SD Burman - Tribute - Pencil sketch

My tribute to SD Burman, one of the greatest composers of India, on his death anniversary today. Its my freshly drawn pencil sketch to this legend.  Let us watch a song sequence from the film Naya Zamana, music composed by Burman da. I very much like this song and the movie too.

Kaise diwali manaye lala - Md. Rafi - Johny Walker - Movie 'Paigham'

Diwali is celebrated throughout the country today. No dount, its a great festival in India. Poet Pradeep has written this song and has been picturised on ace comedian Johny Walker. The lyric of this song brings forth the concern of a common man who finds it difficult to make both ends meet and how can he celebrate this expensive festival. Good song, isn't it?

Lalita Pawar - Maalik

I have come across a still of great character actress of yesteryears Lalita Pawar. The still is said to be from Sunny Art Productions Ltd.'s 'Maaliki'. I have no other details of this movie. Can someone help me?

Suraiya - Legendary yesteryear actress actor, singer - Pencil drawing

Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh (15 June 1929 – 31 January 2004) was an Indian Hindi/Hindustani film actress and playback singer inBollywood in the 1940s to early 1960s. She was the most popular singing star of the Indian sub-continent of her generation. Till 1943, as a child singer, Suraiya gave play-back for one actress, namely, Mehtab in three films and also in some of her own films for her roles as a child artiste. After which, she only sang for her films as an actress, and as a heroine after 1946 till 1963. From 1948 to 1950, she became the singing superstar of Bollywood, earning the highest amount for her performances, over all the performing actors of the times, male or female, including Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Dileep Kumar, Nargis and Madubala .^[1] She was the only child of her parents. She had a natural talent for singing, acting and dancing from childhood. She got basic music training in childhood, when her mother used to take her to Hindustani music trainer or 'masterji' for training. She first sang for a children's program for All India Radio in 1937. Later on Naushad gave her on the job 'training', while recording. She went on to become a most successful singing film star. She first sang for a children's program for All India Radio in 1937. She had received training in dancing from Mumtaz Ali, dancer-actor and father of famous comedian, Mehmood.^[2] She was also known for her North Indian Muslim feudal style acting or 'Adakari' in many of her films (Mirza Ghalib, Phool, Afsar, Shayar, Jeet, Anmol Ghadi, Dastan).^[3] This style 'endowed modernity with an aura of tradition' and brought nostalgic feudal tinge to the scenes. Her performance 'expertly integrated gestures, music and speech'.^[3] Suraiya in her hey days was known as Malika-e-Husn (queen of beauty), Malika-e-Tarannum (queen of melody) and Malika-e-Adakaari (queen of acting), all rolled into one.


She last appeared in Rustom Sohrab and played opposite Prithviraj Kapur

Guru Dutt - Tribute - Pencil sketch.

My pencil sketch to pay tribute to Guru Dutt (Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, better known as Guru Dutt), an Indian film director, producer and actor. He made 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Chaudhvin Ka Chand. Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies. He is sometimes referred to as "India's Orson Welles". Today is the death anniversary of this great film personality of India.