At The Edge

Dev Anand picks up the phone, dials a number expediently. 'Hello. Hello. Commissioner Sahib, app Jaldi say ...'. Or maybe its the Inspector Sahib he wants on the line, the purpose of the call is to inform the Inspector Sahib or the DIG that he has cracked the case, he has the killer but he needs the backup immediately, reach falana-falana place. Other voice on the phone promises to be there. A simple set-up, a simple scene from Dev Anand's Hum Naujawan (1985) but one small detail makes the scene baffling and Dev Anand great. If you hear the voice of Police in the scene carefully, you realize that's not the voice of some film extra but the voice Dev Anand himself. What is going on? Maybe on the dubbing day, for that particular scene he had no one, he was alone, so using his great acting skills and applying the art of voice modulation which all great actors master (maybe specially those who are Producer cum Director too), Dev Anand dubbed Police in his own voice. And no...

'Grow Man Grow!(Ladies too)' and 'Pulverizing Hand Power'-  From 1975. Bullworker Ad from 1970 published in Indian Express I actually have a Bullworker lying somewhere in store back at home.

Tonight my family will be performing an ancient Kashmiri ritual. We are going to offer food to the strange beings that dwell in the high mountains and come down on this day to check if the truce that was offered by them long ago is still being honored or not. Kashmiri Pandits call the night called  Khech Mavas  or the  Khichdi Amavas . On this day lentils cooked with rice are kept outside the door for the  Yech  to feast on.  Yech  is the operational word for  Yakhshas ,  Nagas  and  Pishachas  - the mythical ancient demi-god residents of Kashmir. Khech Mavas is a yearly reenactment of the peace treaty that was arrived at by the demi-god and the humans. Humans would offer Yech food on this day so that Yech would not bother them in the tough winters.  (more of that at my Kashmir Blog ) The day always reminds me of Yetis. So what better day to catch the master piece by Ramsay Brothers - Ajooba Kudrat Ka (1...

Zarina Wahab in 1975 with the bun. And to think that people believe Princess Leia was the first one to get Cinnamon Bun hair . Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope released two years later in 1977. Later, Rakhee in 1978 movie Muqaddar Ka Sikander

Found these posters of two Russian films in an old film magazine. Hot Snow   also known as 'The Sannikov Land'

One of the finest from the 40s-50s. -0- Trivia: According to this quiz book ,was for some time secretly married to a comedian named Radhakishan. -0- Update: Nalini Jaywant reaches the water level of morality in "Naaz", a social story of S.K. Films. - FilmIndia magazine September 1951. The film was released in 1954 Earlier for year 1950 film 'Sangram' she put on a swimsuit for the song ' Ulfat ke jadoo ka dil mein asar hai ' with Ashok Kumar. ( Video link ).

It still takes around 20 queries and 40 clickthroughs for Youtube to come up with this. It is bad. video link