Moviedom toasts ’s SCREEN's yeoman service to industry
Trade leaders from all over the country have sent in congratulatory messages to SCREEN, on its 50 years of service in the cause of the showbiz industry.
“During its 50 eventful years, SCREEN has played a memorable role in the battles the film industry has fought in securing an honourable place under the sun. The business of entertainment, in general and cinema in particular, owes a great debt to SCREEN for having lent a helping hand in its struggles for rational and integrated development,” said Santosh Singh Jain, president of the Central Circuit Cine Association. Cont....

THE DYNAMIC DYNASTIES: What would the world of films be without them?
Whatever the political pundits and politicians, critics and common men say or believe about dynastic rule in the country there is one place where dynastic rule is encouraged, is inspired, is built into major empires which are based on talent and talent alone. In this 50th year of SCREEN we take a look at some of the dynasties, some big, some small, but dynasties all the same, dynasties without which the industry would not be what it is today.Cont....

Keeping the ‘inner’ child alive
For half a century, we have lived and breathed cinema with SCREEN. So what better way to round off the fifty years than by paying tribute to those stars who started out as child artistes, and went on to become true, hard-core professionals as adults?Cont...

ONE GOOD DEED BEGETS ANOTHER
For half a century, we have lived and breathed cinema with SCREEN. So what better way to round off the fifty years than by paying tribute to those stars who started out as child artistes, and went on to become true, hard-core professionals as adults?Cont...

MOVIE MILESTONES: SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE
As part of SCREEN’s 50th anniversary celebrations, we toast a few of the landmark Hindi movies that made history during the last five decades years. While some of these made an impact with their striking themes, treatment or performance, others make the grade by dint of their phenomenal collections at the turnstiles...Cont...

VIJAY KISHORE DUBEY: ‘MELODY IS QUEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL BE’
Vijay Kishore Dubey, who retired two years ago as the vice-president of HMV, has been a witness to the development of music in Hindi films. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of SCREEN, Dubey relates the milestones in the Hindi film music scene...Cont...

MUSIC DOWN THE YEARS: Some choice nuggets on the evolution of film music...
With the first talkie Alam Ara in 1931, music became an integral part of Hindi films. Each film after that was loaded with songs, meaningful ones, in keeping with the situation in the film. Prabhat’s Maya Machchindra and Pratima had 44 songs each, and all were classical songs. Bhakti songs in Sant Tukaram were equally popular. Alam Ara had the hit song De de Allah ke naam.Cont...

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THESE ...
A trip down snapshot lane, into the annals of movie history, courtesy the back issues of SCREEN ....Cont...