In celebration of Lord Shiva’s Maha Shivratri, one of the most prominent festivals of the Hindu calendar, we bring you some of our favourite Lord Shiva related Bollywood songs.
As we explore a few of the different shades that Bollywood has celebrated Lord Shiva through, we take you on a very quick journey beginning in 1950, with the song “Bhole nath se nirala” to end with Koyla’s (1997) mischievous “Bhang Ke Nashe Mein”.
Known by at least 1008 different names, including “Kailas” (One who bestows Peace), “Shambu” (Source of everything) and “Hari” (Sustainer and Destroyer), Lord Shiva is said to have married Parvarti on Maha Shivratri. Other readings of Hinduism state that Maha Shivratri is the night on which Shiva performed “Tandava” – the dance that led to the creation, conservation and destruction of the Universe.
Maha Shivratri is also known as Lord Shiva’s favourite day.
However you may be celebrating...
As we explore a few of the different shades that Bollywood has celebrated Lord Shiva through, we take you on a very quick journey beginning in 1950, with the song “Bhole nath se nirala” to end with Koyla’s (1997) mischievous “Bhang Ke Nashe Mein”.
Known by at least 1008 different names, including “Kailas” (One who bestows Peace), “Shambu” (Source of everything) and “Hari” (Sustainer and Destroyer), Lord Shiva is said to have married Parvarti on Maha Shivratri. Other readings of Hinduism state that Maha Shivratri is the night on which Shiva performed “Tandava” – the dance that led to the creation, conservation and destruction of the Universe.
Maha Shivratri is also known as Lord Shiva’s favourite day.
However you may be celebrating...
- 2/27/2014
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
Kamal Swaroop’s illustrated book on Dadasaheb Phalke is a labour of love. It started as a short biography but gradually acquired a life of its own. Swaroop’s quest to find out everything about Phalke’s life drove him crazy and he often found himself wandering around with a pair of scissors and glue to cut and paste material on Phalke in his scrapbook. The identification with his idol became so intense that at one point he started thinking of himself as Phalke. In a conversation with Bikas Mishra, Swaroop talks about his eccentric way of writing scripts, Phalke, Om Dar Badar and the lost hope of cinema in digital era.
How did the journey begin?
I was thinking about something to do with Phalke. After reading up about him I discovered that his father was an astronomer, a ritual storyteller and a Sanskrit scholar. Phalke studied at the J.
How did the journey begin?
I was thinking about something to do with Phalke. After reading up about him I discovered that his father was an astronomer, a ritual storyteller and a Sanskrit scholar. Phalke studied at the J.
- 5/3/2013
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
Kamal Swaroop’s introduction to “Tracing Phalke”, an illustrated book on the father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke
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It was the late 1980’s. I had made a jail break of a feature film. Quite like jabbing away at hard earth with a metal spoon, feeling for dents, I had jabbed away at conversations and language, played with its sounds, pushed at the rocks of a known landscape with bare fingers and nails.
We had attached ourselves to the eye of the camera and burned our minds making bricolage on the edit table, till first sporadic laughter leaked out and then the remembered city exploded under what seemed to have become my joyous landmine: I stood alone where the firecrackers subsided.
As the price of this heresy, I became Om, without the protection of his adolescence.
I needed a large rest.
A psychoanalyst friend suggested education,...
To win 5 Free copies of “Tracing Phalke” click here
It was the late 1980’s. I had made a jail break of a feature film. Quite like jabbing away at hard earth with a metal spoon, feeling for dents, I had jabbed away at conversations and language, played with its sounds, pushed at the rocks of a known landscape with bare fingers and nails.
We had attached ourselves to the eye of the camera and burned our minds making bricolage on the edit table, till first sporadic laughter leaked out and then the remembered city exploded under what seemed to have become my joyous landmine: I stood alone where the firecrackers subsided.
As the price of this heresy, I became Om, without the protection of his adolescence.
I needed a large rest.
A psychoanalyst friend suggested education,...
- 5/1/2013
- by Kamal Swaroop
- DearCinema.com
It’s been another whirlwind of a week – and no, we are not talking about the Monsoon Weather that’s hit the UK shores, at times we felt we were running around filming a Bollywood Rain Song – Tip Tip Barsa Pani! Can’t you just see us?
We recorded our show for Qatar Airways and focused on Bollywood Hunks – an ode to all the high octane Mumbai Muscle that is ruling the roost – including Salman Khan, John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan – they all made the grade but one thing we do want to ask all our Bollyspice Readers is do you think Ranbir Kapoor makes the grade and what about the Badshah of Bollywood – Shah Rukh Khan? – Remember his six-pack for ‘Dard E Disco’ for Om Shanti Om. Do let us know by commenting here or sending us a tweet!
Caught up with the magical Anil Kapoor...
We recorded our show for Qatar Airways and focused on Bollywood Hunks – an ode to all the high octane Mumbai Muscle that is ruling the roost – including Salman Khan, John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan – they all made the grade but one thing we do want to ask all our Bollyspice Readers is do you think Ranbir Kapoor makes the grade and what about the Badshah of Bollywood – Shah Rukh Khan? – Remember his six-pack for ‘Dard E Disco’ for Om Shanti Om. Do let us know by commenting here or sending us a tweet!
Caught up with the magical Anil Kapoor...
- 5/2/2012
- by RajPablo
- Bollyspice
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