RSS

Posts Tagged ‘Dilip Kumar’

Saturday, November 20th, 2010 by admin
0

Shabnam (1949)

This latest Filmistan picture running to crowded houses at Roxy for many weeks now is a picture which does credit to S. Mukerji the producer, who gave us in the past pictures like Kangan, Bandhan, Naya Sansar etc. There are no less than ten songs, several dance numbers in which the selection of artistes has ...

. . . . . . . . . Musical

Saturday, September 18th, 2010 by admin
0

Deedar (1951)

Adapting much of the K.L. Saigal type of melodrama, the tale opens with adolescents Shamu (Dilip Kumar) and childhood sweetheart Mala (Nargis). Mala’s rich father (Sapru) disapproves and when the children have an accident while horse-riding (a portent of the tragedy to come), he has Shamu and his mother evicted. The trauma kills the mother ...

. . . . . . . . Drama

Saturday, April 24th, 2010 by admin
0

Devdas (1956)

Cast: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen,Vyjanthimala, Motilal Director: Bimal Roy Music: S.D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Capsule Review: Bimal Roy’s faithful and fiercely intimate adaptation of Saratchandra Chatterjee’s classic tragedy about a self-absorbed hero who destroys his own happiness in pursuit of love, is leagues removed from P.C. Barua’s minimalist version in 1935 and Sanjay Leela ...

. . . . Drama

Friday, January 1st, 2010 by admin
0

Legends – Dilip Kumar

. . Bollywood

Friday, January 1st, 2010 by admin
1

Dilip Kumar’s Fact File

Born Yusuf Khan 11 December 1922 Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) Star Sign Sagittarius Parents Muhammad Yusuf Khan and ? Siblings 11 including brothers Ehsan Khan and Aslam Khan who live in Mumbai, a sister Farida who lives in Fresno, California. Nasir Khan – who was the first ever leading man of Pakistani Cinema. ...

. . Miscellaneous

Friday, January 1st, 2010 by admin
1

Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Mughal-e Azam tells the story of the Great Mughal, Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The film’s making was itself something of an epic, as it took over fifteen years to shoot, and involved a complete change of cast (the original included Chandramohan, who played Jehangir in Pukar [1939], Nargis and Sapru), several writers and so on. It ...

. . . . . . . . . Historical

Friday, January 1st, 2010 by admin
4

Dilip Kumar’s Filmography

Film Cast Director Jwar Bhata (1944) Agha, Shamim, Dilip Kumar, Pithavala, Arun Kumar, Khalil, Bikram Kapoor, Mridula, K. N. Singh, Mumtaz Ali Amiya Chakraborty Pratima (1945) Dilip Kumar, Swarnalata, Pithavala, Mukri, Zebunissa, Shah Nawaz, Jyoti, Mumtaz Ali Jairaj Milan (1946) Ranjana, Moni Chatterji, Dilip Kumar, Mira Misra, Pahari Sanyal Nitin Bose Jugnu (1947) Dilip Kumar, ...

. . More

Sunday, December 27th, 2009 by admin
1

Ganga Jamna (1961)

Ganga Jamna is one of the finest examples of a popular theme of Indian cinema, namely that of the good and bad brother. Gunga (Dilip Kumar), framed for a crime by a landowner, becomes an outlaw, while his younger brother, Jamna (Nasir Khan, Dilip Kumar’s real-life brother), whom he has educated, becomes a police officer. ...

. . . Crime

Sunday, December 27th, 2009 by admin
1

Madhumati (1958)

Madhumati was the biggest hit of director Bimal Roy. His hallmark neo­realist images and social concern are evident in this unusual reincarnation/ghost story scripted by Ritwik Ghatak, later acclaimed as one of India’s greatest directors. Two of the top stars of Hindi cinema, Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, take multiple roles in this complex narrative. Devendra ...

. . . Mystery

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by admin
1

Naya Daur (1957)

Akhtar Mirza (father of the directors Saeed and Aziz Mirza) wrote the story for Naya daur (‘New Era’). In a village, whose main economy depends on a sawmill, many workers face unemployment when the ruthless Kundan (Jeevan) modernises his mill with the introduction of electricity. Two drivers of tongas (horse-drawn taxis), Shankar (Dilip Kumar) and ...

. . . . Drama

 Page 1 of 3  1  2  3 »