#classic bollywood

[inmyworldblr]

Madhubala in Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)

[ dir. Guru Dutt ]

#Mr. & Mrs. '55 #mr & mrs 55 #guru dutt #madhubala #indian cinema #hindi cinema #bollywood #cinema #movies #films #classic cinema #world cinema #1950s #classic bollywood #old bollywood #indian films #bollywood movies #screencaps #cinematography #film scenes #movie scenes #indian movies #hindi films #hindi movies #bollywood films

[mehreenkhan]

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

#benjamin alire sáenz #alia bhatt #vicky kaushal #dark academia #desi academia #light academia #mehreen khan #poetry #desi #bollywood #classic bollywood #indian cinema #pakistan #silence #silence qoutes #couple qoutes #romantic academia

[oldepisteme]

Salma Agha in Salma (1985)

#bollywood #old bollywood #classic bollywood #salma agha #salma 1985 #indian cinema #hindi cinema #india #pakistan #vintage bollywood #1980s #80s #cinema #film #hindi films #desi

[masalafilmsrevival]

Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

#Mughal-E-Azam #mughal e azam #k. asif #madhubala #classic bollywood #bollywood #film #indian cinema

[ashru-premika]

Holy Trinity 🤌🏽

#radha #krishna #radhakrishna #desiblr #desi tumblr #hindublr #bollywood music #classic bollywood #hindi songs #desi tag

[binnte-dil]

Aey meherban…

#indian cinema #bollywood #madhubala #howrah bridge #50s #classic bollywood

[tumharimummykibahu]

एक प्यार का नगमा है

मौजों की रवानी है

जिंदगी और कुछ भी नहीं

तेरी मेरी कहानी है

#arunima loves aesthetic stuff #retro bollywood #classic bollywood

[nisreensartworld]

Anjali

Painted by me

Acrylic ink on paper

I drew Kajol as Anjali Sharma Khanna from the classic Hindi film, "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai." I cried with Anjali in this scene.. I know I'm lame.

#kuch kuch hota hai #anjali #kajol #shahrukh khan #classic bollywood

[mrinalini810]

Kaate nahi kat-te hain lamhe intezaar ke, Nazarein jama ke baithe hain raste pe yaar ke, Dil ne kaha dekhein jo jalwe husn-e-yaar ke, Laaya hai koun inko, phalak se utaar ke.

काटे नहीं कटते हैं लम्हे इंतज़ार के,  नज़रें जमा के बैठे हैं रस्ते पे यार के, दिल ने कहा देखें जो जलवे हुस्न-ऐ-यार के,  लाया है कौन इनको, फलक से उतार के।

#hum aapke hain koun #hahk #salman khan #madhuri dixit #sooraj barjatya #salmanmadhuri #bollywood #indian cinema #classic bollywood #blockbuster

[zutarasbuff]

Manifesting the kind of relationship where he is mesmerised by her and kisses the ground she walks on!!!

#desi stuff #desi tag #desi things #desi couple #desi aesthetic #desiblr #desi romance #desi tumblr #hindi cinema #a suitable boy #tabu #desi love #desi movies #classic bollywood #bollywood #aesthetics

[inmyworldblr]

Devika Rani

@hotvintagepoll

#devika rani #indian cinema #hindi cinema #bollywood #cinema #films #movies #world cinema #classic cinema #old bollywood #1930s #bollywood films #bollywood movies #classic bollywood #indian films #indian movies #hindi films #hindi movies #1930s cinema #1930s fashion #india

[hindifilmhotties]

Vintage Hindi Film Hot Men

Welcome to the Vintage Hindi Film Hotties Poll! We are collecting submissions for the men rn, so please send in the hottest old men you pine over from afar! (we'll get to the ladies, no fear.)

To be counted in the bracket, your submission must (1) be a male movie star from Bollywood films, i.e. from the 1910s through the late 1960s, and (2) be considered to have been leading man material, i.e. hot, sexy, and on the marquee in big bright lights. If you're submitting someone not particularly well known, please include a movie or picture where we can see your nominee at his hottest.

Please just send one submission per Vintage Hindi Film Hottie, but please feel free to submit as many times as you like. If you have a photo of them in their "best" era (several of these stars had multi-decade careers), please include a link so I don't just google and use their Wikipedia mugshot.

This submissions page closes 31.01.2024, and the bracket should be up by 10.02.2024.

#hindi films #poll #hotness poll #vintage films #bollywood #desi #classic films #classic bollywood

[amarprem]

Vyjayanthimala in Amrapali (1966)

#film #bollywood #1960s movies #vyjayanthimala #classic bollywood

[masalafilmsrevival]

Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

#Mughal-E-Azam #mughal e azam #madhubala #k. asif #bollywood #indian cinema #film #classic bollywood

[mywifeleftme]

268: Laxmikant-Pyarelal // Dosti

Dosti Laxmikant-Pyarelal 1964, Angel

Composing partners Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma worked together for 35 years and, per Hindustan Times,composed about 2,900 songs for 750 different films during that span—a level of productivity basically unfathomable outside of the specific context of the insanely prolific Bollywood studio system. 1966’s Dosti soundtrack was their artistic and commercial breakthrough, and as such it occupies a significant place in Indian music history. I’ve never seen the film, though its cover features two crying boys hugging so it may be up my alley. The Wikipedia synopsis makes it sound like a melodrama without parallel (aside from several hundred others made by Bollywood that same year). The movie opens with a boy’s father dying in an industrial catastrophe, his mother fainting and falling down the stairs (to her death), and then the boy getting disabled in an accident of his own. He then makes friends with a homeless blind boy, and the two chums are then rigorously wedgied by life itself for the next three hours until a happy ending imposes itself.

Working with lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri (a notable leftist poet), Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s songs are strongly credited with Dosti’s enduring success, and while I’m neither an expert in their oeuvre nor Bollywood music as a whole, I can tell you this is beautiful music any fan of adventurous vintage pop should adore. The songs all strike my ear as happy, but with a tear welling in their eyes. It’s more subtle stuff than I associate with contemporary Bollywood: “Gudiya Kab Tak Na Hasogy” twinkles and minces to a gentle dance rhythm, leaving room for soulful flute and harmonium (or accordion?) solos and the melancholy lilt of a mandolin. Both members of the duo had a strong education in Western and Indian classical music, and these sentimental songs find the sweet spot between the traditions, with vigorous tabla rhythms and droning strings meeting melodies that evoke spaghetti western scores (“Janewalo Zara”) or practically quote “Ode to Joy” (“Rahi Manwa”).

It was the convention at the time for a reliable cadre of vocalists to dub over the singing voices of the lead actors, and Laxmikant-Pyarelal established long-standing relationships with their favourites. Dosti features two of their standbys, with Mohammed Rafi handling five of the six songs on the 10” soundtrack I own, and Lata Mangeshkar taking the other. Both absolute legends on the subcontinent, while Rafi and Mangeshkar were each well into adulthood by the time they recorded these songs they give such naively haloed performances that if you can squint (your ears?) just a little it’s easy to imagine they might have originated from the lips of children.

The scope of my expertise in this area is extremely limited, but if it’s not clear, Dosti gets my highest recommendation. If you should come across a ‘60s record with the Laxmikant-Pyarelal imprimatur at your local used shop, give it a shot.

268/365

#laxmikant-pyarelal #mohammed rafi #lata mangeshkar #majrooh sultanpuri #Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar #Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma #dosti #bollywood music #'60s music #indian music #hindu music #'60s bollywood #classic bollywood #music review #vinyl record

[cultofkumar]

Publicity still from the underrated Dil Tujhko Diya. And press announcement below.

Fun fact: the song pictured here was featured in the Hollywood movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Yup our Bunty boy making history before it was cool.

#kumar gaurav #old bollywood #retrobollywood #vintage bollywood #oldbollywood #classic bollywood #retro bollywood #80sbollywood #rati agnihotri