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Shashikala – Of Torment and Triumph
She was a star by the age of five. Much to the proud delight of her father whose dreams of going on stage had been thwarted by his outraged businessman father who had cut short his flight from home and dragged him back to join him in the family business. But when his daughter showed ...
Sujata (1959)
Cast: Nutan, Sunil Dutt, Shashikala Director: Bimal Roy Music: S.D. Burman Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Capsule Review: Nutan and Bimal Roy gave cinema their first stunner in Sujata. The humanist drama about a harijan (untouchable) girl’s fight for identity was replete with subtle sensitive touches that defied the mood of cinema in those melodramatic times. The ...
Junglee (1961)
Shammi Kapoor yelled ‘Yahoo!’ and became a new kind of hero for the 1960s. Raj Kapoor’s younger brother had shaved off his trademark pencil moustache in the 1950s and created a new Elvis-style image for the Indian hero as he danced to western-style songs in nightclubs and discos. His physical presence dominated the screen, with ...
Anupama (1966)
Cast: Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore,Tarun Bose, Shashikala, Deven Varma Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee Music: Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi Capsule Review: A mute and minimalist drama far ahead of its times, Anupama tells the story of Uma (Sharmila Tagore) whose father (played with brilliant authority by Tarun Bose) detests his daughter ever since his beloved wife died ...
Devar (1966)
Cast: Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Deven Varma, Shashikala Director: Mohan Segal Music: Roshan Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Capsule Review: The compelling quadrangular melodrama about a mismatched couple contained deep elements of Bengali literature. Stress within the domestic ambience was created when the noble Dharmendra ends up marrying the shrewish Shashikala while his brother contrives to marry the ...
Phool Aur Patthar (1966)
Cast: Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Shashikala, O.P. Ralhan Director: O.P. Ralhan Music: Ravi Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni Capsule Review: A noteworthy potboiler depicting a forbidden liaison between a widow (Meena Kumari) and a petty criminal (Dharmendra). The sequence in which Dharmendra crept up to the supine heroine in a shirtless, drunken stupor had audiences whistling in delight. ...
Waqt (1965)
Waqt was a landmark in many ways: it is a multi-starrer with four main heroes and two major heroines; it set a trend for showing the lifestyles of the super-rich; it is a ‘lost and found’ film, a storyline that became a favorite in the 1970s; and it has memorable songs. A prosperous merchant, Lala ...
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