Amar Prem
Catching Up With A Classic: Amar Prem
From its opening montage of a young rustic girl watching her callous husband bring home another wife, to the dying moments when the woman, now in her twilight years, is taken away to the relative comfort of her foster-son’s home as the festivities of Durga Puja break out on the streets of Kolkata… Amar Prem is a glorious homage to that favourite Bollywood archetype: the golden-hearted prostitute. That Sharmila Tagore plays the woman whom men of all ages gravitate to in pursuit of some heavy-duty nurturing is a very happy situation for the screenplay. In the film a 7-year old boy | Click Here...
Valentine’s Week Special: The 10 Most Romantic Hindi Films Of All Times
Valentine’s Week Special: The 10 Most Romantic Hindi Films Of All Times 1. Amar Prem (1971): The underrated director Shakti Samanta created two timeless odes to love Aradhana and Amar Prem both featuring the charismatic couple Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. My Valentinian pick is Amar Prem. There is not even an embrace between the lead pair. He, a married man seeking comfort in his loneliness. She, a prostitute mothering him, nurturing his heart as though he were her child. Never seen love so sublime in any film.Never felt more happy to know love lives. | Click Here...
Meiyang Chang reveals a secret about Pancham Da on &TV’s Love Me India
The Indian music industry has seen several music directors who have changed the world of music year after year. Yet, there has been no composer as evergreen and harmonious as the late Rahul Dev Burman or fondly known by the industry as ‘Pancham Da’ Recalled as a maverick musician, who influenced a generation towards some of his priceless tunes, &TV’s Love Me India recently paid an honourable tribute to the pioneer by recreating some of his legendary pieces. With each contestant melodiously crooning the legend’s tunes, th | Click Here...