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As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
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Ghatashraddha. Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), the WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything.UPPERSTALL.COM
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Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
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As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddled INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything. TAKE 5: VIEWING IN THE TIME OF CORONA A tender but unsentimental portrayal of a woman’s journey that examines issues of class, sexuality, humiliation, grief and determination played with subdued energy by Daniela Vega, a real-life transgender actress, and directed with a sure hand by Sebastian Lelio. This is what good cinema is about. G KUTTA SE - UPPERSTALL.COM Writer-director Rahul Dahiya’s gut-wrenching indie film, G Kutta Se, is a film on the abhorring practice of dishonorable killing of young boys and girls who ‘soil’ the family’s good name in the hinterlands of Haryana. Here patriarchy, misogyny, guns and local abuses dominate the social environment. The film is refreshingly multi-layered in the telling of HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY The journey of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s making of the first ever Indian fiction film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). Watching Harishchandrachi Factory is like stepping into a time capsule to take a journey into a past that goes back by nearly 100 years. The film integrates the audience into the narrative and the characters thoughall this belong to
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Amar Maiban’s sensitive and perceptive documentary made in Manipuri, Highways Of Life, looks at the lives of truckers as they manoeuvre their vehicles through the perilous highways of Manipur. These men put their lives on the line as they ferry essential commodities through the zigzag perilous terrain to the people of the state. What resultsis a
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Ajeeb Daastaans, currently streaming on Netflix, is yet another addition to the current trend of anthology filmmaking we are seeing on OTT platforms. This collection of four short films traces the journeys of various characters as they navigate through crests and troughs of different dramatic terrains. The stories in the anthology are layeredwith an intense
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Shyamchi Aai is a fictionalized account of the childhood years of Sane Guruji (1899-1950) narrated in a long flashback.A nationalist, influenced by Vinoba Bhave and especially Gandhiji, he was imprisoned repeatedly for his work among the peasantry and participation in the Quit India agitations.HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI
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Ghatashraddha. Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), theP BHANUMATHI
P Bhanumathi. Paluvayi Bhanumathi, who was truly among the most multifaceted film personalities of South Indian Cinema. The ‘Grande Dame’ of Tamil and Telugu cinemas, at her peak she was an actress, writer, director, producer, studio owner, music director and singer! In her own words Bhanumathi recalled, “People in the film industrycall
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Kuldip Kaur. Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949) , Afsana (1951) , Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, camefrom
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As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddled INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything.UPPERSTALL.COM
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Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
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As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddledGHATASHRADDHA
Ghatashraddha. Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), the WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything. TAKE 5: VIEWING IN THE TIME OF CORONA A tender but unsentimental portrayal of a woman’s journey that examines issues of class, sexuality, humiliation, grief and determination played with subdued energy by Daniela Vega, a real-life transgender actress, and directed with a sure hand by Sebastian Lelio. This is what good cinema is about. G KUTTA SE - UPPERSTALL.COM Writer-director Rahul Dahiya’s gut-wrenching indie film, G Kutta Se, is a film on the abhorring practice of dishonorable killing of young boys and girls who ‘soil’ the family’s good name in the hinterlands of Haryana. Here patriarchy, misogyny, guns and local abuses dominate the social environment. The film is refreshingly multi-layered in the telling of HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY The journey of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s making of the first ever Indian fiction film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). Watching Harishchandrachi Factory is like stepping into a time capsule to take a journey into a past that goes back by nearly 100 years. The film integrates the audience into the narrative and the characters thoughall this belong to
NACHOM-IA KUMPASAR
Nachom-ia Kumpasar. A tempestuous love story of a musician, Lawrence Vaz (Vijay Maurya), and his singer-muse, Dona Pereira (Palomi Ghosh), in 1960s and 70s Bombay. Anyone and everyone from Goa is familiar with Chris Perry and Lorna Cordeiro and the magical music they madetogether in
HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
Amar Maiban’s sensitive and perceptive documentary made in Manipuri, Highways Of Life, looks at the lives of truckers as they manoeuvre their vehicles through the perilous highways of Manipur. These men put their lives on the line as they ferry essential commodities through the zigzag perilous terrain to the people of the state. What resultsis a
AJEEB DAASTAANS
Ajeeb Daastaans, currently streaming on Netflix, is yet another addition to the current trend of anthology filmmaking we are seeing on OTT platforms. This collection of four short films traces the journeys of various characters as they navigate through crests and troughs of different dramatic terrains. The stories in the anthology are layeredwith an intense
SHYAMCHI AAI
Shyamchi Aai is a fictionalized account of the childhood years of Sane Guruji (1899-1950) narrated in a long flashback.A nationalist, influenced by Vinoba Bhave and especially Gandhiji, he was imprisoned repeatedly for his work among the peasantry and participation in the Quit India agitations.HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI
Because comedy is not easy to pull off, Happy Bhaag Jayegi deserves credit for effort. The times it made me laugh was all for the right reasons – terrific timing by actors and great dialogue by the writers. This happy union usually happened with Jimmy Shergil’s character – a bumbling, bombastic local goon/politician bent onGHATASHRADDHA
Ghatashraddha. Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), theP BHANUMATHI
P Bhanumathi. Paluvayi Bhanumathi, who was truly among the most multifaceted film personalities of South Indian Cinema. The ‘Grande Dame’ of Tamil and Telugu cinemas, at her peak she was an actress, writer, director, producer, studio owner, music director and singer! In her own words Bhanumathi recalled, “People in the film industrycall
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Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
ROCKSTAR - UPPERSTALL.COM Rockstar. Artists aren’t born. They’re made. The greatest of them, over centuries and worlds apart, have surrendered themselves to a world beyond mere mortals – a world visited by few, but spoken of in hushed tones by many. We call it debauched, they deem it necessary. We call it uncivilized and downright unacceptable (while duly BANDINI - UPPERSTALL.COM Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her full term, resisting the kind overtures of the prison doctor, Deven (Dharmendra), who wishes to marry her, fearing her past will catch up with her. Her past is told in flashback. In Bengal in the TWO TO TANGO: GEETA DUTT & SHYAMA Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of the most sparkling and liveliest performers on the Indian screen. It is little wonder then that Geeta Dutt’s effervescent singing suited her to a T. This combo has come up with some great songs inKULDIP KAUR
Kuldip Kaur. Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949) , Afsana (1951) , Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, camefrom
MY NAME IS KHAN
As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddled INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything.UPPERSTALL.COM
Upperstall is supported by its readers. If you want to help keep us going strong and putting out good, informed content on cinema, please consider a small donation by contacting us.GOD ON THE BALCONY
Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
ROCKSTAR - UPPERSTALL.COM Rockstar. Artists aren’t born. They’re made. The greatest of them, over centuries and worlds apart, have surrendered themselves to a world beyond mere mortals – a world visited by few, but spoken of in hushed tones by many. We call it debauched, they deem it necessary. We call it uncivilized and downright unacceptable (while duly BANDINI - UPPERSTALL.COM Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her full term, resisting the kind overtures of the prison doctor, Deven (Dharmendra), who wishes to marry her, fearing her past will catch up with her. Her past is told in flashback. In Bengal in the TWO TO TANGO: GEETA DUTT & SHYAMA Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of the most sparkling and liveliest performers on the Indian screen. It is little wonder then that Geeta Dutt’s effervescent singing suited her to a T. This combo has come up with some great songs inKULDIP KAUR
Kuldip Kaur. Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949) , Afsana (1951) , Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, camefrom
MY NAME IS KHAN
As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddled INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything. TAKE 5: VIEWING IN THE TIME OF CORONA A tender but unsentimental portrayal of a woman’s journey that examines issues of class, sexuality, humiliation, grief and determination played with subdued energy by Daniela Vega, a real-life transgender actress, and directed with a sure hand by Sebastian Lelio. This is what good cinema is about. G KUTTA SE - UPPERSTALL.COM Writer-director Rahul Dahiya’s gut-wrenching indie film, G Kutta Se, is a film on the abhorring practice of dishonorable killing of young boys and girls who ‘soil’ the family’s good name in the hinterlands of Haryana. Here patriarchy, misogyny, guns and local abuses dominate the social environment. The film is refreshingly multi-layered in the telling of HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY The journey of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s making of the first ever Indian fiction film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). Watching Harishchandrachi Factory is like stepping into a time capsule to take a journey into a past that goes back by nearly 100 years. The film integrates the audience into the narrative and the characters thoughall this belong to
NACHOM-IA KUMPASAR
Nachom-ia Kumpasar. A tempestuous love story of a musician, Lawrence Vaz (Vijay Maurya), and his singer-muse, Dona Pereira (Palomi Ghosh), in 1960s and 70s Bombay. Anyone and everyone from Goa is familiar with Chris Perry and Lorna Cordeiro and the magical music they madetogether in
HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
Amar Maiban’s sensitive and perceptive documentary made in Manipuri, Highways Of Life, looks at the lives of truckers as they manoeuvre their vehicles through the perilous highways of Manipur. These men put their lives on the line as they ferry essential commodities through the zigzag perilous terrain to the people of the state. What resultsis a
AJEEB DAASTAANS
Ajeeb Daastaans, currently streaming on Netflix, is yet another addition to the current trend of anthology filmmaking we are seeing on OTT platforms. This collection of four short films traces the journeys of various characters as they navigate through crests and troughs of different dramatic terrains. The stories in the anthology are layeredwith an intense
SHYAMCHI AAI
Shyamchi Aai is a fictionalized account of the childhood years of Sane Guruji (1899-1950) narrated in a long flashback.A nationalist, influenced by Vinoba Bhave and especially Gandhiji, he was imprisoned repeatedly for his work among the peasantry and participation in the Quit India agitations.HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI
Because comedy is not easy to pull off, Happy Bhaag Jayegi deserves credit for effort. The times it made me laugh was all for the right reasons – terrific timing by actors and great dialogue by the writers. This happy union usually happened with Jimmy Shergil’s character – a bumbling, bombastic local goon/politician bent onGHATASHRADDHA
Ghatashraddha. Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), theP BHANUMATHI
P Bhanumathi. Paluvayi Bhanumathi, who was truly among the most multifaceted film personalities of South Indian Cinema. The ‘Grande Dame’ of Tamil and Telugu cinemas, at her peak she was an actress, writer, director, producer, studio owner, music director and singer! In her own words Bhanumathi recalled, “People in the film industrycall
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Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
ROCKSTAR - UPPERSTALL.COM Rockstar. Artists aren’t born. They’re made. The greatest of them, over centuries and worlds apart, have surrendered themselves to a world beyond mere mortals – a world visited by few, but spoken of in hushed tones by many. We call it debauched, they deem it necessary. We call it uncivilized and downright unacceptable (while duly BANDINI - UPPERSTALL.COM Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her full term, resisting the kind overtures of the prison doctor, Deven (Dharmendra), who wishes to marry her, fearing her past will catch up with her. Her past is told in flashback. In Bengal in the TWO TO TANGO: GEETA DUTT & SHYAMA Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of the most sparkling and liveliest performers on the Indian screen. It is little wonder then that Geeta Dutt’s effervescent singing suited her to a T. This combo has come up with some great songs inKULDIP KAUR
Kuldip Kaur. Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949) , Afsana (1951) , Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, camefrom
MY NAME IS KHAN
As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddled INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything.UPPERSTALL.COM
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Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
ROCKSTAR - UPPERSTALL.COM Rockstar. Artists aren’t born. They’re made. The greatest of them, over centuries and worlds apart, have surrendered themselves to a world beyond mere mortals – a world visited by few, but spoken of in hushed tones by many. We call it debauched, they deem it necessary. We call it uncivilized and downright unacceptable (while duly BANDINI - UPPERSTALL.COM Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her full term, resisting the kind overtures of the prison doctor, Deven (Dharmendra), who wishes to marry her, fearing her past will catch up with her. Her past is told in flashback. In Bengal in the TWO TO TANGO: GEETA DUTT & SHYAMA Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of the most sparkling and liveliest performers on the Indian screen. It is little wonder then that Geeta Dutt’s effervescent singing suited her to a T. This combo has come up with some great songs inKULDIP KAUR
Kuldip Kaur. Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949) , Afsana (1951) , Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, camefrom
MY NAME IS KHAN
As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI Incomplete Films: Zooni. 4 years ago. by Karan Bali. Habba Khatoon’s life story is a tale crying out to be told within the National and International reach of the Hindi film world. Born in 1554 CE to a poor farmer, Zooni, as she was known, was a fine poetess in her own right. Married to a poor man who disapproved of her poetry and saddled INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE According to historian Raju Bharatan, Lata did mention to Screen in the early 1950s that Noor Jehan was indeed her initial inspiration. However, he adds that once she made it big, she denied she had ever said that. Today, thanks to YouTube, one can watch/listen to practically everything. TAKE 5: VIEWING IN THE TIME OF CORONA A tender but unsentimental portrayal of a woman’s journey that examines issues of class, sexuality, humiliation, grief and determination played with subdued energy by Daniela Vega, a real-life transgender actress, and directed with a sure hand by Sebastian Lelio. This is what good cinema is about. G KUTTA SE - UPPERSTALL.COM Writer-director Rahul Dahiya’s gut-wrenching indie film, G Kutta Se, is a film on the abhorring practice of dishonorable killing of young boys and girls who ‘soil’ the family’s good name in the hinterlands of Haryana. Here patriarchy, misogyny, guns and local abuses dominate the social environment. The film is refreshingly multi-layered in the telling of HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY The journey of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s making of the first ever Indian fiction film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). Watching Harishchandrachi Factory is like stepping into a time capsule to take a journey into a past that goes back by nearly 100 years. The film integrates the audience into the narrative and the characters thoughall this belong to
NACHOM-IA KUMPASAR
Nachom-ia Kumpasar. A tempestuous love story of a musician, Lawrence Vaz (Vijay Maurya), and his singer-muse, Dona Pereira (Palomi Ghosh), in 1960s and 70s Bombay. Anyone and everyone from Goa is familiar with Chris Perry and Lorna Cordeiro and the magical music they madetogether in
HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
Amar Maiban’s sensitive and perceptive documentary made in Manipuri, Highways Of Life, looks at the lives of truckers as they manoeuvre their vehicles through the perilous highways of Manipur. These men put their lives on the line as they ferry essential commodities through the zigzag perilous terrain to the people of the state. What resultsis a
AJEEB DAASTAANS
Ajeeb Daastaans, currently streaming on Netflix, is yet another addition to the current trend of anthology filmmaking we are seeing on OTT platforms. This collection of four short films traces the journeys of various characters as they navigate through crests and troughs of different dramatic terrains. The stories in the anthology are layeredwith an intense
SHYAMCHI AAI
Shyamchi Aai is a fictionalized account of the childhood years of Sane Guruji (1899-1950) narrated in a long flashback.A nationalist, influenced by Vinoba Bhave and especially Gandhiji, he was imprisoned repeatedly for his work among the peasantry and participation in the Quit India agitations.HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI
Because comedy is not easy to pull off, Happy Bhaag Jayegi deserves credit for effort. The times it made me laugh was all for the right reasons – terrific timing by actors and great dialogue by the writers. This happy union usually happened with Jimmy Shergil’s character – a bumbling, bombastic local goon/politician bent onGHATASHRADDHA
Ghatashraddha. Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), theP BHANUMATHI
P Bhanumathi. Paluvayi Bhanumathi, who was truly among the most multifaceted film personalities of South Indian Cinema. The ‘Grande Dame’ of Tamil and Telugu cinemas, at her peak she was an actress, writer, director, producer, studio owner, music director and singer! In her own words Bhanumathi recalled, “People in the film industrycall
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Upperstall is supported by its readers. If you want to help keep us going strong and putting out good, informed content on cinema, please consider a small donation by contacting us. ROCKSTAR - UPPERSTALL.COM Artists aren’t born. They’re made. The greatest of them, over centuries and worlds apart, have surrendered themselves to a world beyond mere mortals – a world visited by few, but spoken of in hushed tones by many. We call it debauched, they deem it necessary. We call it uncivilized and downright unacceptable (while duly fantasizingGOD ON THE BALCONY
Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
BANDINI - UPPERSTALL.COM Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her full term, resisting the kind overtures of the prison doctor, Deven (Dharmendra), who wishes to marry her, fearing her past will catch up with her. Her past is told in flashback. In Bengal in the TWO TO TANGO: GEETA DUTT & SHYAMA Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of the most sparkling and liveliest performers on the Indian screen. It is little wonder then that Geeta Dutt’s effervescent singing suited her to a T. This combo has come up with some great songs inKULDIP KAUR
Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949), Afsana (1951), Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, came from a rich Sikhfamily of
MY NAME IS KHAN
As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI The third and most famous attempt to immortalize Habba Khatoon on the silver screen came from Muzaffar Ali, who launched his film, Zooni, sometime in the late 1980s with Dimple Kapadia and Vinod Khanna starring as Khatoon and Chak respectively.It was a dream project for Ali, who wanted to shoot the film capturing all four seasons of Kashmir and also wanted to make two versions – one in INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE Being a fanatic follower of Indian cinema history, I have been involved in enough discussions with people interested in the same, especially the film music of yesteryear. Inevitably, at some point of time that hypothetical question always rears its – I wouldn’t call it ugly – head. Would Lata Mangeshkar have succeeded the way sheUPPERSTALL.COM
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Biswajeet’s Bora’s Assamese film, God On The Balcony, is inspired from the real-life story of poverty-stricken Dana Majhi from Odisha, who was forced to carry the body of his wife on his shoulders for nearly ten kilometers because the government did not care. The critically acclaimed film has already got Bora the Best Director Awardin the
BANDINI - UPPERSTALL.COM Kalyani (Nutan), an inmate of a women’s ward of a prison in pre-independent India, appears determined to serve out her full term, resisting the kind overtures of the prison doctor, Deven (Dharmendra), who wishes to marry her, fearing her past will catch up with her. Her past is told in flashback. In Bengal in the TWO TO TANGO: GEETA DUTT & SHYAMA Shyama was not only one of the busiest actresses of Hindi cinema of the 1950s but was also one of the most sparkling and liveliest performers on the Indian screen. It is little wonder then that Geeta Dutt’s effervescent singing suited her to a T. This combo has come up with some great songs inKULDIP KAUR
Way before Shashikala and Nadira, Kuldip Kaur made a name for herself playing the bad girl to perfection. She will always be remembered for her ‘vamping’ acts in Kaneez (1949), Afsana (1951), Baiju Bawra (1952) and perhaps her most famous film, Anarkali (1953). Born in 1927 (?), Kuldip, or ‘KK’ as she was known, came from a rich Sikhfamily of
MY NAME IS KHAN
As a film, My Name Is Khan (MNIK) is many things. A statement on Islam, its identity and its struggle – both internal and external – against stereotypes in post 9/11 US. A classic Bollywood romantic story starring modern Bollywod’s celluloid first couple. An out and out Shah Rukh Khan vehicle. A mainstream global commercial venturebetween Karan
INCOMPLETE FILMS: ZOONI The third and most famous attempt to immortalize Habba Khatoon on the silver screen came from Muzaffar Ali, who launched his film, Zooni, sometime in the late 1980s with Dimple Kapadia and Vinod Khanna starring as Khatoon and Chak respectively.It was a dream project for Ali, who wanted to shoot the film capturing all four seasons of Kashmir and also wanted to make two versions – one in INCOMPLETE FILMS: SAJAN KI GALIYAN If there is one director Sadhana worked with extensively, it was Raj Khosla. The two teamed up for four films – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Khosla’s unforgettable mystery trilogy with the actress – Woh Kaun Thi?(1964), Mera Saaya (1966) and Anita (1967). Few know that sometime in the 1960s, there was a fifth film the director-actress were working on, Sajan Ki Galiyan. WHEN LATA & NOOR JEHAN SANG THE SAME TUNE Being a fanatic follower of Indian cinema history, I have been involved in enough discussions with people interested in the same, especially the film music of yesteryear. Inevitably, at some point of time that hypothetical question always rears its – I wouldn’t call it ugly – head. Would Lata Mangeshkar have succeeded the way she TAKE 5: VIEWING IN THE TIME OF CORONA An Officer and a Spy (2019) Dealing with the miscarriage of justice involving a Jewish artillery officer of the French army who is accused of high treason, Roman Polanski’s latest film, An Officer and a Spy explores the rampant anti-Semitism of the late 19th century Europe and the deep-rooted prejudices of the military establishment and ordinarycitizens.
G KUTTA SE - UPPERSTALL.COM Writer-director Rahul Dahiya’s gut-wrenching indie film, G Kutta Se, is a film on the abhorring practice of dishonorable killing of young boys and girls who ‘soil’ the family’s good name in the hinterlands of Haryana. Here patriarchy, misogyny, guns and local abuses dominate the social environment. The film is refreshingly multi-layered in the telling of HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY The journey of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s making of the first ever Indian fiction film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). Watching Harishchandrachi Factory is like stepping into a time capsule to take a journey into a past that goes back by nearly 100 years. The film integrates the audience into the narrative and the characters thoughall this belong to
NACHOM-IA KUMPASAR
Sure, Bombay Velvet appears very different and from the looks of it, even the relationship between Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka looks but a part of the overall story unlike Nachom-ia Kumpasar, where it is the very heart and soul of the film.Considering how well I thought it has been treated in the Konkani film, I felt Anurag does have a tough act to follow in Bombay Velvet.HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
Amar Maiban’s sensitive and perceptive documentary made in Manipuri, Highways Of Life, looks at the lives of truckers as they manoeuvre their vehicles through the perilous highways of Manipur. These men put their lives on the line as they ferry essential commodities through the zigzag perilous terrain to the people of the state. What resultsis a
AJEEB DAASTAANS
Ajeeb Daastaans, currently streaming on Netflix, is yet another addition to the current trend of anthology filmmaking we are seeing on OTT platforms. This collection of four short films traces the journeys of various characters as they navigate through crests and troughs of different dramatic terrains. The stories in the anthology are layeredwith an intense
GHATASHRADDHA
Udupa (Ramaswamy Iyengar) runs a run down Vedic school, operating from his house in a village. Apart from his uncontrollable and unruly students, he lives with his young daughter, Yamuna (Meena Kuttappa), already a widow. Naani (Ajit Kumar), the innocent boy from a distant village, is a new student. A bond develops between a homesickSHYAMCHI AAI
Shyamchi Aai is a fictionalized account of the childhood years of Sane Guruji (1899-1950) narrated in a long flashback.A nationalist, influenced by Vinoba Bhave and especially Gandhiji, he was imprisoned repeatedly for his work among the peasantry and participation in the Quit India agitations.HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI
Because comedy is not easy to pull off, Happy Bhaag Jayegi deserves credit for effort. The times it made me laugh was all for the right reasons – terrific timing by actors and great dialogue by the writers. This happy union usually happened with Jimmy Shergil’s character – a bumbling, bombastic local goon/politician bent onP BHANUMATHI
Paluvayi Bhanumathi, who was truly among the most multifaceted film personalities of South Indian Cinema. The ‘Grande Dame’ of Tamil and Telugu cinemas, at her peak she was an actress, writer, director, producer, studio owner, music director and singer! In her own words Bhanumathi recalled, “People in the film industry call me high-spirited and a woman* About
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