Here I am at the edge

 Golden Oldies Amassing any collection of films will entail some problems. In my case - collecting old Bollywood films - the main issue is subtitles . Before the 1960's there was no need for subtitles, most films made in India were for the audience in India who could speak Hindi - the major dialect - several areas had their own cinema, but for general release the language was HIndi . During the 60's, a new breed of Indian surfaced, children born in the UK , who were Indian, but spoke English more often, at this time, subtitles had to be readily available, yet you needed the technology to add them; this didn't happen until much later. If you are intrigued to know, though I have a growing selection of films from the 40's and 50's, there are some actors, and actresses I don't like to watch from the era. Why select film from this time, when Bollywood has a booming industry of modern films with subtitles? The answer to that question is I am not a fan of modern Boll...

 A bad night I may have beaten the dragon of having a  dream  about writing this week, but last night was the worst night I have had for years; my mind would not rest as I was concerned with personal issues. The lack of sleep will probably hit me in a few hours; thankfully, I can take a nap if I feel tired. Part of the reason for my bad night was I was chasing information about the history of  cinema in India .

Nirupa Roy  Actress  Nirupa Roy earned a reputation for playing tragic mother roles opposite actors such as Sashi Kapoor and  Amitabh Bachchan , yet the greatest tragedy of her life came after she died in 2004. Her sons made counterclaims of tortures in the search for inheritance.