Shelza

Guys, just to let people know, I'm expanding my domain in content creation.
So me and my friend have started a new channel for the Filmmaking explanation and ideas, please follow that one as it's my humble request.
The new channel goes by the name ‪@Studios35mm‬
youtube.com/shorts/AahoXGMYkC...

2 days ago | [YT] | 0

Shelza

Sab ki kismat mein ek na ek din jaana likha hai...par bura tab lagta hai ki aap us era mein jee rahe ho jismen aapke pasandida log ye duniya chhor kar chale gayen...Asha Tai wo aakhri Insaan thi aur wo ye keh bhi gayi thi...ki main bas aakhri Mughal Bachi hoon...mere pehle waale sab Chale gayen, be it "Kishore Da, Pancham, Didi, Mukesh Sahab, Madan ji Rafi Sahab" aur aaj wo bhi chala Gaye....khair...Tai, apne gaane hamare paas chhor gayi hain...bas jeevan bhar ye pachtawa reh jayega...ki ab kabhi unka live concert nahi attend kar paungi.
RIP Tai...will miss you and will forever remember your songs
#ashabhosle #music #indianmusic

1 week ago | [YT] | 4

Shelza

Guys, I'm about to make a Shot film called - A director's tragedy, Just a tribute taking inspiration from Gurudutt's - Kagaaz ke phool. I will be releasing it this month on youtube.
Now the honest thing is that I am not a professional nor do I know anything about making a film, it's just the on-screen presentation I've seen that intrigued me enough to do something like this. Matlab conclusion ye, ki I'm doing it with very little or almost no resource I have available with me. I hope this goes well, and this turns out to be better. Till then- Let's hope for the best.

1 month ago | [YT] | 7

Shelza

I know someone must've written a book on him, but I personally feel that if there's one man that I've found flawless and I've loved him to the core without a single judgement (there's nothing to accuse him for) It's him, and I don't have an end to the words to describe him and the way he was.one could call me what I've self proclaimed myself of - The 'Madan mohan Bhakt' or disciple in an atheistic sense but the talent and malencholic feel his voice had! I can never really comprehend how a person can be so weirdly nostalgic to me! Almost like he's a past memory of mine, crazy enough is I've seen him once in my dreams when I had been suffering from Sleep paralysis back to back last year. Amazing enough is that he was a feminist and a family man who took care of his family and spent enough time with them, whereas it's quite rare to find a man like that in those times who'd care about looking his kids. He cooked and cared about his wife, just like a real man should.
And yes, he's more than Veer Zara which is the only thing Gen-Z is obsessed over. I'm sure just like Sheila ji, if I was present in that era...I'd go head over heels for him, for a gentleman like that...because there are countless music directors like Madan Sahab, But no one is as ethereal and dignified as him- like a man of dreams one could wish for!

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1 month ago | [YT] | 5

Shelza

Lately I've been obsessed with this one personality called Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. It's pretty amazing how I actually discovered him, when I saw this little interview of Shri Atul Merchant, basically he gave an interview in regards to Maa Annapurna, opening out the side of her abusive relationship towards Pandit Ravishankar. Sad to realise that whenever the word Sitar comes to our mind the only person existing there and making the domain is Ravi Shankar, which can be said nonetheless because he was one of the greatest sitarists of all time. But after seeing that interview of Atul Merchant and Shree Nityanand Haldipuri I finally realised how worse of a human Pandit Ravi Shankar was. While they discussed almost everything about my annapurna's life, they gave this gentle reminder of how a sitarist was on the same level of Pandit Ravi Shankar but he never got the recognition he actually deserved. This man was none other than Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, coincidentally A very faithful and loving disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan who was quite famous during his prime in India, but because he passed away so young, people only got the perception that there's no one besides Pandit Ravishankar. The video I've shared below is a documentary made on him which was surprising for me to find and maybe like a gift because Pandit Nikhil Banerjee was rarely on screen and only few of his workshops and concerts were recorded.
The documentary is called "That which colours the mind".

3 months ago | [YT] | 6

Shelza

Not that I've watched all of the movies I've listed this year.... because some might come from earlier views as well, but isn't this a sweet little tribute to both Asrani sahab and Hrisi da? I must tell myself that I love Hrisi da.
I might've turned it in a way because of the character roles he did...but just a sweet little tribute to these legends.

3 months ago | [YT] | 7

Shelza

👀 They almost have me convinced.
To explore more of abhijeet Deshpande (the director) I saw his biopic on Dr Kashinath Ghanekar, and I WAS DAMN IMPRESSED. Not only was the script and direction better, but the acting by the lead actor Subodh Bhave was legendary. And to be really honest....I AM IMPRESSED by this one poster or still from the movie. Except for Doomsday this is the only thing I'm excited for, I hope 2026 does this better along with Siddhant Chaturvedi and I also hope he summons a little Annasaheb in him with that 'Akkhadpan' of his. I also knew that The actress Tammana Bhatia is playing Jayshree Shantaram and....maybe I'm okay with it and I don't object to it for some reason. Also quite excited to think who will play Sandhya Shantaram and and the least known, Vimala Bai.
A little request to makers...Just like they did for 'Ani...Kashinath Ghanekar', please revive it like the original. Celluloid and its legacy makes me emotional! And siddhant in this poster...Yes I CAN'T deny the fact that I see this little glimpse of Shantaram Bapu in him.
#vshantaram #siddhantchaturvedi #tammanahbhatia #sandhyashantaram

3 months ago | [YT] | 4

Shelza

I don't know how to feel.
Okay.
They better don't f*** this up!!
Part of me doesn't trust this...but It's way too early to judge, so just letting this slide rn.
My family has celebrated and cherished his presence for generations.V Shantaram was a respected figure to me and my entire family. My grandma used to adress him as 'अण्णासाहेब' and visited Rajkamal herself several times, because Bapu was very much working in 70's (I mean Pinjra), she even saw Bapu up close even though he went away from limelight after do aankhen barah haath. Though I know some broken marathi myself, thanks to my grandma (and also partly because my father was a big fan of Ajinkya Deo) she used to say - "हिंदी चित्रपटसृष्टीत शांताराम बापूंचे काहीतरी अनमोल ऋण आहे"
Meaning, that Hindi cinema owes it's most valuable asset to Shantaram Bapu. One of the most cherished memories of her describing bapu was when She met the legendary Veteran actor Dr Shreeraam Lagoo in late 80's. Because Dr Lagoo had worked with Bapu in Pinjra (a cult Marathi film) he described Bapu as this occult phenomenon in The Marathi cinema. Though I've made a video on Bapu already....i don't have much to say right now, but to be really honest....I hate the thing Hindustani Cinema has become after 80's.

That being said, I also want to share that I'm going afar.Atleast that means I'll Stop posting for a long while, I have tried this several times before, but couldn't...but this time it's just crucial and serious.
The thing is, I'm a student as well, I've been doing this stuff for just investing and praising the old school indian cinema, but on the longer run, it's of no use because my dreams are way bigger than what I project on this channel, and practically it all becomes a fairytale and according to Indian society a hoax.
I've written several movie ideas, documentaries and scriptwritten many of them, but I don't see any future to those ideas..it almost seems that all of these stories and screenplays I've written will be buried or eaten by bookworms just like, my grandpa's only published book, which for god's sake got published but not even a single copy was sold. Everything has started and ends up with money, to make what I have dreamt of I will have to fund my projects, and that reminds me of Mehmood Bhaijaan's song- Na Biwi na baccha, na Baap Bada na Maiyaa, the whole thing is that ke bhaiya sabse bada rupaiya,
Cause a dime and an orthodox society is meant to discard art.
Aur agar film mein masala na ho...to aajkal ki audience to hain hi tamacha marne ke liye! Bade se bade filmmaker ko Ye tamacha laga hai...khud jinhe main Occult Genius manti hoon, Gurudutt par bhi ye daag laga tha...toh janab hum kya Nacheez hain!
Toh meri philosophy yahi khatam hoti hai...aur agar koi abhi tak padh raha hai ye...to aapka bahut bahut shukriya, meri nazariye se kuch samajh paane ki koshish karne ke liye.
So, please don't get me wrong.
I absolutely love studying and learning. As for being more personal I've loved astrophysics and avionics/rocket ship engeneering my entire life...and not to be surprised...I have one of the most important exams ahead in my life. So I'm calling it quits for a long while. This is how I can help myself and make myself a better version of me.
Till then, I bid a postpone to this channel and posting something new, and wish you guys really well. And for when I'm gone, I hope that more people discover, Gurudutt and his filmmaking, along with Shantaram Bapu, Bimal Roy, Mehboob khan, Hrishi Da, Soharab Modi, They listen to my favourite Madan mohan Sahab and all those legends that Should never be forgotten, it's concise as I can't name all of them, because that might take an eternity 😅
And Because I don't want the world to be a place where A Suresh Sinha, or a Vijay don't even get a chance to tell their story.
Kyunki kabhi kabhi insaano ko kuch cheezen bohot der se samajh mein aati hai...aur tab tak bahut der ho jati hai.
So, Goodbye Folks💛
Wapis zaroor milenge...Jab waqt phir meherban hoga.

4 months ago | [YT] | 4

Shelza

I don't have much to say....This man made me smile, Cry and what not..From Veeru in Sholay to Parimal Tripathi from Chupke Chupke...to Ashok in Anupama or him in Guddi and Satyakaam and I can't even keep a count on what I've loved about this man. RIP Dharam Ji. You'll always be a deep part of my heart, as I write this while reminiscing about your legacy.

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 9

Shelza

Happy birthday My skylark ✨ Mrs Geeta Dutt.
Her songs are my cherished memories since childhood whether it be thandi hawa kali ghata (and every song from Mr and Mrs 55), or mera naam Chin Chin chu and aankhon mein tum, which were my dancing numbers more then the movie actresses 😅
My grandma was a huge fan of hers, as I pretty much remember her face is grief when I saw my grandma narrating her passing away. She received the news when she was tuning in the radio and heard the songs from Anubhav which were playing on repeat..when the radio operator, announced that Geeta ji is no more. She felt broken and was really sad upon hearing that.
She never met Geeta ji ever, and it was one of her dreams.
This picture I shared holds a close memory of how she knew Geeta ji in the closest sense. The person in the middle was the only one my grandma had the fortune to meet, Meena Kapoor. She was the wife of music director Anil Biswas and a close friend of Geeta ji. They met back in '71 or '72 and it was a pleasant experience for my grandma. I don't remember myself much cause it's been a long time since my grandma narrated this to me, but I strongly remember the part when she mentioned the last moments of Geeta ji, the way Meena ji saw it.
It was quite horrific, as she mentioned -
"Muh aur naak se khun ris raha tha (blood was oozing out of her mouth and nose) sab sharab peene ki wajah se (Geeta ji started drinking a lot after Guru Dutt Sahab's death), isiliye liver chorriosis bhi ho gaya tha."Bacchon ke liye bahut bura lagta hai"
This was just so tragic, somewhere that I read about Lalita Lajmi (Guru Dutt's sister) that even in her last moments...the last person she was mentioning and thinking of was none other than Gurudutt sahab, and the same goes for Gurudutt sahab where Nasreen Munni kabir has written about his first suicide attempt and when he was conscious back after getting saved by Atma Ji or Devi Dutt sahab...the only person he was looking for was Geeta ji.
They did love each other... only if fate wasn't that cruel!
Also When I was watching Kishore Shau's Bade sarkaar last week, I loved a song from that movie - "Jahan Jahan khayal jata hai" sung by Geeta Dutt and Rafi sahab and composed by O P Nayyar.
The problem is, when opened from Spotify, the main artist mentioned there is Asha Bhosle and not Geeta Dutt as it's supposed to be! I just hope someone fixes this mistake.
And a happy heavenly birthday to Geeta ji our melodious skylark.

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 8