Homages

AMEEN SAYANI ( 21 Dec.1932--20 Feb.2024 )

Towering legendary Iconic Voice No more

ALL ROUNDER SATISH KAUSHIK IS NO MORE

( 1956 -- 2023 )

After qualifying from National School of Drama ( NSD) and the Film and Television Insitute of India ( FTII) he came down to Mayanagari Mumbai. Along with his colleague Om Puri ,he first started acting in Stage Plays famous being “Salesman Ramla Satish Kaushik ,the all in one actor-producer-director-writer breathed his last on ( March 2023 at Gurugram. His last rites were performed at Versova Mumbai,

HOMAGE TO FILM MAKER -LYRICIST SAAWAN KUMAR TAK

Homage to Film maker Lyricist Saawan Kumar Tak

( 9 Aug.1936- 25 Aug.2022 )

Reknowned writer Sagar Sarhadi is no more ---A sad Day for the Film Industry

Reknowned writer Sagar Sarhadi is no more

DILIP KUMAR ---MUGHAL- E- AZAM OF ACTING

DILIP KUMAR ( Muhammad Yusuf Khan)

“Mughal-E-Azam” of Acting

(11Dec.1922—07 July 2021 )

“Hazaaron Saal nargis Apni Benoori Pe Roti hai

Badi Mushkil Se Hota Hai ,Chaman Mein Deedawar

Paida”

ADIUE MY FRIEND PHILOSOPHER AND GUIDE BASU CHATTERJEE

ADIUE MY FRIEND PHILOSOPHER AND GUIDE BASU CHATTERJEE

( 10January 1927 ---4 June 2020 )

“ HAIN AUR BHI DUNIYA MEIN SUKHANWAR BAHUT ACHCHE

KEHTE HAIN KI BASU DA KA THAA ANDAZ-E- BAYAN AUR “

A Homage to Actress Shyama

Shyama ( Khursheed Akhtar) was a born versatile Actress.

( A Short Homage by Mohan Siroya )

NIDA FAZLI --- A Great Human and a Poet Who stood for Secular Literature

NIDA FAZLI --- A Great Human and a Poet Who stood for Secular Literature

( 12 Oct. 1938 ---- 8 Feb. 2016 )

A Tribute by Manish Modi

It has taken some coaxing to get me to write on the passing away of Nida Sahe. What could one possibly write about him, that has not already been written likeNida Fazli was a fine lyricist, a great man and an extraordinary poet.?

A Heartfelt Tribute to India's Multi-linguist Poet Nida Faazli

A Heartfelt Tribute to India's Multi-linguist Poet Nida Faazli

I am shocked to know the sudden demise of well known Multi linguist, earthy, secular Poet cum Lyricist Nida Faazli on 8 Feb. 2016.The film world is orphan now having lost the towering presence of this last real poet beckon of the Hindi Film and TV World. He was nothing less than a living legend, the last Mughal amongst lyricisits ,

A Homage to Actor Saeed Jafrey

R I P , my Gentleman friend Saeed Jaffrey !

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MR. MOHAN SIROYA, academically a double post graduate, has been freelancing as a FILM JOURNALIST / CRITIC for last 40 years. He has been a prolific writer, having written critical articles, features, reviews etc. on Films, Music and TV in numerous English periodicals in India like The Indian Express, Film Fare, Film World, Picture Post, Cine Advance, Screen, The Hitavada, Lokmat Times, The Twin City Times, Film Industry Journal, Day After, Femina, Eve’s Weekly, Free Press Journal, Blitz etc.

Presently he is a regular columnist for a couple of journals and the Founder, Editor, Writer, Critic of the journal SHADOW PLAY. So far Mr. Siroya has written about 7000 articles on films. He is the founder president of FREELANCE FILM JOURNALISTS COMBINE (FFJC), a registered association of Freelance film journalists all over India.