NFR: Madhubala

I was looking at someone's ElJay "Friends" page and came across these images of Madhubala posted in deathly-smirk's journal. They were so pretty, I felt the need to repost them here. The 3rd and 4th pics are my faves.

TPP: A Madhubala moment

Just four caps from disc 1 of Police:






But sometimes, less is more, especially when the picture quality is crap. However, to be fair, I was warned beforehand:


Isn't that cute? It reminds me of
YRF's "nostalgic appeal" BS

Madhubala has become my current onscreen crush. I have an urge to order every available movie of hers from Induna, but I won't. I will exercise self-control. For now.

Speaking of Induna, Nehaflix has almost become a distant memory. I don't bother checking their site or saving their emails with the 10% discount code anymore. (I still say they could/should offer their most loyal customers a 20% off coupon once or twice a year.) If only Induna carried Tamil DVDs and/or VCDs; that way, I wouldn't have to rely on just Anytamil and Bhavani.

Anyway...I intend to start posting again either next month or shortly after my annual 21st birthday(March 2, if you wanna know). Seeing other bloggers' frequent updates has sort of inspired me to get back into the habit.

Amar(1954)

AKA "OMG! A zEros DVD that doesn't skip or freeze!"

Normally, I would keep this a text-only blog and attempt to type something resembling an entry, but I'm feeling lazy, so I thought I'd try something different and post a few of my favorite shots of Madhubala. I may or may not leave these up. It depends on my mood.

Kala Pani(1958)

Brief, mostly shallow thoughts, for now:

Dev Anand looks suprisingly handsome. I say "suprisingly" because until today, my only exposure to him was during his middle-aged and over years. To say I wasn't impressed would be an understatement. In this movie, however, I am impressed. I thought I would pay only scant attention to him and focus mainly on Madhubala, but they've both received equal amounts of intense eyeballing.

Madhubala reminds me of another Hindi actress(no, not Madhuri) whose name escapes me, as well as a Hollywood actress from around the same time period(Ava Gardner, perhaps?). She is extremely telegenic, and I don't blame Dev's character for looking dumbstruck when he sees her face for the first time. "I want a beautiful file--I want an old file from your office," he stammers. I'm almost tempted to cap that scene and post it, because words just don't do it justice.

As for the movie, it's good. I like what I've viewed so far. At first, I was afraid the disc wouldn't work because it was so scratched up(it came loose while in transit), but thankfully, it plays fine. **breathes a sigh of relief**

I'll post additional blather later.

Kal Hamara Hai(1959)

I haven't watched this, but I'd like to, based on the brief description from Madhubala's Wiki page: "...she was memorable in a double role in the social film Kal Hamara Hai(1959). Madhubala played the cigarette smoking dancer Bella, and her more conventional saintly sister Madhu..." It's available from India Weekly, but I want to first see if the two movies(Mahal and Nirala) I ordered last week will actually play before I buy anything else from that site. I usually try to avoid getting movies from India Weekly, but I didn't see either of those DVDs listed on Nehaflix(until today, when I searched for the titles instead of just Madhubala's name. D'uh!)

I've been aware of Madhubala, but I never felt moved to check out any of her films until I saw some screen caps from, I believe, Tarana in someone else's blog. While I'm still not convinced of her "most beautiful woman in Indian cinema" tag, I thought she was pretty and telegenic enough to buy five of her movies, including the two I mentioned above. **grin** Hopefully, Kal Hamara Hai will be número seis and by then, I should have my fill of Madhubala.

Here are some Kal Hamara Hai songs I found on YouTube:

Aa Aa Meri Taal Pe

Ye Sach Hai Aae Jahan Walo

Aaj Apna Ho Na Ho Par