padukone,Gulshan Devaiya,    Richa Chadda,Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh,Shveta Salve,Supriya Pathak,Girish Sahdev,Priyanka Chopra( Item Number)
Producer-Kishore Lulla,    Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Music: Sanjay Leela Bhansali ,Monty Sharma
Screenplay- Siddharth-Garima, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rutvik Oza
Based on Romeo and Juliet
Release Date-    15 Nov 2013
Genre-    Drama



Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!
Cast-Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Nizhalgal Ravi, Sujata Kumar, Manoj Bakshi, Neelu Kohli,Vineet Kumar Singh, Farzil Pardiwalla, Srikant Krishnamurthy, Om Ravindra Shetty,R Balasubramanian,Anandi Ramchandran,    Vallabh Gade,Esha Gupta ( Item Number)
Producer-Karan Johar,Hiroo Yash Johar
Director- Punit Malhotra
Co-Producer-Apoorva Mehta
Story / Writers-    Arshad Syed,Punit Malhotra
 Music-    Vishal –Shekar, Salim Merchant,Sulaiman Merchant
Release Date-    22 Nov 2013
Genre- Romance, comedy

  
   
Singh Saab The Great
Cast-Sunny Deol,Amrita Rao,Urvashi Rautela, Johny Lever,Prakash Raj,Anjali Abrol
Director-Anil Sharma
Producer-Anuj Sharma,    Sangeeta Ahir
Co-Producer-    Kushal Kantilal Gada, Dhaval Jayantilal Gada,Reshmaa Kadakia
Story / Writers:    Shaktimaan
Music -    Anu Malik,Sonu Nigam
Release Date-    22 Nov 2013
Genre-    Drama, Action



 
 Bullett Raja

Cast-Saif Ali Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidyut Jamwal, Jimmy Sheirgill, Gulshan Grover, Raj Babbar, Mahie Gill,Chunky Pandey, Ravi Kissen
Director- Tigmanshu Dhulia
Producer-Rahul Mittra,    Nitin Tej Ahuja,    Tigmanshu Dhulia
Story / Writers-    Tigmanshu Dhulia, Amaresh Misra
Music -    Sajid,Wajid
Screenplay-Tigmanshu Dhulia,    Amaresh Misra
Release Date-    29 Nov 2013
Genre-    Action