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“If you start with a hero’s role, that’s all you’ll remain. You’ll never become an actor”

Even after 37 years of “Sholay”, it is very unlikely that one can forget the character actor A. K. Hangal who played the notable role of “Rahim Chacha” in the film with his famous one liner, “Itna sannata kyon hai, bhai”. Hangal, who passed away on August 26, in his last interview, given two months ago to Niilesh A Raje and Rajesh Subramanian:

“In Sholay, I was given the character role of a blind man and to get this character right I used psycho-technique to get the feeling of blindness,” revealed the veteran actor, when we met him at his modest apartment at Santacruz.

“I must admit that I got many fantastic roles. The length of the role never mattered to me; what mattered was the character”, added the nonagenarian who once advised actor Sanjeev Kumar,...

Filmmaker Goldie Behl is back in action with a new film called London Paris New York. However, this time Goldie is only concentrating on the production part of the film and has entrusted the direction of the film to a newcomer Anu Menon. With the coming-of age romantic comedy, London Paris New York, Goldie is hoping to reiterate the magic of Jawani Diwani which his father Ramesh Behl had created. Rose movies, founded by my father Ramesh Behl, started the tradition of maki...

The memoirs of Manu, a cinema-loving flight attendant, who over 30 years in the air, encountered some of the biggest, finest and funniest Bollywood stars?

The cheerfully buoyant Randhir Kapoor, son of the great showman Raj Kapoor and the star of many fun-filled Hindi films like Jawani Diwani, Rampur Ka Lakshman, Haath Ki Safai, etc. was traveling with us on a Bombay-rome-geneva-london flight. On entering the aircraft, he burst out saying, ?Nona! Where is Nona??

Paging For ‘Nona’

A younger Randhir Kapoor

Nona, as it happened, was a senior air-hostess positioned in the club class on the same flight. We paged for Nona and summoned her upfront. When she arrived, Randhir said ?Nona! Do you know Noni?? Nona happened to know Noni and Randhir was thrilled. ?She is our family friend you know! He clapped his hands together in excitement, ?Now we are also friends. Nona and Noni, such lovely names.

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Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai …(an unending journey) takes an incisive look into the composer's reflective artistry and buoyant-but-also-lonely inner being. Featuring a host of close friends, colleagues and admirers, the film attempts to evoke awe, admiration and nostalgia the way most of his music does, till date.

Features close to 3 dozen associates and admirers of Pancham like Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Chopra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Louis Banks, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ameen Sayani, Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Taufeeq Quereshi, etc interviewed with patience and sensitivity.

Disc I - a feature length-film that evokes awe, admiration and nostalgia …

Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai...(an unending journey),

Attempting to explore legendary composer Rd Burman’s music, Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai...

Shemaroo Entertainment has released two song compilations: Sargam ke Saathi Pancham - Kishore on DVDs and singer - composer R.D. Burman on VCDs.The first album is a compilation of songs of the legendary pairing of R D Burman and Kishore Kumar. The album includes songs like Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani (Jawani Diwani), Musafir Hoon Yaaron (Parichay), Kiska Rasta Dekhen (Joshil); Aanewala Pal Jaanewala Hai (Golmaal), Jidhar Dekhon Teri Tasveer (Mahaan) amongst others.The second album features 12 songs composed and sung by R D Burman and includes tracks like Meri Jaan ...