One of the finest performers of Indian cinema is Sanjeev Kumar  had said goodbye to the stage of this world on 6th of November in 1985. Most of us new generation people know him as Thakur of film Sholay , though this actor has played really versatile and soulful characters in many other remarkable Bollywood movies. The veteran actor of 80s was fit into any role from drama to action and from comedy to romance and to suspense also which made him win the national award for best actor in 1971 and 1973.  Let list here five best films of Sanjeev Kumar (according to me) that every cinema lover must watch : * Mausam : This 1975 film is an absolute fine piece of drama by Gulzar. In this film, Sanjeev Kumar played a young man for a short time while the entire story shows him as an old man who is a doctor in regret. Although this film is believed to be made alive by Sharmila Tagore who played a double role performing both mother as well as daughter, I find the role of Sanjeev...

“Babul mora naihar chuto jaye..”, “Runak Jhunak Mori Baje payaliya..”, “Hamse najariya Kahe pheri ho balam..” and many more such are going to remain as the heritage of Indian classical music as the queen of thumari Appaji passed away.  To all music lovers, this is a moment of sob and sighs. However, those who have ever heard Appaji live in a performance or have ever heard her Raag and Taans with a devoted heart would certainly feel the echo of her voice in their ears just after they get this news.  Appaji was a music icon who not only broke the barriers of orthodox society that wanted to her voice caged inside the four walls of a house but also liberated thumari (a form of classical Indian music) from courts and kothas taking the same to internally applaud-able status.   Appaji was called by this name out of love and reverence by her disciples while her name on the hall of fame is written as Girija Devi. Girija is the name of the wife of Lord Shiva and the powe...

Last night one of my friends told me that he is going to visit a season fair at a nearby place. At this, I asked him to share the pictures and fun he would have there. After an hour he sent me the pictures of an almost empty street, writing there was nothing in the fair!! I still remember an early school days reading named as ‘a village fair’. The chapter was interesting as it used to take kids to an actual village fair scene where there were many types of swingees, a few hawkers of toys and many tasty tummy fillers at one place. So far as I remember the chapter, there was a young boy of our age that time (when we were reading that story in school) who was at a fair with his father. The excitement and enjoyment of that boy used to make us feel like our own fair visit with that reading. And any fair I visited after that reminded me of that reading too. A few school time essays also made us wordify a village fair in our words.  Well.. time has changed now. Not only such...

आज का लेख एक ऐसी कलाकार के नाम है जो महाभारत की जटिल कथा और इसके तमाम पात्रों को अपने चेहरे से बखूबी दर्शाती है. तीजनबाई जी  . मैंने बचपन में पहली बार जब तीजनबाई  जी  की प्रस्तुति सुनी तभी से वो मेरे मन में बस गई. तीजनबाई  जी  छत्तीसगढ़ की लोकगायन शैली पंडवानी की गायिका हैं. जो लोग पंडवानी के बारे में नहीं जानते है उन्हें मैं ये बताना चाहती हूँ कि ये सिर्फ  गायन की शैली नहीं है, ये गायन और नाट्य दोनों की मिलीजुली शैली है. तीजनबाई  जी  इस शैली को अपनाने वाली पहली महिला है. इससे पहले पुरुष ही इस तरह से अपनी बात रखते थे. तीजनबाई जी  बताती है कि पंडवानी का मतलब है 'पांडवो की वानी', जिसे छत्तीसगढ़ के गाओं में गाया और सुनाया जाता है. तीजनबाई  जी  पंडवानी में पूरी महाभारत को अपनी आवाज में गाती है और साथ ही साथ अपने एकतारे के साथ भाव विभोर नाट्य प्रस्तुति देती है. वे स्वयं नायक भी होती हैं, नायिका भी, गायिका भी, निर्देशिका भी और अभिनेता भी. वो संवादों की लेखिका (मौखिक) भी हैं और उनके अनुकूल बनी पात्र भी बन जाती है. ये कला ...