Comments on: The mother of Bollywood http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/ This blog, much like my life, is a work in progress. Mon, 07 May 2012 17:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paddy http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Paddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-453 Yep..I agree. Thats a classy dialogue she is most remembered for.Poor Soul even if she appeared colorful in the beginning of any movie, people knew it was not long before the all white saree will be donned.<br /><br />RIP Ms.Nirupa Roy Yep..I agree. Thats a classy dialogue she is most remembered for.Poor Soul even if she appeared colorful in the beginning of any movie, people knew it was not long before the all white saree will be donned.

RIP Ms.Nirupa Roy

]]> By: pingoo http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-454 pingoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-454 Apt title. Deewar's famous dialogue has been relived in so me ads (on mtv and all). The costume designers had a field day but the makeup man must have worked his ass off to give her a destitute bees-saal-pehle-pati-bichadgaya look. Is that picture from the movie "Mard"? Apt title. Deewar’s famous dialogue has been relived in so me ads (on mtv and all). The costume designers had a field day but the makeup man must have worked his ass off to give her a destitute bees-saal-pehle-pati-bichadgaya look. Is that picture from the movie “Mard”?

]]> By: Manjusha http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Manjusha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-455 Remember the MTV parody on the dialogue?<br /><br />Vijay (Amitabh): Mere paas dhan hai, daulat hai, gaadi hai bangla hai,3 CD changer with remote control hai<br />...tumhaare paas kyaa hai?<br />Ravi (Shashi Kapoor): Mere paas maa hai!<br />Vijay (Amitabh): (Lifts his hand and holds a lifaafa with red beans in it)---to mere pass RAJma hai.<br /><br />OR<br /><br />Vijay (Amitabh): Mere paas dhan hai, daulat hai, gaadi hai bangla hai,3 CD changer with remote control hai<br />...tumhaare paas kyaa hai?<br />Ravi (Shashi Kapoor): Er....Can you repeat the question?<br /><br />And yes...Rest In Peace Ms. Kokila Balsara. You will be missed and not forgotten. Remember the MTV parody on the dialogue?

Vijay (Amitabh): Mere paas dhan hai, daulat hai, gaadi hai bangla hai,3 CD changer with remote control hai
…tumhaare paas kyaa hai?
Ravi (Shashi Kapoor): Mere paas maa hai!
Vijay (Amitabh): (Lifts his hand and holds a lifaafa with red beans in it)—to mere pass RAJma hai.

OR

Vijay (Amitabh): Mere paas dhan hai, daulat hai, gaadi hai bangla hai,3 CD changer with remote control hai
…tumhaare paas kyaa hai?
Ravi (Shashi Kapoor): Er….Can you repeat the question?

And yes…Rest In Peace Ms. Kokila Balsara. You will be missed and not forgotten.

]]> By: oxy_moron http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-456 oxy_moron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-456 hmmmm,yeah..she was indeed the baap of all Maas..wasnt she? :)<br />bollywood would never be teh same again the quintessential mother<br />MHSRIP!<br /><br />-OM<br />ps:errm.... Deewar did you say? Is this the same Deewar in which AM dies in the end or are we talking abt a diff movie? :) hmmmm,yeah..she was indeed the baap of all Maas..wasnt she? :)
bollywood would never be teh same again the quintessential mother
MHSRIP!

-OM
ps:errm…. Deewar did you say? Is this the same Deewar in which AM dies in the end or are we talking abt a diff movie? :)

]]> By: oxy_moron http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-457 oxy_moron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-457 oh, my previous comment was withouth the 'without'..plis bear oh, my previous comment was withouth the ‘without’..plis bear

]]> By: Megha http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Megha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-458 <span class="recipient">[Paddy]</span> So true. Rare to find her dolled up in zari sarees, flowers in hair, et al. One movie that comes to mind as an exception to that rule (mainly cos I saw it just last week) is <I>Jawani Diwani</I>. She plays bhabhi to the hero (Randhir Kapoor), stays happily married and in full color throughout, almost always smiles, and except the occasional <I>bhabhi tumne maa ki kami mehsoos nahin hone di</I> scenes, doesn't indulge in over-sentiment. Quite a <I>hatke</I> role for her, i'd say! :)<br /><br /><span class="recipient">[pingoo]</span> '<I>destitute bees-saal-pehle-pati-bichadgaya look</I>' :D Nice! You know, jokes apart, for her <I>Do Bigha Zameen</I> role she actually wore old unwashed sarees bought from Chor Bazaar for days together, just so she could get into the role completely. Such dedication! I have no idea where the photo is from, although the very mention of <I>Mard</I> scares me! <br /><br /><span class="recipient">[manjusha]</span> Arrey, I didn't know about the MTV parody! Thanks for sharing, it sure brought a chuckle! :)<br /><br /><span class="recipient">[oxy_moron]</span> Totally! Yes the very same <I>Deewar</I>. Why the doubt? Would this question have anything to do with my well-known refusal to watch movies like <I>Deewar</I> and <I>Muqaddar Ka Sikandar</I> cos Amitabh dies in them? *suspicious look* [Paddy] So true. Rare to find her dolled up in zari sarees, flowers in hair, et al. One movie that comes to mind as an exception to that rule (mainly cos I saw it just last week) is Jawani Diwani. She plays bhabhi to the hero (Randhir Kapoor), stays happily married and in full color throughout, almost always smiles, and except the occasional bhabhi tumne maa ki kami mehsoos nahin hone di scenes, doesn’t indulge in over-sentiment. Quite a hatke role for her, i’d say! :)

[pingoo] ‘destitute bees-saal-pehle-pati-bichadgaya look‘ :D Nice! You know, jokes apart, for her Do Bigha Zameen role she actually wore old unwashed sarees bought from Chor Bazaar for days together, just so she could get into the role completely. Such dedication! I have no idea where the photo is from, although the very mention of Mard scares me!

[manjusha] Arrey, I didn’t know about the MTV parody! Thanks for sharing, it sure brought a chuckle! :)

[oxy_moron] Totally! Yes the very same Deewar. Why the doubt? Would this question have anything to do with my well-known refusal to watch movies like Deewar and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar cos Amitabh dies in them? *suspicious look*

]]> By: pingoo http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-459 pingoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-459 Dedication, yes it is ! <br />"although the very mention of Mard scares me! "<br />lol what's so scary about 'Mard' ? Dedication, yes it is !
“although the very mention of Mard scares me! “
lol what’s so scary about ‘Mard’ ?

]]> By: Megha http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/the-mother-of-bollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Megha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.meghalomania.com/2004/11/09/81/#comment-460 What's NOT scary about Mard is a better question to ask! I have made a conscious effort to wipe out all traces of it from my memory, so don't make me give you examples, pleej? It just IS scary! Not in a <I>Bees Saal Baad</I> way of course, but in an emotionally scarring kind of way.<br /><br />*memories of <I>mard tangewaala, main hoon mard tangewaala</I> come floating back, much to my agony* What’s NOT scary about Mard is a better question to ask! I have made a conscious effort to wipe out all traces of it from my memory, so don’t make me give you examples, pleej? It just IS scary! Not in a Bees Saal Baad way of course, but in an emotionally scarring kind of way.

*memories of mard tangewaala, main hoon mard tangewaala come floating back, much to my agony*

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