Author: Gurwinder Lotey
Do you know megastar Amitabh Bachchan had done a Punjabi Film at peak of his filmcareer? The film was Walayati Babu which was produced by Punjabi Comic Legend MeharMittal and it had Mittal in the titular role of Walayati Babu opposite actress Rita Haksar(daughter of yesteryear actress Manorama) while Amitabh Bachchan was in a cameo only. The filmalso had the presence of superstar actress Reena Roy in it. It has been observed with keeninterest of cine lovers that both Amitabh Bachchan and Reena Roy were never pairedromantically in any Hindi Film, despite working together in films like Naseeb &Andha Kanoon.…
Jab We Met is a cult classic of the modern times. While the iconic character Geet played by Kareena Kapoor is widely discussed on social media, Aditiya Dharamraj Kashyap (Shahid Kapoor) and Anshuman (Tarun Arora) are talked about in the same breath as two of the men Geet fell in love with. But they were not the only two men in her life, Manjeet Singh Maan-her childhood friend was one of the suitors her family had selected her for. In the film, the dramatic character of Geet happily opted for engagement with Manjeet Singh, but in the back of her…
Back in the days, Chadi Jawani Budhe Nu was a famous Punjabi Theatre play and Delhi based Sapru House was known forPunjabi plays.FC Mehra,a famous Hindi Film Producer, had his own chain of cinemas in Bombay & Delhi. He would often visit Delhi and during one such visit he got to watch the play “Chadi Jawani Budhe Nu”. He was a big shot in the Hindi Film fraternity but even then chose to make a Punjabi film based on this play and that too with the same title.Chadhi Jawani Budhe Nu StarcastChadhi Jawani Budhe Nu had BK Sood, Kimti Anand, Dheshi…