Color!

I think this blog needs some color! And I know I do.

Baburao’s caption reads:

What an upholstery! After this how dare we call ourselves a starving people? And why do we at all need the American loan for our Five-Year Plan when the design is already so perfect and so complete? What we seem to need is a Ramzan every alternate month. Mala Sinha brings new tension to the screen in “Phir Subha Hogi”, a sensational theme produced and directed by Ramesh Saigal.

I don’t think even I have ever worn this much makeup.

Baburao says:

This lad is in his second season radiating new manly charm which is bound to thrill a million female hearts. We wish, however, that he had been less generous with the lipstick. Dilip Kumar plays a dynamic role in “Kohinoor”, a thrilling romance produced by Dr. V. N. Sinha for Republic Film Corporation.

Posted on July 8, 2009 at 3:35 pm in Baburao Patel's Poisonous Pen, Hindi film history, Hindi movies, Vintage Bollywood images | RSS feed You can skip to the end and leave a reply.

Tags: Baburao Patel, Dilip Kumar, Filmindia magazine, Mala Sinha

21 Comments to “Color!”

bollyviewer
July 8, 2009 at 5:02 pm

lol! Baburao is soooooo caustic!!! :-) Does he ever mention the “upholstery” of the male variety? There was quite a lot to of it around in the 50s.

Dilip may be a tad generous with the lipstick but I must admit that he rocks it – I would never dare to wear that color!

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Virginia
July 8, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Think he had to wear lipstick like that to achieve a particular look in a black and white movie?

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- dustedoff
  July 9, 2009 at 2:06 am
  
  If that still is actually from Kohinoor (which was B/W), then possible.
  All that gold and deep red gives me the creeps. I’m trying not to look at his lips – and how they’re a contrast with those really hairy eyebrows. ;-)
  
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memsaab
July 8, 2009 at 9:44 pm

I have no idea! but he does rock it, and so does Baburao with his comments :-)

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Anonymous
July 8, 2009 at 11:38 pm

LOL about the comments beneath Mala Sinha’s picture! He has been kind in pointing out that she needs to lose weight – ref to “we need Ramazan every alternate month” which as we know is the month of fasting!

The American Loan he is referring to was known as PL 480 which was a kind of loan for getting wheat into India plus to implement the five year plan in a period of drought (at that time)

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Southie
July 9, 2009 at 12:06 am

And now whats a guy got to say here :)….Mala Sinha’s pose must have been pretty racy for the 50’s…

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ajnabi
July 9, 2009 at 12:38 am

Wow, that is intense color! It’s been quite cloudy here–thanks for brightening my night. LOL

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murali
July 9, 2009 at 5:49 am

post more please…. hilarious stuff!

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harvey
July 9, 2009 at 5:56 am

upholstery! very very mean!
in a nine yard sari, everybody seems to have… you know what, and i think that looks great!
A sto the lipstick, I think it depned son the film development. the fotos were not always image-true during those days.

“Does he ever mention the “upholstery” of the male variety?”
Well said, bollyviewer!

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memsaab
July 9, 2009 at 9:18 am

I don’t recall any mention so far about male upholstery, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t! I am pretty sure in fact that he’d have no qualms about it.

More to come! I don’t feel much like writing these days, so will post scans instead :-D

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Amrita
July 9, 2009 at 4:13 pm

I just realized I could do with a little less upholstery and lot more lipstick.

[Feeling you on the general dinsinclination :( ]

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- memsaab
  July 9, 2009 at 4:34 pm
  
  Hee :) I’m with you on the upholstery-lipstick thing too.
  
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bluelotus
July 10, 2009 at 1:21 am

Our leading ladies were pretty well endowed (and without silcon too) in those days, but there are some additional paint strokes added in strategic places for sure.

I remember those days the movie advertisement hoardings and billboards used to add more than a few inches here or there to make the heroines and VAMPS more attractive! Indian males those days loved what were then called the ‘Ajant-Ellora’ type, well rounded ‘thunder thigh’ women.

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bluelotus
July 10, 2009 at 1:23 am

That should read ‘Ajanta Ellora’ types.

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- memsaab
  July 10, 2009 at 9:20 am
  
  That is AWESOME, Ajanta-Ellora types :-) Clear evidence that I was not born in the right era myself!
  
  And it’s funny, because Mala Sinha always seems to me to be one of the more slender actresses of her time…
  
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anja
July 10, 2009 at 8:53 am

thanks for the colour! mr kumars lipstick definitely brightens up my day! :D

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- memsaab
  July 10, 2009 at 9:20 am
  
  Whoever hand colored the picture certainly did have a liberal hand with it :-)
  
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sitaji
July 23, 2009 at 12:49 am

I think she looks completely hot. When I looked Baburao it did say that he was married, married several times. I know there wasn’t an acceptance of homosexuality in his society then (and now), but his catty comments make me want to put my well upholstered arm around him, and tell him it’s OK to come out of the closet. His misogyny is possibly a give away. He just wants to be one of us. One of us women, held in the embrace of Dilip, kissing us with his well lipsticked lips. Wait, now I’m confused. :)

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- memsaab
  July 23, 2009 at 8:56 am
  
  You make an excellent point, sitaji :-) and it’s very funny too!!! :-D
  
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yves
August 2, 2009 at 6:06 pm

What fun! I loved the comment about the starving people!! But somehow this upholstery could promote another kind of starving?! (naughty I know)

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djcarlito
November 11, 2009 at 9:41 pm

Happy Birthday Mala Sinha!

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