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Disco Dancer (1982)
Disco Dancer is one of those films that I had known about for years before I saw it. People often quoted it as a truly kitsch film and I had heard the songs (by Bappi Lahiri, ‘the R. D. Burman of the B-movies’ according to the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema) and seen them as clips ...
Sasadhar Mukherji (1909 – 1990)
As the leading light of three successive studios — Bombay Talkies, Filmistan and Filmalaya, Sasadhar Mukherji was justly famous for making films that represented cloth cut to the viewers’ exact proportions. In keeping with Himanshu Rai’s policy to employ graduates, Sasadhar, an MSc, was offered the chance to work with Bombay Talkies as a sound ...
Mehboob Khan (1906 – 1964)
Unlettered and unrepentant, Mehboob’s genius lay in his ability to make exciting cinema in concurrence with his strong socialist beliefs (his banner depicted the hammer and sickle). The subliminal motif in most of his famous films was: the oppressed poor pitted against the oppressive rich — whether it was the woman (Nargis) against the zamindar ...
V. Shantaram (1901 – 1990)
After Barua’s Devdas set a nationwide trend for apocalyptic despondency, Shantaram felt the need to relay a more positive message to the country’s youth. Consequently, he made his masterpiece Aadmi (’39), where even after the hero loses his girl, he is shown not giving in to gloom but committing himself to his work. Similarly, a ...
K. Asif (1924 -1971)
A director and producer, Karimuddin Asif is best remembered for his dazzling period epic, Mughal-e-Azam. Born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, he started off as assistant to his uncle, filmmaker and actor S. Nazir. In 1944, Asif directed his first feature, Phool, written by Kamal Amrohi. Asif turned producer with Hulchal in 1951. Karimuddin Asif always ...
Bimal Roy (1909-1966)
Bimal Roy’s fascination with the outer limits of the human experience gave cinema some of its most unforgettably complex characters. For instance: Kalyani of Bandini, whose murder of her ex-lover’s wife is not morally justifiable; the outcaste Sujata, labouring under an inferiority complex; the defeatist Devdas; the vengeful sprite Madhumati; and Sambhu Mahato, the ever-toiling ...
Pradeep Kumar
A noted Hindi and Bengali film actor, Pradeep Kumar is best remembered for his performances in Mughal period dramas. Born Sital Batabyal, Pradeep Kumar began his career in 1944 as an assistant to cameraman Dhiren Dey in Calcutta. It was after director Debaki Bose spotted him in a play that he joined New Theatres as ...
Khemchand Prakash
Remembered most for the unforgettable scores of Tansen, Mahal, and Ziddi, Khemchand Prakash was born in Jaipur. His father, Pandit Govardhan Prasad, served as court singer at the Jaipur palace. Khemchand Prakash inherited his father’s singing skills and was appointed the court singer of Bikaner at the age of 19. A proficient singer, he also ...
Rehman
From the scheming publisher in Pyaasa to the loyal friend in Chaudhvin Ka Chand to the decadent husband in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Rehman played characters of all shades. Born in 1923 in Lahore (now in Pakistan), Rehman moved to Jabalpur where he completed his education. He joined the Indian Air Force, but quit soon ...
Sajjad Hussain
Known as much for his musical brilliance as his forthrightness, Sajjad Hussain’s compositions rank amongst the most complex scores of Hindi film music. Born in Sitamau, Madhya Pradesh, Sajjad learnt to play the sitar from his father. This was to be his only formal training in music. He moved to Bombay in the early 1940s, ...
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