Bollywood- Part 2 (Modern Hindi Cinema/Modern Bollywood)

This song is from the movie Aradhana (1969). The actor is Rajesh Khanna, who is known to be India's first superstar, and Sharmila Tagore. It is an evergreen song. The composers of this song are S.D. Burman and his son R.D. Burman and the singer is Kishore Kumar (also known as Kishore Da).

Hello everyone! Here is the second part of the post Bollywood- part-1 (Golden Age of Hindi Cinema). I have decided to have two parts of this post, so this post will be about modern cinema from 1960s to early 1980s. I will come tomorrow with the second part that will be about modern Hindi cinema from late 1980s till date.

Story time! In the late 1960s and early 1970s, India discovered its first superstar in this period, Rajesh Khanna. Rajesh Khanna enjoyed a huge fan following. His girl fans used to write letters to him with their own blood. His cars used to be full of lipstick marks that belonged to his female fans. It is also said that a lot his fans married his photograph.

Other popular actors from that period are Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra and Sashi Kapoor. Popular actresses from that time are Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz and Asha Parekh.

This picture is taken from the song Roop Tera Mastana from the movie Aradhana, starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. This song made history in Hindi cinema as the first single-take song.
Rajesh Khanna films were known for its chartbuster songs and the actor used to personally sit in the Music studio and select tunes. The song is sung by Kishore Kumar and the Composer of this song is S.D. Burman. Kishore Kumar and R.D. Burman (S.D. Burman's song) were his best friends.

Fun fact! As a struggling actor, Rajesh Khanna had his own MG sports car, and even rich producers at that time couldn't afford that! His debut movie, Akhri Khat, was India's official Oscar entry in 1967.

The most popular pair of that time is Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz with hundred percent success rate.

This song is starring Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz and is from the movie Aap Ki Kasam. It is a fun song with their crazy dance. It is sung by the Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. It was composed by R.D. Burman.

In the mid-1970s, a lot of violent films about gangsters, gamblers and thugs were produced. Amitabh Bachchan, the star known as the "Angry Young Man", rose to stardom. Actors like Mithun Chakraborty, who was known as the "Disco Dancer", Anil Kapoor and Sunny Deol (son of Dharmendra) were very popular at that time. Famous actresses from this time were Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan and Rekha.

The 1970s was the rise of commercial movies with a movie named Sholay(1975) starring Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan. It is about a retired police chief, Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar), who in order to take Down the bandit in his village, Gabbar (Amjad Khan), enlists two criminals, Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra) who are partners in crime and also BFFs. It was the first Indian Movie with the longest theatrical run until Dilwaley Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).



Here are some funny scenes from the movie, Sholay.

Deewar(1975) was another movie starring Amitabh Bachchan which became a big hit. It was directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim-Javed (they also wrote the story of Sholay). It was about two brothers; one police officer and one a gang-leader. It was based on a true story.
The dialogues of the movie is still remebered by the nation.

                                                    Part 3 will be posted tomorrow!