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sentil
Language of Bollywood
by sentil on Aug 10, 2008 02:30 PM  | Hide replies

If any one understands the language of bollywood,dat means he can understand 50% of arabic,persian,turkish,hindi & punjabi as the most of words derived from these languages.

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Nawab Sahab
RE:Language of Bollywood
by Nawab Sahab on Aug 10, 2008 05:01 PM
The correct language that encompasses all these words has a name: Urdu.

Undoubtedly one of the classical gem of a language produced in Hindustan.

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b y
Bollywood is a misnomer
by b y on Aug 10, 2008 02:21 PM

Bollywood = Bombay wood
As the name has changed we advocate a new wood as Mumbai wood = Mullywood.

Here we go, a real Bollywood sorry Mullywood story at
yahoo/32/20080810/1053/tnl-man-assaulted-wife-gangraped-on-high_1

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Risi I
Cheal Journalism
by Risi I on Aug 10, 2008 01:08 PM

Real Cheap nationalist Indian Journalism who really feel Bollywood has any standing in the world. A silly Hong Kong movie has far more appeal even with their funny english accent. KUDOs to indians for making Raj Kapoor or SRK real world famous in INDIA. HA HA HA

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Ashok Gobindram Lulla
AWARA: THE WORLD'S SINGLE MOST WATCHED FILM
by Ashok Gobindram Lulla on Aug 10, 2008 01:06 PM  | Hide replies

I have been waiting and waiting for a chance to

write this. Quite some time back I read an article by a lady, who I think was a Turkish diplomat. This was in the Indian Express.

This lady, writing with felicity and empathy,

narrated how she, in her travels, had got around

to thinking which was the most watched single film on earth. And the answer, based on her

own experiences and travel, was Raj Kapoor's AWARA. She had seen it when she was a teenager in Turkey, and was totally captivated by it.

"The film was so melodramatic that the melodrama

was its own validation", is one phrase from her

article that sticks in memory.



She kept encountering it, or heard references to it, in her travels around the world. From Turkey to the Soviet Union, East Europe (it was controlled by the Soviet Union, then), parts of Europe, Latin America, and of course, the whole of Asia (this I think covers India-Pakistan (including Bangladesh)Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Far East) and Africa.



Awara, of course, was a marvellous film, with many epiphanic moments. I happened to see the

film in Dubai in the 70s. The theatre was packed

with Indians and (I think the majority were) Pakistanis. The Pakistanis, like the Indian janta-class, were avid Hindi film-lovers. Besides the movie, which was thoroughly enjoyable, I enjoyed observing the uninhibited

laughter and involvement of the Pakistanis in the songs and situations in AWARA. Would love to

see again.



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Kaushal Punj Punj
Re: AWARA: THE WORLD'S SINGLE MOST WATCHED FILM
by Kaushal Punj Punj on Mar 17, 2013 07:06 PM
I saw Awara In Tukey in ANKARA in 1956 when for the first time an Indian Movie was screened in Ankara. It was taken for three days butsoon on its release it was the biggest hit in Turkey. The streets got crowed on seening the Indians. It was here that both India and Pakistan took advatage of its release. After a few weeks the move permitted all indians and pakistanis and all ladies in sarries free. Saris wrapping classes were conducted for the turkish ladies.

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Officer
Good Article
by Officer on Aug 10, 2008 11:23 AM  | Hide replies

Thums Up to Rediff

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prasanna kumar
Why is this news on front page
by prasanna kumar on Aug 10, 2008 09:53 AM  | Hide replies

And this is news because.....

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loler Chicken
RE:Why is this news on front page
by loler Chicken on Aug 10, 2008 11:04 AM
it is better than any other news...

total bakwaas... as usual.

No offense to Raj kapoor, but the article is so boring..

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jimmy norton
RE:Why is this news on front page
by jimmy norton on Aug 10, 2008 11:12 AM
Hehehe

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Mohandas Gandhi
RE:RE:Unforgettable Raj Kapoor
by Mohandas Gandhi on Aug 10, 2008 01:46 PM
Raj Kapoor was a great man.

Like all Punjabi (Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus alike) he liked good women and he had used many of them in his lifetime. From Nargis to Mandakini the list is endless....

aaj usiki potiyo to log use kar rahe hain... Shahid Kapoor se Saif Ali Khan tak ....

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test
this is fake new
by test on Aug 10, 2008 07:42 AM  | Hide replies

The biggest star of bollywood in eyes of turkey,russians is mithun chakraborthy..go ask ne russian chick about disco dancer..

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Manav Das
RE:this is fake new
by Manav Das on Aug 10, 2008 08:57 AM
yes test mithun is a star abroad..only we indians knw that he spent his later stage of career in horrible z class movies for a decade and lets keep that a secret!

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a
bollywood ke charkhon
by a on Aug 10, 2008 06:22 AM

S@l@ chuchunar indians ke paas aur kuch nahi hai dikane ko, wohi copywood and couple of overhyped actors who worked in some brainless fantasies. Work hard and burn copywood, we dont have time to watch thumkas while we rot at the bottom of humanity.

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Sil
My turkish friend Don't know
by Sil on Aug 10, 2008 04:09 AM  | Hide replies

My classmats from Turkey no one knows about Raj Kapoor...All media and time waste...

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Manav Das
RE:My turkish friend Don't know
by Manav Das on Aug 10, 2008 07:27 AM
how old are you- 7?

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