Value for Music

Mughal-E-Azam

A total of 20 songs were composed for the film.Both Asif and Naushad approached Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan with the request of participating in the film's soundtrack, but he refused since he disliked working in films. Asif, asked him to name his fee. Khan quoted a fee of Rs.25,000 per song (at a time when Mangeshkar and Rafi charged Rs. 300–Rs.400 per song), thinking that Asif would send him away. Instead, Asif agreed, and even gave Khan a 50% advance. Surprised and left with no excuse to turn down the offer, he finally accepted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aob1I_Ifee0

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Collectors can make good money with old Bollywood posters

 Poster ki duniya,

 Shahid Mansoori a poster collector never new that his timepass collection will some time become his roji roti.Now his family is in business of selling vintage movie posters.They own shops in Mumbai.NRI's, foreigners and movie lovers from India purchase these posters ranging Rs. 50 to 5,000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gyTDGkQDqU

Shaan (1980)
Starring: Amitabh Bacchan, Shatrughan Sinha, 
Shashi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Mughal-E-Azam

Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

A period epic film directed by K. Asif  which laid history in Indian film Industry. The film featured Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala and Durga Khote in pivotal roles.  

Mughal-e-Azam became the most expensive Indian film, It is often cited as one of the best soundtracks in Bollywood history. The music director for the film's soundtrack was Naushad Ali.
The sound tracks were heavily inspired from Indian classical music and folk music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SpZEB_mIxQ

 Upon release, the film created box office records in India, becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, a record it held for 15 years. The film's colour version was released in November 2004 which was a commercial success.
 

Mughal-e-Azam is widely considered a classic, and is often recognised as a milestone in Indian cinema.
The film won numerous awards, notably one National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards.

  It is said that a movie lover bought  poster of Moghul- E- Azam for Rs. 2lakh.

Back with Bang

It is being a huge gap writing on my blog.Realization of missing so many wonderful things all together.
 Back with a BANG.


 Bollywood movies and there posters had played a major role in our life.
Few days back I was looking out for a old hindi movie poster and what I got a whole KHAZANA
of it.
I'm presenting this as a UPAHAR to all my filmi fans.

Upahar(1973)
Starring: Jaya Bhaduri,
Swaroop Dutta, Kamini Kaushal.

Beautifully hand drawn poster features a stunning portarit of Jaya Bhaduri-Bachhan with India's great noble prize winning poet , philosopher, artist, writer Rabindranat Tagore.
The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards.

Anand Ashram(1977)
Starring:Sharmila Tagore,
Uttam Kumar, Ashok Kumar

This beautifully hand painted Bollywood poster by a well known  designer D. R. Bhosle, will give you a shear 'Anand ' forever.  

The simplicity in strokes and color scheme is fabulous.Specially the colors used for Ashok Kumar is unbelievable.
This is called Master strokes.
Double version film in Hindi and Bengali written and directed by Shakti Samanta, based on a story by Bengali film director and novelist, Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay.
One of my favorite music tracks
Sara pyaar tumhara sung by Kishoreda, Asha Bhosle. 
'Sara pyaar tumhara'