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Awaara is Avare in Türkish and Vagabond in English

Awaara is Avare in Türkish and Vagabond in English 

My father told me a few times of a movie he watched when he was about five years old.   He went in detail of how the movie and the song within that movie was such a big smash hit.  He even sang verses from the song.  

Today, I heard the song in that movie and therefore looked up the movie on YouTube.  My father came to my mind...
 My father was right, the song and movie was very entertaining and I wanted to inform everyone who might never have known of this jewel of a movie.  

Awara

Awaara was a Brilliant Indian movie made in the year 1951.  It is also titled the Vagabond in many western countries.  It is directed, produced and stars the legendary Raj Kapoor.  The film's music was composed by Shantar Jaikishan, and the main titled song Awaara was sung by Mukesh, but lip-singed in the movie by Raj Kapoor.

The film centers on the life of poor vagabond Raj (Kapoor) and his love interest, who comes from a wealthy and elite family.  

The film was an overnight sensation in South Asia, and found success abroad in the rest of the world.  In particular, the song Awaara, which was sung by Mukesh with lyrics by Shailendra, became hugely popular across Indian subcontinent and surrounding countries of Soviet Union, China, Turkey and Afghanistan.  

The film was also nominated for the Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival in the year 1953.  Owing to its popularity in so many countries, the film is a candidate for most successful film of all time and has been included in the All-time 100 Greatest films by Time magazine.  

I have included the YouTube link below of the movie, take time out from your busy lives and try to watch this movie.  

https://youtu.be/u4mjCJaJe-g

Enjoy, 

Sincerely,

Pepi Longsocks

Pepi Longsocks

Watching old SCTV episodes are a past time of mine.   SCTV is a Canadian show from the mid 1970s to early 1980s.  It is brilliantly funny, and I recommend this show wholeheartedly.  

I wanted to analyze and give a constructive review of one of the episodes of SCTV, titled Pepi Longsocks, here is a short link of a YouTube episode below:

https://youtu.be/epLq_DAeex4

Watching Pepi when I was a kid, I did not get the reference to other cultures.  But watching this and other episodes of SCTV now, I actually think that the references are bang-on and done very good, especially with this one.  

Here are a few points I want to make:

1, in this episode, it is supposedly Bulgaria, and me born around the Balkans, I remember watching old Turkish movies (still watching them now I must add), many of the older films are out of sink with the picture and the sound, and one learns to just accept this while watching, but in this episode/video, it is wickedly funny, done purposely,

2, outfits were nailed bang on; I have actually been to Sofya in 1988 (Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria) and they actually dressed almost like this in the country side of the capital city,

3, the name Pepi; don't know if Bulgarians have this name in use, most of the ones I know are either named Dimitri or Constantin, but only a minor issue here,

3, John Candy was in my opinion the most under-rated actor in Hollywood, watching him here brings to me nice memories of my simple childhood, he does this to me as I like him and admire him greatly.   I have nothing but good to say about him, may he rest in peace.  

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben

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The Legend of Turkish cinema -- Mr. Erol Tas

The Legend of Turkish cinema -- Mr. Erol Tas

Mr. Erol Tas was born in the city of Erzurum, which is located in eastern Turkey, on the date of February 28, 1928.  He is an actor that was much liked in Turkey, plus received many recognitions for his 'bad guy' roles.  He acted in over 200 movies, and most of his roles were from the years 1960 to 1975; the panicle years of Yesilcam Sinema (Turkish Cinema).

He was the 'go to' actor when a strong, ruthless, and mean character needed to be played against the protagonist.  The important truth that movie watching public witnessed was that, he always out-played and out-worked all others in the movie; this earned him great respect by everyone.

The one movie that would stand out and show his acting skills was 'Susuz Yaz' (Dry Summer), a link of the movie is hyperlinked below, please take time to watch it. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvvRoneF4zE&t=4056s

This movie was filmed in 1964 and won the Golden Bear award in the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

Mr. Erol Tas died on November 8, 1998 in Istanbul, may he rest in peace.  At a later date, I will add further to this brief essay of his life.

One important date that struck me, while reading about him was that, his date of birth of February 28, coincides with my daughter of Gonul Ezo.  I'm happy to have learned this.

Thank you,

Ben

Baskin

Baskin

Movie title:

Baskin

Filmed in 1972

Actors:

Kadir Inanir

Suzan Avci

Metin Tekin

Ulku Ozen

Erol Tas

Ali Sen

Hayati Hamzaoglu

'Baskin' is a drama/adventure Turkish movie, filmed in early 1970s.  

'Baskin' is translated to English, to mean 'Raid' or 'Attack'. 

The story is about the assassination of Istanbul Police Chief by a Mafia group to further the groups unlawful cause.  The son (Kadir Inanir) of the deceased Police Chief takes revenge of the mafia group, for killing his father. 

          The son walks out of jail, with Istanbul landscape and the Ford Galaxie in the background. 

I really enjoyed this movie as the plot was very good and the actors in the movie are 'legends' now within Turkish Cinema. 

          Galaxie is on the chase. 

I am a fan of 'old' cars and in this movie, the son of the deceased Police Chief drives a beautiful dark blue 1959 Ford Galaxie, to carry out his revenge.  I have included pictures of the vehicle.  

          The son and the Galaxie. 

Finally, a link of the movie has been attached for your viewing pleasure. 

          Galaxie flies.  

http://youtu.be/p9mJG7WGfKI

(If the link does not work, please copy/paste to the address bar)

          The police keeping a close watch on the Galaxie. 

          Galaxie says to the son "I'll wait here for you". 

Enjoy. 

The Good

The Good

For those who might not have recognized the man in the picture; this is Clint Eastwood, from the unforgettable movie 'The good, The Bad, and The Ugly'.

 

One of my favorite movies and a 'good' character, that I cheered for.

If you have not watched this movie yet, please make time to do so.

Sincerely, 

Horoz

Horoz

'Horozuna kravat taktigim' --- Vahi Oz (Vahe Ozinyan) Legendary Turkish Actor. 

Wallpaper of June 2014

Wallpaper of June 2014

Old time Darth Vader