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JAWAAN (2023) : review

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And finally the much hyped, much awaited Jawaan saw light of the day ! Big stars, big budget( humongous budget actually), big music composer, everything super large. But does it meet the expectations of the average viewer? No it goes not. Read on.  A decorated jawan locks horns with a criminal called Kaali, this is in 1986 ( the year movies like Aakhri Raasta released, just for reference). Kaali gets him eliminated and send the pregnant wife to jail. The baby born in jail grows up to become the hero (look alike of the father) and decides to avenge the misdeeds done to his innocent patriotic parents. Well, isn’t it a masaaledaar full on Bollywood- Tollywood drama subject ?  And then the director Atlee also borrows ideas and references from various retro movies, some idea from Sholay (1975) as the hero assembled a gang of jailed Qaidis in order to form a team to nab the villain, then there’s an entire episode borrowed from Dhartiputra (1993), and the basic theme is copy pasted ...
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FLASHBACK# An Affair To Remember ?

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Asha Bhosle and Dada Kondke? Seriously ? I’ll be dubbed insane to link these two veterans. But it’s one little known, never discussed, lost in clandestine Bollywood history romance (?) which was described in detail by the late actor in his controversial autobiography “Ekata Jeev” which was posthumously published.  In the biography there is a special chapter titled “Asha Nirasha” wherein Kondke has gone at length discussing about his tumultuous affair with the greatest songstress of all times. Kondke still a rising upcoming film actor at that time (1972) with only one hit to his credit was taken under her wings by the number two playback singer of Bollywood Asha Bhosle. Bhosle was at that time nursing a broken heart freshly wounded after a fourteen year long relationship with music maestro OP Nayyar had bitterly ended.  It is alleged Bhosle was depressed and found the right anchor in Kondke who in her eyes was the perfect jester to bring joy and happiness in her phase of rebou...
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MANGESHKAR MONOPOLY- Myth or reality ?

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It’s been debated for almost four decades now and there’s no final conclusion to the age old Mangeshkar monopoly in Bollywood. So did the talented songstress Lata Mangeshkar have a strong monopoly or is it just a myth to malign her squeaky clean image of the lady in white ?  Humble beginnings  Lata started singing actively in 1942-43 but achieved success only in 1949-50 with Barsaat and Mahal songs. So the period from 1942 till 1947 when she sang her first full fledged song was entirely a struggle phase. She didn’t have it easy, mid 40s to late 40s there were powerful singers like Noorjehan, Suraiyaa, Rajkumari, Amirbai Karnataki, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Shamshad Begum and others who ruled the playback field. Yet Lata scrapped all competition and made her way to the top by 1950-51 itself. How?  What worked in Lata’s favour?  She was criticised for a thin and shrill voice, the traits she used in her favour. Her voice as sweet as honey and immense command over the Sur ma...
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