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Johnny Walker : An Actor Who Did Clean Comedy with Unquestionable Integrity  and without any Controversies. As compared to Hollywood, It is true that Bollywood has never made a true comedy films; but nearly all films have some comic sequences, even in tragic film.  Mihir Bose in his book Bollywood said that Every Hindi film, of whatever type, had to have a comic role for an actor who did nothing but essential “bit” comic role. This may explain why nearly all great comedians of Bollywood had very foreign sounding names. For this, best example is Johnny Walker. Johnny Walker was one of the best-loved comedians in Bollywood who entertained the generations of Indian audiences for nearly three decades through his acting. He acted around three hundred films. Everyone loved his iconic image like mobile face, pencil-thin moustache and squeaky voice. He started his film career from film Baazi in 1951 and did his last film CHACHI 420 in 1997. From Yogesh Gogwekar Johnny Walker was...

Pandit Mallikarjun Mansoor: A Man who discovered a Deeper and More Meaningful Dimension of Music  “My mind had begun to drift towards the thought of God. And I found that prayer and music were so much alike that I could concentrate on music with even greater intensity’. These are the words of Pandit Mallikarjun Mansoor who was an excellent vocalist in Hindustani Classical Khyal style. For him music is everything. Once he said that there is no hardship in music but only pleasure and he was proud of it. He developed his own Gharana by achieving mastery of Gwalior Gharana and by blending it beautifully with Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Well known multifaceted and humorist, P L Deshpande has given tribute to him in his Marathi book Gun Gain Avade. In this book, he said that PT. Mallikarjun Mansoor is the man who resides in music. He further said that his postal address is “Mrityunjay Bungalow, Dharwar”. “But he actually inhabits the world of music. In the Morning he lives in Todi-Asawari....

100 Films To See Before You Die: Interesting Anecdotes about the making of films David Lynch, an American filmmaker, musician and actor, once said that Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas. It is really built for big screen and big sound, so that person can go into another world and have an experience. It helps human beings to fill the empty spaces of their life. This can be felt at the time of reading the book 100 films to see before you die which was written by doyens of the Indian film critic Mrs. Anupama Chopra.  It is a well-compiled book. This is her fifth book. This book is not the list of greatest films ever made but the bucket list of films which have been loved by the author of this book. According to her, these films inspired her and spoke to her. Therefore, the author is telling readers to watch these films and experience fundamental changes within them. It is not at all an exhaustive list but subjective. She has selected the classic films from the world cine...

*Celebration of Teacher’s Day on 5 th September on every year*.   Every year, on 5 th September, we celebrate Teacher’s Day to remember one of the distinguished scholars, Bharat Ratna Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He was first Vice President of India and Second President of India. He was honoured with Knighthood in 1931 and Bharat Ratna in 1954. His total life has been dedicated to education by improving the standard in the field of education. One day his students decided to celebrate his birthday and asked him to give the permission. At the time of giving permission, he suggested that students should celebrate his birthday as a Teacher day in respect of all teachers. Therefore, In India, Teacher’s day is being celebrated on 5 th September which is the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. This has been started from the year 1962. *From Yogesh Gogwekar* Teachers are not necessarily to be confined within the four walls of a School. It can be in any form....