Retro Bollywood

Mumbai, one of the mega cities, situated on western coast of India, is a city of hope and dreams. All types of people from all walks of life, from all parts of the World, have enriched the city's heritage. This is a city of hope and dreams, and yet a city of paradox as well. Here there are cloud kissing skyscrapers, amidst vast sprawl of slums. Here there is elite Malabar Hill, yet it also has Asia's biggest slum. There are swanky, sophisticated flyovers , yet its traffic is in perpetual dead locked jams. The city is witness to numerous stories of rags to riches, yet there is no dearth of people whose fortunes were ruined in a day . The city has posh restaurants and hotels, yet nearly one fourth of its population lives on street food. It's police force is ranked second to Scotland yard, yet the city is home to some of the most dangerous gangwars. It is the city of hope and yet it is the city of despair also.Waves after waves of migrating people from all ove...

Nanda   (8 January 1939 – 25 March 2014) They say, " Simplicity is the essence of Beauty". Actress Nanda was a perfect example of this. Current generation may not remember her, but hum some memorable songs, and they will easily recognize her." She was an idiom of beauty. She was as innocent as a lamb and her smile was as pretty, as a rose drenched in morning dew. She was an actress, who was such a simple person, with no tantrums of a celebrity. During her acting career, in around 70 films, she played different roles encompassing wide spectrum of shades, from sensuous ( Ye samaa, Samma hai Suhana Suhana) to pious ( Prabhu Tero Naam) to sisterly (Chali Chali Re Patang), to romantic ( Likha Hai Teri Aakhomein) and so on. She excelled equally in playing roles with modern sensibilities as well as a coy Indian beauty. In real and reel life as well , her image was that of a cheerful, yet shy girl, with golden innocent heart, nestling within her. Unli...

He was the last emperor and last word in acting acumen. Although his first movie ' Jwar Bhata ' bombed at Box office, Dilip Kumar later on created an aura of legendary proportion, and compelled the critiques to idolize his kind of method acting. Dilip Kumar was the first (and perhaps only) Method actor.Traditional theater acting is loud, stylized and flamboyant as practiced by Prithviraj Kapoor, Sohrab Modi, Saigal to name a few.Method Acting attempts to recreate the impression of reality where the actor "becomes" the role.  There are two ways of "becoming" the role. a) By physically living the role, for example, by starving oneself to play a beggar's role. This method is controversial and often denigrated as "but the actor is not acting". b) By understanding and internalizing the role - the Stanislavski Method - based on the idea that great acting is a reflection of "truth" conveyed both internally and externally through th...