Let's take a look at some scenes from around 1940-1950. It was the era of black and white photography.
First, from Japan; this was before automatic ticket gates were introduced.
There were even people sleeping in the aisles.
A nostalgic bento box vendor
The city was in chaos, a world where anything was possible. Women and socks were strong, and wounded soldiers were polishing shoes.
Ginza in 1953
average kitchen
For some reason, many of the beautiful women of the Showa era had thick legs.
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What are the best cricket rivalries of your favorite cricketers?
It all began on July 17th, 2014.
During the 2nd test match of the India-England series in 2014, the English bowlers breathed out fire as they removed India's openers for low scores like 24 & 7 respectively. It was then that the young Virat Kohli joined Pujara at the middle, trying to redeem himself after his horrid show in the first test match.
Kohli looked solid as he amassed 25 runs off 34 balls with consecutive fours. He was all set for a big innings…
When of course, the 31-year old big man named James Anderson, came to bowl.
First ball of the 31st over
The ball flew into the safe hands of Matt Prior. Phew! Jimmy gets Kohli! Yet another disappointing run for Kohli as he departs for a mere 25. Jimmy on the other hand, gets his second fish!
In the third test too, Jimmy Anderson removed Kohli when he looked completely settled, standing tall at 39* (74). Jimmy yet again spoiled Kohli's party, as the birthday boy conquered the third test.
In the fourth test, Jimmy got Kohli for 2/2 times.
Courtesy Anderson's heroics, England scripted a historic series win of 3–1 against India, after getting an early setback in the 2nd test.
While it was the rise of Anderson, it was the fall of Kohli. Seeing his horrid numbers throughout the series, one could predict that it was probably the end of Kohli in world cricket.
4 years went by.
Again in 2018, India toured England for a five-match test series.
Well, I guess by such a long time Kohli must have bid farewell to world cricket courtesy his flop show. Right?
Not at all.
Jimmy threw Kohli to a pack of wolves.
But
Kohli came back leading the pack.
Kohli failed, Kohli learnt, Kohli rose back. He achieved immense success through the period of 2015–2016–2017 and now even led Team India.
Kohli's performance throughout the 2018 English tour was way ahead of just amazing. The best test batsman of that time left the English bowlers clueless.
Jimmy Anderson failed to get Kohli out even once in that series!
However, Jimmy had the last laugh as England yet again bossed India on their home soil, and took a comfortable series win of 4–1.
2021 again saw Anderson taking revenge from Kohli. Anderson hunted upon Kohli a number of times.
The two legends were so far rivals by play and sweet by nature. But this 2021 tour even saw Jimmy and Kohli getting engaged in verbal banters.
Jimmy got Kohli, but Kohli got England as India this time didn't let England enjoy yet another win on home soil, and butchered them 2–1 with the 5th test match getting cancelled.
This rivalry
Where the momentum swung like a pendulum
This rivalry
Where the two legends engaged in verbal banters and appreciated each other too
This rivalry
Where two of the greatest were involved
Came to an end in September, 2021.
Sure, fans hype the Kohli-Smith rivalry, Smith-Archer rivalry, a lot. But the Kohli-Jimmy rivalry will forever remain special for me, and all the others. It will be cherished throughout.
As the tale of the two living legends.
Sehmat Khan, an undercover RAW agent, is married into a Pakistani family by her father so that she can get some valuable piece of information about the enemy.
2. Manjhi - The Mountain 🏔️ Man
After his wife passes away trying to cross a mountain, Manjhi, out of sheer rage, sets out on a quest to carve a road through the mammoth peak.
4. MS Dhoni The Untold Story
M S Dhoni, a boy from Ranchi, aspires to play cricket for India. Though he initially tries to please his father by working for the Indian Railways, he ultimately decides to chase his dreams
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It was first year of 21st century and the day was 7th October. The day which witnessed the fire and courage within a 18 year old kid who went on to win the World Cup for his Country while fighting through Cancer.
India was up against The World Cup Holder Australia, the team who looked almost invincible back then, in Quarter Final of ICC Knock Out trophy, 2000. A tournament which is now known as Champions Trophy.
Back then this tournament’s structure was very interesting. One bad game and one was out. You caught the next flight back from Nairobi. Like a Tennis tournament. How cool!
It was a special tournament for Team India. Not because they made into the final but because of the fact that team looked completely new, young and fresh on the paper with inclusion of players like Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh after the dark and horrible match fixing scandal. And most importantly, it was the first multinational tournament for the newly appointed captain “Sourav Ganguly”.
It was a special tournament for me too. I was 10 then and this was the first tournament my memories are still very clear about. I did watch a few matches in 1999 world cup but memories of those moments became too fade to recall clearly.
We, my friends from my village and I, used to sit in front of a black and white TV and dance together if a boundary or wicket happened. The moment power was cut, we used to switch on the Radio to listen to the live commentary. Ah! Those were the days!
At the age of mere 18, Yuvraj Singh was selected for the national duty after exhilarating performance in under 19 world cup.
In his debut match, against Kenya, Yuvraj wasn't required to bat as India chased down the total with the help of top order batsmen. Though he did bowl in the match for 4 overs. He looked like this.
India v Australia, 7 October, 2000.
In the Quarter Final, Australia were the plain favorite, coming into the match as the World Cup champion. Indian team looked a team with not so much experience, while Australia team was filled with some extraordinary players.
Dada lost the toss and was asked to bat first by the Elite captain, Steve Waugh.
Tendulkar walked out in the middle with his regular partner Sourav Ganguly. Things weren't looking right for India as McGrath and Brett Lee kept them quiet for four overs.
And then, the onslaught of Master Blaster began.
Sachin came dancing down the wicket and smashed McGrath for a huge six back over his head. He executed a few same shots in the next couple of overs.
The best shot of the innings came in the 2nd delivery of the 7th over as Tendulkar shuffled across his stumps and hooked McCgrath straight over the long leg boundary.
Harsha Bhogle said on the air, 'ball would have gone outside Nairobi'.
The next boundary was his trademark straight drive against the fiery speedster Brett Lee.
Everything was going like a fairy tale as the Indian openers came out all guns blazing. Especially in the context of those days. Score was 66 for no loss in 11th over.
Then happened the worst nightmare for Indian fans during 90’s. Tendulkar's wicket.
A few elder relatives of mine, watching the match with me, got up and left the room. It was a pretty usual scenario in late 90’s.
As expected, things began falling apart after Sachin's wicket and India looked in a big trouble when Dravid fell in 19th over after having struggled to maintain the run rate. Score was 90 for 3 with run rate down to less than 5.
In walked a tall, lean 18 year old Yuvraj Singh. It was his second match but first foray to the crease.
Since the moment he took the guard, he hardly looked like a rookie. He was out there for the first time in his life, yet there was hardly a sign of nerve.
From the word go he stood tall in the middle.
McGrath ran like a monster but Yuvi dispatched him every single time he delievered it overpitched.
Yuvi pulled Brett Lee mercilessly who tried to aim his body with a few near-100-miles deliveries.
Gillespie was wristed away to the square leg fence, the stroke stamped with style and gifted with timing.
His elegant cover drives against seamers were a pleasure to eyes.
One such signature stroke, straight and sparkling, brought up his half-century as he galloped to his 50 off 46. His stroke-play was like an unexpected shock for Aussies. They seemed totally unprepared for him. Steve Waugh looked clueless while changing his bowlers to stop him.
The kid was the driver of the most of the part of Indian inning as the senior players like Kambli, Robin Singh, Vijay Dahiya and Agarkar couldn't make it big after a good start. Yuvi was unruffled by it all. His majestic drives continued even during the fall of wickets at the other end.
Australia finally managed to get rid off him in the 47th over when he top-edged an attempted pull off Shane Lee.
An inning of 84 runs off 80 balls included 12 fours of absolute mixture of arrogance and elegance.
McGrath finished wicketless and conceded 61 in 9 overs.
India finished with 265 for 9, remarkable in that the steady fall of wickets had not been able to check the flow of runs.
During the other half of the match, young India displayed a remarkable performance in the field. Wickets kept tumbling as Yuvraj showcased another talent of him. Firstly he took a blinder to dismiss Ian Harvey and then he pulled off this.
Michael Bevan wouldn't have dared to go for a run if he had known Yuvi before. Yuvraj sprinted forward, swooped down on the ball and sent in a return on the bounce to knock off the stump. Bevan was stunned and on the way to pavilion.
I think that was the particular moment which made Yuvraj a favorite of Dada.
Yuvraj Singh was out there with the mission of owning the arena and he did it quite brilliantly.
During the final stage of the match, Steve Waugh was on the verge of snatching the game from Indians as equation was 36 required off 32. But this time it was the other young man from India who had the final say. After Yuvi, it was Zak's turn to leave Steve Waugh clueless. He unleashed his yorker and Steve was sent packing.
The exuberance of youth had taken India to the semi-finals. Yuvraj was declared for the Man of the Match award.
A memorable triumph in a classic match, engineered by a champion player who emerged as one of the worst nightmares for bowlers and biggest match winner for Team India in the decade ahead.
Since that day, people stopped switching off their TV after Tendulkar's wicket. It was dawn of a new era.
Paresh Rawal is one of the most versatile Bollywood actors.
Characters he had played are truly iconic.
Here are top 5 characters played by Paresh Rawal :-
5. Pinky in Daud (1997)
This is one of the best negative roles Paresh Rawal has ever played. The bald look makes him look so evil. He is a little sarcastic and has a dark humour. He is almost a psychopath. Of course we loved Sanjay Dutt and Urmila Martodkar's chemistry in the film but the movie would have been incomplete without Paresh Rawal playing Pinky.
4. Kanjilalji Mehta in OMG:Oh My God(2012)
This is one of the few movies where Paresh Rawal plays the main character. Kanjilalji Mehta is a small business man in Mumbai. He is an atheist but gradually becomes a believer in higher power when God himself come to him to help him with his problems in court when he files a case against God. The character is interesting and controversial at the same time. His chemistry with Akshay Kumar is awesome.
3. Shyam Gopal Verma(Teja) in Andaz Apna Apna(1994)
One of the most hilarious villains ever. As stupid as a villain can be. He and his two assistants ‘Bhalla’ and ‘Robert’ make the stupidest gang there ever can be.He is the twin brother of Ram Gopal Verma- a billionaire. He relentlessly tries to trick and kidnap Ram's daughters but always fails. The funny part is that the gang is always so close to killing them but always fails because of Bhalla and Robert's foolishness and the main characters don't even know they are being tried killing.
2. Dr. Ghunghroo in Welcome (2007)
This character is naturally funny. Might not be as funny as some other roles he has played but the subtle comedy he portrays in this film is really iconic. His frustrated life because of two gangsters Uday Shetty and Majnu bhai (other two most iconic characters) makes us laugh. Him trying to avoid these dangerous people but winding up back in it is really funny. Probably one of the most iconic character of his life.
Honorable mentions
Radheysham Tiwari in Hungama (2003)
Hasmukhlal in Judaai (1997)
Manilal Patel in Awara Paagal Deewana (2002)
1.Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in Hera Pheri series
There is no Indian who doesn't know this character. Many people know Paresh Rawal as ‘Babu bhaiya’. If a book of most legendary characters in Bollywood was made, this character will definitely be in top 10s. The wierd and stupid nature of Babu bhaiya is very funny. In the first film’ Hera Pheri’, he is the landlord of the other two characters and his controlling nature makes it worth watching. The next film ‘Phir Hera Pheri’ made the character reach different height of stupidity. Babu bhaiya in 2nd film is even more enjoyable. I'm very excited for the next installment ‘Hera Pheri 3’ which will probably release next year.