Apne Film Club

#Pyaasa was released in 1957. Now 66 years later, have we changed! Will we! 🙃

🚨 | NEW: The government’s two giant cruise ships set to house 1,000 migrants have been REFUSED PERMISSION to dock - and have now been given back to the owners Not yet clear what cost to the taxpayer this has caused [@AliFortescue]

Princesses, Queens, Regents and Warriors: a thread on some remarkable women from Muslim history

Hey @cooke_millie, I really don’t mind people criticising me. But perhaps you and the @Daily_Express would care to explain what the musician MIA, whose picture you’ve used, has to do with it? 🤦🏾‍♀️

Episode 8 is now AVAILABLE on all major #podcast platforms. In this episode your hosts @Oz_Arshad and @chocuz are joined by Producer & Writer @HelenSimmons8. With there being a lack of Producers available, this chat helps to demystify the role. #Directors #Directing #Producers

We'll be back @sohotheatre for another round of #music #poetry & #openmic with our incredible live band improvising throughout! Oh and as per tradition there will be Mama Khalid's Kashmiri pink tea being served so yeah... Get those tickets now! sohotheatre.com/shows/makrooh-4

🚨| NEW: Rishi Sunak may not offer his verdict on whether Dominic Raab is a bully for while yet - and he was given the report "hours ago" Some are saying he can give it careful thought, but "Raab's just going to call him a nerd and shove him in the locker" [@Steven_Swinford]

She said that I was about 7-8 years old. Someone had thrown a sandwich or something at lunchtime at an Asian girl and called her smelly. So I threw my chair at him and then got battered, someone shanked me in the stomach with a pencil as well, it snapped, the belly always juicy!

So that's the story of the tie, directly descended from the uniforms of Croatian soldiers - except that it once had a clear practical purpose. And yet this entirely pointless bit of fabric has somehow survived the vagaries of fashion for centuries.

Can we produce British films about these stories please rather than arranged marriages and why my mother wants me to become a doctor because I come from an asian family. Thanks 🙏🏽

A remote village in south-eastern Bali, Indonesia, a bustling city in central Gujarat, India, and the Amami Ōshima, one of the largest islands in the Amami archipelago in Japan, have something in common. A style of weaving that has survived for generations, a thread. 1/16

🚨🚨🚨Calling all aspiring filmmakers 15-22 !! Submit your short films to the ‘23 Cutting East Film Festival! @CuttingEast Shortlisted entries have the chance of an exclusive screening at @GenesisCinema! 📽️ This years theme is: ✨Nostalgia✨ DM for any queries

@CuttingEast (CE) is back! A fest that celebrates young people's achievements in the film & media industry. Great to be working with @Phakama_UK @TowerHamletsNow @GenesisCinema. See poster for full details & use the link to apply:forms.gle/v7KaLLynUi8q3m…

Fabulous opportunity for community film makers! 🎬

chanda re jaa re jaa re by mastkalandr youtube.com/watch?v=p-7NJ1…

Video attributes: Original Ek Chatur Naar Kar Kar Singaar (by Ashok Kumar in Jhoola) by SunahareGeet youtube.com/watch?v=Rtthfg… Sant Tulsidas 1939: Ban chale raam raghuraai aur sang jaanki maayi by Shalin Bhatt youtube.com/watch?v=3v21Ce…

The tune used in ‘Chanda Re Jaa Re Jaa Re’ turned out to be the missing piece of the puzzle. Together with Rajendra Krishan and R. D. Burman, Kishore improvised the tune and made it fit into ‘Kala Re Jaa Re Jaa Re, Are Nale Mein Jake Tu Munh Dhoke Aa’. 9/10

One of the missing pieces came from an even older song. This time it was from Jayant Desai’s ‘Sant Tulsidas’ (1939). The tune used in the song ‘Ban Chale Raam Raghuraai’ was adapted into the part of ‘Are Dekhi Teri Chaturai’ in Padosan. 7/10

The alap of the song ‘Ek Chatur Naar Karke Shringar’ was originally inspired by Kishore’s elder brother Ashok Kumar. Ashok who played the lead role in Gyan Mukherjee’s ‘Jhoola’ (1941), had sung the song in his own voice. 5/10

Songs in Bollywood movies inspired from elsewhere aren’t something unheard of. But a song created from three different songs almost 50 years ago that continues to charm us even today is quite a feat. A thread. 1/10