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  Continuity of success cannot be sustained by the good. Ramesh Sippy's 'Sholay' was a resounding success. After this great success, he made the movie 'Shaan'. While making this film, he was always burdened with the expectations of the audience as the comparison was going to be direct with 'Sholay'. While making 'Shaan', he took great care that nothing was missing anywhere. The star cast, music, scenery, locations, technology, cinematography were all ahead of time. But the fog of Sholay in the eyes of the audience had not yet come down. They kept comparing Shaan with Sholay frame to frame. Why did the audience not even think of 'Shaan' as an independent film and criticized the movie by giving headlines that 'Shaan' is not the 'Shaan' of 'Sholay'. The reason for remembering all this today is that it is now thirty-five years since 'Shaan' was released on December 12, 1980. At least today, can we neutrally thi...

Guru Dutt is a director who has worked in the Hindi film industry for 12 to 13 years. Guru Dutt's films are known as masterpieces. Today, his films are screened at many film festivals around the world and his films are studied in many universities. He is known as the next director of time. (Gurudatta) Guru Dutt's film 'Pyasa' (1957) marked his breakthrough. The film was very popular among both classes and masses. Even today, the list of top ten films in India includes the film 'Pyasa' without fail. Even while this film was being made, Guru Dutt's thoughts for his next film were running in his head. This film was very important for him. Was ambitious. The movie was 'Kaagaj Ke Phool'. He made this film at a very fluid level. Each of these frames is still discussed today. Guru Dutt's cinematography by photographer VK Murthy for this film is still studied today. The use of light and shade in this is going to surprise even toda...

Being in the media, without 'Dhyanimani', there is no telling when, which, you can walk up to a good opportunity... Mumtaz, who was well immersed in the world, unexpectedly made a comeback in the film industry.  After seeing Mumtaz at the party in a five-star hotel in Juhu for the announcement of this film, I thought, why is she coming back to the screen when 'Naktya Nakacha To Tadka' is not attracting attention?  After seeing the picture and flapping it, it was sealed.  (Double roll) But on the occasion of this picture, the grace of Pahlaj Nihalani gave a nice sum of independent interview of Mumtaz.  When I learned yesterday's Mumtaz from today's Mumtaz, I got a huge shock.  Mumtaz was saying, Shashi Kapoor, Jitendra, Dharmendra initially refused to accept me as a heroine while I was taking the next step as a heroine by moving as a junior dancer, a stunt movie heroine, a co-heroine in a mainstream film... (Double roll) In this regard, she gave the example of ...