Are you a Movie Buff ?

I was a regular visitor to cinema in seventies and eighties.  Even now, I see movies on.U Tube.  

Congratulations Gulshanji for your habit of seeing movies of a great era of the Indian movies. Then you must have seen some of the movie stars of your time and their present condition. One feels how time takes its toll even for Movie stars with time.

I too watch them. Whenever I found my choice movie I used to go cinema hall.

OK. But have you marked the changes of once popular actors with time? The thread attempted to make the reader mark the changes that were brought in to these glamorous stars with time?

I hate movies, but I like movie songs and most of times, downloaded offline in YouTube and other premiere music services. 

It's OK. you are entitled for expressing your own likes and dislikes.

rambabu wrote:

OK. But have you marked the changes of once popular actors with time? The thread attempted to make the reader mark the changes that were brought in to these glamorous stars with time?

The change I seen these days is that one big popular actor lose his fan following in no time. I mean they stay as big star for 4 to 5 movies after that new one takes entry and he gets the popularity. 

OK. Popularity is not permanent, though there are exceptions. . 

I like movies and used to watch a lot. Time is a great make-up artist who changes the glamour of youth into the queerness of old age. It is interesting to watch the ‘then and now’ of everyone.

rambabu wrote:

OK. Popularity is not permanent, though there are exceptions. . 

Yes there are always exceptions.. But these days they are rare.

Dear AKP,there is Amitabh Bachchan. Age did not make any dent on his popularity. Though Dilip died, until his days, he remained as the greatest of all.

RAMAKRISHNAN. A wrote:

I like movies and used to watch a lot. Time is a great make-up artist who changes the glamour of youth into the queerness of old age. It is interesting to watch the ‘then and now’ of everyone.

 

Nothing lasts forever. But those stars of yesteryear and their memorable performances regaled us.

rambabu wrote:

Dear AKP,there is Amitabh Bachchan. Age did not make any dent on his popularity. Though Dilip died, until his days, he remained as the greatest of all.

That's why I was mentioning these days... Yes actors like Dilip Kumar and many others are forever. 

I have other things to say about Amitabh Bachchan. May be right now he is doing good, but few more years back when he was doing movies like lal badsash and few similar, he was losing his fan following. 

A few failures will not matter. As a matter of fact, in the initial stages of his career,ho was dismissed as a flop actor. His performance in the long run should be taken into consideration.

Yup.. In that case yes he is successful till now since his started. But do you think any current actor has such potential? I mean these days actors are not that consistent. 

I don't see any actor presently who can stand in par with AB.

True.. Right now I guess Aamir Khan has little more potential. As he is doing well since long.

Amir khan is totally different. He's an alrounder . From script writing editing and to direction, he plays all the roles with aplomb. Whereas AB is just an actor. Even AB agreed that he was nowhere before AB. another such genius is Kamahasan in South.

I love watching old films and western films and have many old film DVDs with me which I watch every now and then, never get fed up of those good old black and white films..In fact yesterday I watched Anupama for the nth time ...what a film ! and the songs ... There are few family favorites that we all watch when we are together like Teesri Manzil, Dil Deke Dekho, Sholay , Love in Tokyo , Jab Pyar kisise hta hai and Chalti Ka naam Ghadi...we have been watching these films and few more since so many years now !

True Usha. I too see old movies made in the golden era of Indian movies. Particularly for some dialogues which remained in my mind.

Who can forgetthat famous dialogue grom Devdas made by Bimal Roy, " Kaun Hal Woh Kambakht Jo Bardasht Karne Ke Liye Peeta Hai."

Ram Har Jug mein Paida hua, par Laksman Nahin, from Upkaar.