Sadhana on Filmfare (Nov 20, 1970)
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SATYAMSHOT
August 1, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Salim, I unfortunately couldn’t find anything earlier than this..
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August 1, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Louis Malle mentioned on the Filmfare cover! those were the days! They’re referring to his documentary on India here.
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August 1, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Never liked Sadhana myself. But here is an iconic moment of ‘late’ Sadhana:
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August 1, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Haha, thanks Satyam. Sadly by the late 60’s her thyroid condition had affected her severely and she ended up needing operations on her eyes, after which she never quite looked the same. But to her credit she had successes even after her comeback, like Geeta Mera Naam. (I liked her Dil Daulat Duniya with Khanna from that time – good comedy)
But her best days were behind her and she soon packed up and retired. I read a quote of her’s where she said the reason for her complete disappearance from the public eye is that she would like ppl to remember her from the Aarzoo days.
She looked so beatiful in the early sixties in the films with Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor etc. And the soundtracks in her movies were all magic. And just about all her films were silver jubilee hits apparently.
My favourites of her’s are:
Mera Saaya
Woh Kaun Thi
Dulha Dulhan
Hum Dono
Parakh
Mere Mehboob
Aarzoo
Waqt
Love in Simla
Asli Naqli
Ek Musaafir Ek Haseena
Parakh
Prem Patra
Every single one of those films also had an awesome soundtrack.
Still need to see Gaban, Anita and Ishq Par Zor Nahin.
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August 1, 2010 at 6:48 PM
That’s my list too.
I wrongly mentioned ‘Godan’ earlier when I meant ‘Gaban’. I saw it on TV long ago, and have a faint memory of her and Sunil Dutt.
Anita is one of the triologies, and quite interesting.
I like the songs of Ek Musafir Ek Haseena the best .
Especially this one.
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August 1, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Wicked soundtrack by OP Nayyar…Bahot Shukriya Badi Maherbaani…picturised so well!
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August 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM
she looks past her prime in this pic or maybe, it is the thyroid involvement…
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August 1, 2010 at 6:39 PM
For me, Sadhana goes together with her 2 ‘jhumka’ songs.
So sad about her illness, and loss of those lovely looks one sees in this song.
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August 2, 2010 at 6:06 PM
She looks amazingly young here,–almost unrecognizable when you compare this to her late 60s movies. Another place where she looks different (from what thought she looked like) is in the Parakh song–O sajanam barkha bahaar aai song.
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August 2, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Yes, doesn’t she?
This song, ‘mila hai kisi ka jhumaka’ is also from Parakh.
The other jhumka song is from mere saya ‘jhumka gira re’.
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August 1, 2010 at 7:04 PM
i remember her mostly for being the actress on whom one of my all-time favorite songs has been picturised…..
“Lag ja gale” from “woh Kaun thi”–
Apart from the ethereal singing, music; the lyrics were really haunting.
This song amazingly is again a frequent on my paylist along with another “late bloomer”. not sure if anyone shares my (over)enthusiasm for “raah e rehte hain” from namkeen– i am unable to get out from the “loop” of this song lately.
And salimjakhra –on an unrelated front—what do u feel about the more recent– rabbbi shergills music–also enjoying it currently
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August 1, 2010 at 7:48 PM
not familar with it, but if there’s anything specific u hav in mind i’ll check it out!
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August 1, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Sadhana and Rajesh Khanna in ‘Dil Daulat Duniya’ (1972) and, of course, Kishore! Oh Mona Lisaaaaa 🙂
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August 1, 2010 at 7:56 PM
I vaguely remember a really funny song/scene with Khanna/Sadhana/Helen in the bedroom, but dont really remember what was going other, other than there was some secret being kept or something like that.
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August 1, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Yeah, another really cute song ‘Masti aur jawani ho’ with all three of them. And here’s a recap of the film. It was quite a lot of fun but didn’t run I believe.
http://memsaabstory.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/dil-daulat-duniya-1972/
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August 1, 2010 at 7:59 PM
I need to sleep now, but here’s another of my favourite Lata-Sadhana songs, from Dulha Dulhan with Raj Kapoor.
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August 2, 2010 at 6:12 PM
I think , the Louis Malle film had footage of the temple car procession in Mylapore. It’s a very interesting documentary..
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August 2, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Phantom India is what you’re referring to. He also did one on Calcutta.
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August 2, 2010 at 7:12 PM
From Upperstall:
Bimal Roy’s Parakh (1960) was her next film where she was cast as a simple girl without her trademark fringe. Sadhana responded with perhaps the best performance of her career. Bimal Roy while taking Sadhana in the film, said she reminded him of a young Nutan who incidentally was Sadhana’s favourite actress. Ironically after Love in Simla, when Sadhana reported for the shooting of Parakh, Bimalda almost dropped her as he now found her too glamorous. Sadhana pushed back her fringe, sprayed gel on it to make it stay and convinced Bimalda she could look simple as well. Shorn of her glamour and trademark fringe, Sadhana lets the focus be on her performance & gives a sincere, simple and understated performance.
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August 2, 2010 at 7:14 PM
I really really love this duet.
She looks beautiful. Nice film with Shashi Kapoor. And wicked lyrics by Gulzar.
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