The year was 1986. Rajesh Khanna was no more the phenomenon but the aura that he had created for himself through the songs that he had crooned on the silver screen was manifest on a screen made out of sacks on which were sewed tattered white sheets. The location- Chakia, a hinterland about 80 kms from Varanasi as the crow flies. The film shown was Raaz in a village godown. His songs were rewinded umpteen number of times, the spool could not withstand the pressure, and the film did not reach its logical end. However, nobody complained, as the fans were enthralled in Rajesh Khanna’s magic.
Were he to be alive today he would have been 82 years of age; his physical self may not be there, but his magic continues to swoon the audiences.
First Fashion icon of Hindi cinema
He was the first actor who created his own mannerism, the...
Were he to be alive today he would have been 82 years of age; his physical self may not be there, but his magic continues to swoon the audiences.
First Fashion icon of Hindi cinema
He was the first actor who created his own mannerism, the...
- 12/30/2022
- by Nalin Rai
- GlamSham
Mukta Arts celebrates its 42nd anniversary today with a special 3-film deal announcement with Zee Studios. But more on that later, first a brief history of Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts and his films.
Ghai’s career began as a student from the acting course of Ftii who then had a stint of four years as an actor in Mumbai. The young man then became a story writer for the top 6 directors of the 70s including Prakash Mehra and Dulal Guha with his scripts like Aakhri Daku and Khan Dost. After being a writer for 3 years he was given a chance to direct his own script Kalicharan, produced by Nn Sippy, which established him as a director with the film a hit. He wrote and directed another super hit Vishwanath for Shatrughan Sinha’s Arts. He was recognised for his crispy talent of dialogue writing as well as extracting performances from actors big or small.
Ghai’s career began as a student from the acting course of Ftii who then had a stint of four years as an actor in Mumbai. The young man then became a story writer for the top 6 directors of the 70s including Prakash Mehra and Dulal Guha with his scripts like Aakhri Daku and Khan Dost. After being a writer for 3 years he was given a chance to direct his own script Kalicharan, produced by Nn Sippy, which established him as a director with the film a hit. He wrote and directed another super hit Vishwanath for Shatrughan Sinha’s Arts. He was recognised for his crispy talent of dialogue writing as well as extracting performances from actors big or small.
- 10/24/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
He broke all the rules of stardom and yet was a star, a romantic hero and an all-rounder par excellence. 47 was no age for one of Hindi cinema's brightest talents to go, but on November 6, 1985, Sanjeev Kumar passed away, leaving fans, friends and the Hindi film shell-shocked. Gulzar remembers Sanjeev Kumar "For me, he was the complete actor. I have always said that I had two anchors - one was Sanjeev Kumar, and the other was R.D.Burman. What most people do not know is that I knew Haribhai (as I called him) from the late 1950s. We were both with the Indian National Theatre where I would write for the plays and he was a stage actor. Sanjeev was a student of P.D.Shenoy, who was also teaching at the Filmalaya School of Acting and later turned film director. Sanjeev was just over 20 years old, and he was playing a father!
- 11/4/2010
- by Rajiv Vijayakar (Screen Weekly)
- BollywoodHungama
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