Madhuri Dixit is one of those few actresses who is aging so gracefully that with every passing year, she only ends up looking even more beautiful. She has given us some iconic songs like, Ek Do Teen, Tamma Tamma Loge, Kay Sera Sera that are definitely going to stay with us forever.she is blessed by the Gods of dance and in the industry that heavily relies on its culture of song and dance, she became a goddess.
Madhuri Dixit gave Bollywood some of its biggest hits in the 90s. From Choli Ke Piche Kya Hai To Dhak Dhak to Dola Re Dola, Bollywood's dancing diva had many hits to her name. Today, we take a look at some of her dance hit songs in a career spanning over three decades.
In this blog, I have selected 15 dance songs by Madhuri Dixit.
Muslim Social is one of the genres of Bollywood. Many films were made in this genre and many of them were great hits too. The 1950s to ’70s were the decades when the popularity of the Muslim social opened a window to a world both exotic and familiar at the same time.
Pukar released in 1939 was made by Sohrab Modi was based on Mughal emperor Jahangir, the Muslim social drama genre reached its peak with Mehboob Khan’s Najma (1943) starring Ashok Kumar and Sitara. After the success of this film, many films on Mughals were made including Humayun (1945) by Mehboob Khan, Shahjehan (1946) by A R Kardar.
in the 50s the Social drama of Nawabs and other top-class people of the society was made. In 1960 Guru Dutt produced and acted in Chaudhvin Ka Chandwhich became a hit opening the window for more such films. Here is the list of few such films.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)- One of the top-grossing films of 1960, produced by Guru Dutt, directed by Mohammed Sadiq, starring Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman and Rehman.The setting is the city of Lucknow in UP,Aslam (Guru Dutt) and Nawab (Rehman) are the two friends caught in a love triangle with Jameela (Waheeda Rehman).
Song of Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)
Mere Mehboob is a 1963 Indian film directed by H. S Rawail and starring Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana, Nimmi. The film became a blockbuster and took the number one position at the box office in 1963. It drew a background from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and traditional Lucknow. The famous song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere" was shot in the University Hall and in a couple of places, one gets to see the University.
Song of Mere Mehboob 1963
Benazir (1964)- The film is a Bimal Roy production.Starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Shashi Kapoor and Tanuja. Directed by S.Khalil and music by Sachin Dev Burman. Benazir, a Muslim family drama, revolves around the film's key characters, Nawab, Anwar, Sahida and Benazir, among others. Nawab and Anwar are brothers who live in an upper-class neighborhood. Nawab is married and has a child. A bachelor, Anwar on seeing Sahida falls in love with her and proposes marriage to her. Although married, Nawab has an affair with Benazir, and keeps her as his mistress.
Song of Benazir (1964)
Bahu Begum is a 1967Hindi film directed by M. Sadiq, and starring Pradeep Kumar, Meena Kumari and Ashok Kumar. The film has music by Roshan and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. This film is known for songs, "Hum Intezaar Karenge Tera Qayamat Tak", sung by Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle and "Duniya Kare Sawaal" by Lata Mangeshkar.The film is a Moslem period drama set in the erstwhile Era of Lucknow woven around a mythical story of Bahut Begum's manor.
Song of Bahu Begum 1967
Mere Huzoor is a 1968 film starringRaaj Kumar, Mala Sinha, and Jeetendra, Akhtar Hussain (Jeetendra) saves the life of Nawab Salim (Raj Kumar) and earns his gratitude. Salim invites Akhtar to come to his palatial home, On the way on a train journey, he meets beautiful Sultanat (Mala Sinha) and falls in love with her. On arrival at Salim's house, Akhtar is treated with the utmost respect, provided employment, and a place to live. Akhtar meets with Saltanat and both plan to get married. Unknown to them, Salim also loves Saltanat, but Saltanat rejects his advances, and proposal, leaving him heartbroken. Soon Saltanat and Akhtar get married and settle down.
Song of Mere Huzoor 1968
Mehboob Ki Mehndi is a 1971romanticmusical film produced and directed by H. S. Rawail. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Leena Chandavarkar. Shabana, the heroine is able to save herself, and her family, only by educating herself and doing the job of a tutor.
Song of Mehboob Ki Mehndi 1971
Pakeezah is a 1972 film, written, produced and directed by Kamal Amrohi starring Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar and Ashok Kumar .Meena Kumari's performance as a gold-hearted Lucknow nautch-girl drew major praise. However, this was to be Meena Kumari's last great performance. Set in the Muslim Quarter of Lucknow at the turn of the 20th century, the movie centers on the mental plight of a tawaif and her longing to be loved, accepted and respected by society.
Recall the song “Hey, Maine Kasam Li” where the hero Dev Anand on a Bicycle and the heroine Mumtaz sitting on the crossbarriding across green fields singing the song with very little action and lots of cuddling. What a picturization.
Tere Mere Sapne is one of my favorite movies. It has substance. Commercially, it did not do very well at the box office but I believe it is one of the most sensitive Bollywood movies by Goldie Vijay Anand. He also acted in this film, he plays a doctor and gave a memorable performance.
The film is based on the novel “The Citadel” by A.J.Cronin, published in 1937 in UK. based on his own experiences as a doctor. Dedicated to the medical community, the film starts off with a young, idealistic MBBS doctor Anand Kumar (Dev Anand) moving to a village near a coal mine. He attains his degree in medicine and re-locates to a small village to assist the local doctors there. Upon arrival, he is met by the ailing Dr. Prasad and his wife, and hired on a salary of Rs.250/- per month. He meets with the other doctors namely Dr. Kothari (Vijay Anand), an alcoholic, and Dr. Bhutani, a dentist. Anand finds that he is saddled with all of Kothari's work as well his own due to the reason that Kothari is drunk every night. He nevertheless carries on, aided by the local school-teacher, Nisha Patel(Mumtaz), who he eventually marries. Then one day a proud father, Phoolchand, gives a baksheesh to Anand for the safe delivery of his first-born. This does not auger well with Mrs. Prasad and she fires Anand. Anand and Nisha re-locate to Bombay, and after sometime Anand establishes himself as a leading doctor, is honored for his thesis, and gets to be the personal doctor of a leading Bollywood actress Maltimala. When Dr. Kothari and Dr. Bhutani go to visit them, they find while Nisha is still the same good-natured woman, who is expecting a child, Dr. Anand is a changed individual, who has no time for friends, personal life, or even his wife, and is not even aware that she is pregnant. The two return home disappointed, followed by Nisha, who has decided to separate from Anand.
There are many beautiful songs and several great dances featuring Hema Malini. Vijay Anand’s direction keeps things moving along at a good pace. There are so many wonderful characters in this film too. Mumtaz gave a stunning performance. Music by S D Burman and lyrics by Neeraj is superb.
Today is Florence Nightingale's birthday. Every year on May 12th we celebrate her legacy with Nurse Day, The medical profession is by far among the noblest ones, so Bollywood made several fictional as well as non-fictional movies based on the medical profession. In this blog, I have selected 15 such films starting from Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani(1946) to Kabir Singh (2019)
As per my research, the first film on this profession was in the silent era The film was Imperial Film Company's Nurse. also called "Daya ki Devi,” (1927), directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani. Sulochna (Ruby Myers) played the role of a nurse.
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi Writer-director Kishore Sahu’s 1960 superhit Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai,is a doctor-nurse romance Kauna (Meena Kumari) joins Malhotra Hospital that opens on a waterfront as a nurse, where Sushil (Raj Kumar) is the resident surgeon. Cupid strikes at the very first meeting in the operation theatre. After a song on the beach with other nurses, Karuna runs into an injured young girl and reaches her home, realizing she is the surgeon’s sister. On learning her story, the mother invites her to visit the household. Her proximity at home and at the hospital adds fuel to fire, On the other front, her dedication to her duty and care towards patients in the ward, especially Girdhari (Om Prakash), and another wayward patient, Nathu, makes her win everyone’s heart. Meena Kumari was nominated for the Best Heroine Award for this role.
Anuradha (1960), It is a Hrishikesh Mukharjee's film based on a short story written by Sachin Bhowmick. It’s a love triangle between a young woman, who marries an idealistic doctor but later develops feelings for a rich friend. Dr Nirmal Chowdhary (Balraj Sahni), who loses his mother to illness decides to dedicate his life to serving the poor and moves to remote Nandgaon. A rich heiress, Anuradha (Leela Naidu), is smitten by him and wants to marry him, despite him warning her of the hardships she’d face in a remote village.
Prem Patra is a 1962 film directed by Bimal Roy. It stars Shashi Kapoor and Sadhana . Shashi Kapoor plays an MBBS student who had misunderstanding over a love letter with Kavita Kapoor (Sadhana), His marriage got fixed with another girl called Saroj. In an accident Shashi Kapoor loses his vision , Saroj is unable to go to take care of him, and Kavita takes her place. Unwilling to reveal her identity, Kavita let's him think it is Saroj, not her. She learns that he still hates and despises her. Soon it will be time to take bandages off his eyes, and he will be able to see again, much to the dread of Kavita.
Aarti is a 1962IndianBollywood film directed by Phani Majumdar and produced by Tarachand Barjatya. The film stars Meena Kumari in the title role of Aarti, with Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar who playsDeepak saves Aarti Gupta (Meena Kumari), a hardworking and dedicated doctor, from drowning, and the two eventually fall in love with each other, although her parent have already engaged her to marry Dr. Prakash (Ashok Kumar). Although Aarti's father firmly disapproves of this relationship, Deepak and Aarti marry. Once Deepak having a serious accident, when Prakash is the only surgeon who can operate on him. He agrees to operate on him only if Aarti promises to come back to him and forget her husband.
Dil Ek Mandir is a 1963 film directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar and Mehmood.Sita (Meena Kumari) is married to Ram (Raaj Kumar), who is diagnosed to have cancer. Ram is admitted to a hospital where he is to be treated by Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar). Dr. Dharmesh is Sita's former love and both of them are very much uncomfortable interacting in front of Sita's husband. Sita suspects that Dr. Dharmesh will not be able to give her husband fair treatment because of his love interest in her. When she mentions this to him he promises her that he will try his best to save her husband. Ram overhears this conversation and later suggests to Sita that she should marry Dr. Dharmesh after his death.
Khamoshiis a 1970 film starring Rajesh Khanna and Waheeda Rehman.The film is considered to be Waheeda Rehman's finest acting feat, as she carries the entire film through her powerful-yet-understated acting; her performance earned her a Best Actress nomination She played a nurse in this film.
Anand is a 1971 film co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with dialogues written by Gulzar. It stars Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, with a supporting cast including Amitabh Bachchan who plays a doctor, and Rajesh Khanna his patient.
The film won several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 1972. Rajesh Khanna got Best Actor Award and Amitabh Bachchan received Best Supporting Actor award
Tere Mere Sapne is a 1971 film produced by Dev Anand, and written and directed by his brother Vijay Anand for Navketan Films. Dev Anand and Vijay Anand both played the role of a doctor. Dr. Anand Kumar attains his degree in medicine and re-locates to a small village to assist the local doctors there. Upon arrival, he is met by the ailing Dr. Prasad and his wife, and hired on a salary of Rs.250/- per month. He meets with the other doctors namely Dr. Kothari, an alcoholic, and Dr. Bhutani, a dentist.
Dard Ka Rishta is a 1982Bollywood film produced and directed by Sunil Dutt, who also starsSmita Patil, Reena Roy and Ashok Kumar play pivotal roles.Ravi Kant (Sunil Dutt) is a doctor who lives in New York with his wife Anuradha (Smita Patil), also a doctor. Anuradha is doing research into leukemia. Ravi is nostalgic about India and decides to return there when he receives an offer for a position as the head of surgery from Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombay. Anuradha wants to continue her research and does not want to go to India. Ravi returns to India after a divorce with Anuradha.
Bemisal is a 1982drama film produced by Debesh Gosh and directed by Hrishikesh MukherjeeThe film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Mehra, Raakhee, Amitabh (Sudhir) and Vinod Mehra(Prashant) both played a doctor in this film and are brothers. Vinod Mehra ( Prashant)leaves for America for higher studies, while Sudhir stays in Bombay to take care of the magistrate and Kavita. After coming back, Prashant starts a medical practice and charges more money from patients, especially to do illegal abortions. Sudhir tries to reason with him, but he wouldn't listen. One day, Prashant's patient dies during an abortion and he gets arrested. Sudhir tells police that he was the actual culprit and changes all hospital records to prove that. In return, he takes the word of Prashant and Kavita to use the medical profession to serve people, not to earn money. They give him their word and do exactly the same. Sudhir gets a nine-year sentence and loses his medical registration.
Armaan is a 2003 film that was co-written and directed by Honey Irani. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta, and Gracy Singh. Siddharth(Amitabh) and his son, Akash,(Anil Kapoor) work as doctors in the same hospital founded by the former. Siddharth wishes to run a state of the art hospital but his work and profession means he dedicates his time to his patients. Soon, a new doctor, named Neha, join the hospital and subsequently falls for Akash. However, the arrival of Sonia later changes the two's relationship. Sonia is a jealous, spoilt woman who is used to having things her own way and it is not long before she wants Akash for herself. She decides that since Akash is the man for her, she can latch on to him by literally getting his love through financial agreement. The agreement states that on marrying Sonia, her father Gulshan will help finance the hospital project.
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is a 2003 film directed by Rajkumar Hirani in his directorial debut and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra., The film stars Sanjay Dutt as the titular character and Gracy Singh in the primary lead roles. Murli Prasad Sharma (Sanjay Dutt), a goon nicknamed Munna Bhai, who stays with his friend and sidekick Sarkeshwar a.k.a. Circuit (Warsi), and pretends to be a doctor upon the arrival of his parents whose wish of seeing their son as a doctor is shattered after one of the father, Hari Prasad Sharma's (Sunil Dutt) old family friends, Jagdish Chandra Asthana (Irani), busts the truth regarding Munna's profession and practice, causing them to leave in shame and disgust. Vowing revenge against Asthana and his daughter "Chinki" who was his childhood friend, Munna unwittingly secures admission in a medical college whose dean, surprisingly, turns out to be Asthana himself. However, he ends up falling in love with a house doctor, Suman (Singh), unaware that she is "Chinki" herself, and brings about a climate of empathy amongst students and patients, which Asthana perceives as chaotic, thus creating a lot of hilarious situations and frictions between them.
Udta Punjab is a 2016 film starring Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor and Diljit Dosanjh. The film is not outright a medical-based film but loosely based on and revolves around the drug abuse by the youth population in the Indian state of Punjab Kareena Kapoor plays Preet Sahni (Kareena Kapoor), a doctor and activist who runs a rehabilitation center. Sartaj Singh (Diljit Dosanjh) is a junior policeman who knows about the drug smuggling his seniors are allowing. But when it affects his family, as his brother, Balli, overdoses and is brought to Preet's clinic, he realizes the grave situation. Preet and Sartaj decide to find the root cause of the problem together. Balli is admitted into her drug rehabilitation centre against his will.
Kabir Singh is a 2019 . it stars Shahid Kapoor in the titular role as a surgeon who spirals into self-destruction when his girlfriend, Preeti, played by Kiara Advani, marries someone else.
Kabir Rajdheer Singh is a house surgeon at the Delhi Institute of Medical Sciences. Despite being a brilliant student and surgeon, he has severe anger management problems that earn the wrath of the college dean.. Kabir graduates with an MBBS degree and leaves for Mussoorie to pursue a postgraduate degree in orthopaedic surgery. Kabir and Preeti's relationship strengthens over the next few years, despite the long distance. After Preeti graduates, Kabir visits her home to meet her conservative Sikh parents, but her father Harpal catches them kissing and throws Kabir out.
