Thursday, July 17, 2014

Bioscope – XI [ Romantic- I ]





Taxi Driver (1954)

Love story between a taxi driver and a girl whom he rescues from the thugs.




        Director                       :      Chetan Anand
        Producer                      :      Dev Anand
        Writer                         :      Uma Anand (story), Vijay Anand (dialogue, story)
        Cast                            :      Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, Johnny Walker
        Music                           :      Sachin Dev Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics)
        Cinematography            :      V. Ratra
        Editor                          :      M. D. Jadhav Rao




Awards

Filmfare
Won
Best Music Director - Sachin Dev Burman 




Sangam (1964)

A love triangle made in some beautiful foreign locations and one of the first films to do so.




        Director                       :      Raj Kapoor
        Producer                      :      Raj Kapoor
        Writer                         :      Inder Raj Anand
        Cast                            :      Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar
        Narrated                      :      Raj Kapoor
        Music                           :      Shankar Jaikishan
        Cinematography            :      Radhu Karmakar
        Editor                          :      Raj Kapoor




Awards

BFJA Awards
Won
Best Indian Films - Raj Kapoor


Best Director - Raj Kapoor


Best Editing - Raj Kapoor


Best Art Direction - M. R. Acharekar


Best Cinematography - Radhu Karmakar


Best Audiography - Allauddin Khan Qureshi
Filmfare Awards
Nominated
Best Film - Raj Kapoor

Won
Best Director - Raj Kapoor

Nominated
Best Actor - Raj Kapoor

Won
Best Actress - Vyjayanthimala

Nominated
Best Supporting Actor - Rajendra Kumar


Best Story  - Inder Raj Anand


Best Music Director  - Shankar Jaikishan


Best Lyricist  - Shailendra


Best Male Playback  - Singer Mukesh

Won
Best Editing  - Raj Kapoor


Best Sound Design  - Allauddin Khan Qureshi





Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!

Musical romantic-comedy Film that tell the story about joint family system and about the love and sacrifice.




        Director                       :      Sooraj R. Barjatya
        Producer                      :      Ajit  Barjatya, Kamal Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya
        Writer                         :      Sooraj R. Barjatya
        Cast                            :      Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Mohnish Bahl.
                                                 Renuka Shahane, Anupam Kher. Reema Lagoo
                                                 Alok Nath
        Music                           :      Raamlaxman
        Cinematography            :      Rajan Kinagi
        Editor                          :      Mukhtar Ahmed




Awards

Filmfare

Won
Best Film
Won
Best Director – Sooraj R. Barjatya
Won
Best Actress  Madhuri Dixit
Won
Best Screenplay – Sooraj R. Barjatya
Won
Special Award – Lata Mangeshkar
Won
Best Popular Film ]







Bobby (1973)





        Director                       :      Raj Kapoor
        Producer                      :      Raj Kapoor
        Writer                         :      Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Jainendra Jain, V.P. Sathe
        Cast                            :      Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia,
        Music                           :      Laxmikant-Pyarelal
        Cinematography            :      Radhu Karmakar
        Editor                          :      Raj Kapoor




Filmfare
Won
Best Actor Award – Rishi Kapoor
Won
 Best Actress Award – Dimple Kapadia
Won
 Best Art Direction – A. Rangaraj
Won
 Best Male Playback– Narendra Chanchal
Won
 Best Sound – Allauddin Khan Qureshi
BFJA Award
Won
Best Male Playback Singer  – Shailender Singh
Won
Best Audiographer– Alauddin Khan Qureshi



!!! Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm. - Mason Cooley!!!

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Bioscope – X [Tear-Jerker - II ]







Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)

It is like many one of the hindi version of Shakespears Romeo Juliet


        Director                  :      Mansoor Khan
        Producer                 :      Nasir Hussain
        Writer                     :      Nasir Hussain
        Cast                        :      Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dalip Tahil, Alok Nath
        Music                      :      Anand-Milind
        Cinematography      :      Kiran Deohans
        Edited                     :      Zafar Sultan



Awards

National Film Awards

Won
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Filmfare Awards

Won
Best Film - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Won
Lux New Face - Juhi Chawla
Won
Best Male Debut - Aamir Khan
Won
Best Director - Mansoor Khan
Won
Best Music Director - Anand-Milind
Won
Best Cinematographer: Kiran Deohans
Won
Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan
Nominated
Best Actor - Aamir Khan
Nominated
Best Actress - Juhi Chawla
Nominated
Best Lyricist - Majrooh Sultanpuri




A lonely man meets a girl who he slowly falls in love with only to find out that she only has 2-3 weeks to live.

Mili (1975)

        Director                  :      Hrishikesh Mukherjee
        Producer                 :      Hrishikesh Mukherjee, N.C. Sippy
        Writer                     :      Bimal Dutta, Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza, Mohini N. Sippy
        Cast                        :      Ashok Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan
                                             Asrani, Aruna Irani, Parikshat Sahni
        Music                      :      Sachin Dev Burman
        Cinematography      :      Jaywant Pathare
        Edited                     :      Hrishikesh Mukherjee



Awards

Filmfare Awards
Nominated
Best Actress - Jaya Bachchan
BFJA Awards               
Won
Best Actor (Hindi) - Amitabh Bachchan




The story is set on the holy ghats of Ganges Banaras where brahmin boy’s obsession for a Muslim girls and the tragic end.

Raanjhanaa

        Director                  :      Anand L. Rai
        Producer                 :      Krishika Lulla
        Screenplay              :      Himanshu Sharma
        Writer                     :      Himanshu Sharma
        Cast                        :      Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol
        Music                      :      A. R. Rahman
        Cinematography      :      Natarajan Subramaniam, Vishal Sinha
        Edited                     :      Hemal Kothari




Awards

BIG Star Entertainment
Nominated
Most Entertaining Romantic Film - Anand L. Rai

Nominated
Most Entertaining Debut Actor Male - Dhanush

Nominated
Most Entertaining Music - A. R. Rahman
Screen Awards
Won
Best Actor in Supporting Role (F) - Swara Bhaskar

Nominated
Best Actor (Popular Choice) - Dhanush

Nominated
Best Actor (Male)

Nominated
Best Actor in a Sup. Role (M) Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub

Nominated
Best Actor (Popular Choice) - Sonam Kapoor

Nominated
Best Cinematography-Natarajan Subramaniam, Vishal Sinha

Nominated
Best Music - A. R. Rahman

Nominated
Best Background Score

Nominated
Best Costume = Payal Saluja

Nominated
Best Sound Design - Arun Nambiar

Nominated
Production Design - Wasiq Khan
Apsara Film & TV Award
Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Abhay Deol

Nominated
Best Screenplay - Himanshu Sharma

Nominated
Best Story

Nominated
Best Dialogue

Nominated
Best Music - A. R. Rahman

Nominated
Best Performance in a Comic Role - Mohammed Zeeshan Ayubb, Swara Bhaskar
ETC Bollywood Business Awards
Nominated
Highest Grossing Debut (Male) - Dhanush
Idea Filmfare Awards
Nominated
Best Debut (Male) - Dhanush

Nominated
Best Director - Anand L. Rai

Nominated
Best Film - Anand L. Rai

Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Sonam Kapoor

Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Swara Bhaskar

Nominated
Best Music - A. R. Rahman
Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA)
Nominated
Best Engineer (Film Album) - R. Nitish Kumar

Nominated
Best Background Score = A. R. Rahman

Nominated
Best Film Album

Nominated
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal
Filmfare Awards
Nominated
Best Film
Eros International - Krishika Lulla


Best Director - Anand L. Rai


Best Actor - Dhanush


Best Actress - Sonam Kapoor


Best Supporting Actress - Swara Bhaskar


Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman

Won
Best Male Debut - Dhanush
IIFA Awards
Nominated
Best Actress In A Supporting Role - Swara Bhaskar

Won
Male Debutant Star - Dhanush




!!!Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. - Henry Ward Beecher!!!