[josejoseph]

Some more from Bollywood

[harit]

This Chevy is seen in a 1930's movie. It may have some connection with Dadi Bulsara. Any idea which movie this was? There may be some more cars seen in that movie.
This image is copied from a photo, not original, hence not so clear.

Cheers harit

[anjan_c2007]

Dharmendra and Mala Sinha from an old film :



Hema Malini on a Yamaha (neither RX 100 nor RD 350 for sure but an old import of the 1970's)



(Found on FB)

[Stanher]

Some pics. of various cars from the movie "Chor Machaye Shor" (1976):

[anjan_c2007]

Salman Khan appears here for Limca - not a Bollywood movie but an advertisement..The car appears at the 45th second plus on this video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Y15vFhwv0

(posted by a FB friend Varun)

[anjan_c2007]

Regal Theater, Bombay inaugurated in 1933 was the first centrally air conditioned cinema house in Asia. Was constructed at a cost of Rs 12 lakh on an empty site known as the Old Saluting Battery.



filmkailm.com

[anjan_c2007]

A few more Bollywood film images









film Brahmachari - many Ambassadors are seen with original shades



Dara Singh posing before an Ambassador.Which is the other car to the left ? Can we conclude that it is a Standard Herald ?



Sharmila Tagore in Waqt- the car cannot be recognised



Shashi Kapoor, Junior Mehmood and the car - a Standard 10 Pennant are recognisable



The Porsche 911 from Shaan. A Fiat 1100 D in the original moonstone shade (right) is seen.
(google images)

[Rudra Sen]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Sharmila Tagore in Waqt- the car cannot be recognised

Could well be a Standard Herald. Going by the steering center arm shape and the sharp tail fin behind her.

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

Sharmila Tagore in Waqt- the car cannot be recognised

Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Could well be a Standard Herald. Going by the steering center arm shape and the sharp tail fin behind her.

I dont see why there should be any difficulty in recognising it in this section of team bhp!
Unless dr.anjan was actually doing a harit, if you know what I mean!

Yes of course it IS a Herald!
An early (1961-62) Standard Herald mk1, to be precise.
The dashboard was a Black "portafleck" one (although IIRC in this car, twas done up in red paint or rexine) made of pressed cardboard, with a chrome strip along the center and a huge Jaeger Speedo cum fuel guage.

This is the scene where Sharmila teaches driving to Shashi Kapoor in the Herald on the streets of Delhi.

Here's another pic. of the same car used in this scene:



Source:

http://filmi-contrast.blogspot.in/20...1_archive.html

PS: I agree that the one in the Dara Singh pic. (background) would have been a Herald as well.

[anjan_c2007]

Dev Anand's career spanned more than 65 years with acting in 114 Hindi films of which 104 have him play the main solo lead hero and he did 2 English films.
He is seen here in pictures from the film Taxi Driver (1954).













(google images)



Above (a Filmfare archive photo) : with his Fiat 1100 Select. He loved Fiats and Premiers. When asked, he would simply say that these cars are helpful to camouflage his identity in the Bombay traffic. In his hey days, only a select few owned imported cars.

[anjan_c2007]

More images from the comedy film Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958). For those who have not watched it, please do so. Its a treat to see the Bombay traffic of those times. And no other comedy film from Bollywood can match this one ! Its a superbly directed film by Mr Satyen Bose, featuring the three Ganguly Brothers (Ashok, Anup and Kishore) at their prime.

















(google images)

[karlosdeville]

The May 1955 issue of Filmfare magazine shows Shammi Kapoor at the wheel of what is likely to be his 47 Buick convertible

[anjan_c2007]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

The May 1955 issue of Filmfare magazine shows Shammi Kapoor at the wheel of what is likely to be his 47 Buick convertible

Attachment 1166933

Yes Karl, its BMY 3009 his first car, that he bought second hand





Sentiments about the car by Mr Shammi Kapoor :

[quote]

I had seen the beauty I wanted:

" It was a skyblue colored, convertible; Buick Super; second hand. It belonged to then film actress Nigar Sultana, who wanted to sell it and it was on display at the Car Mart, at Hughes road. My friend and first producer, Aspi Irani, who I was signed with but had no picture on the floor, knew the owner of Car Mart, Mr. Chunnawala and so off we went to meet and negotiate for the car. He agreed to a pricetag of Rs. 16,500/-, to be paid on a monthly basis Hire purchase for 24 months. The down payment of Rs. 5000/- was to be paid by Aspi. For the next 2 years I paid Rs. 650/- every month almost regularly. It was on the 12th of June, 1952 that I got my Buick. It's registration number was BMY 3009.

Subsequently in my life span as a Film Star, I had a number of different cars; a Desoto followed by a Chevy Belair, a Chevy Impala, a Chevy Intercontinental convertible, a Ford Thunderbird, a Sunbeam Alpine, a Triumph, a Malibu some foreign and Indian Fiats and a number of Jeeps for my Shikar. But to this day the one and only beauty which has always remained dear to me in both my memory and my heart is, the BUICK BMY 3009.

text by Shammi Kapoor
[unquote]

From the star's website

[harit]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

The May 1955 issue of Filmfare magazine shows Shammi Kapoor at the wheel of what is likely to be his 47 Buick convertible

His brothers car?

Cheers

[anjan_c2007]

Mannat bungalow in 1969, featured in a Bollywood film. Captured by Mr Ramnath Ashok Iyer, posted on FB.He also says that Shahrukh Khan was only 4 years old then.