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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by admin
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Ram Aur Shyam (1967)

The theme of identical twins has been present in many cinemas (this being one of the most basic ‘tricks’ available to cinema that was not available to live performances such as plays). Common to melodramas, it is taken to extremes in Hindi cinema, with not just identical twins (Afsana [1951], Anhonee [1952], Gol maal, Hum ...

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by admin
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Shakti (1982)

This film is always remembered as the one time that Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan played father and son. While both stars had played the role of the person who becomes a criminal but remains honest and decent, here the father is the police officer while the son is the outlaw with whom he comes ...

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by admin
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Andaz (1949)

Mehboob Khan’s Andaz opened the prestigious new Liberty cinema in Bombay. Nargis plays the role of Neeta, a modern woman who mixes freely with men, rides horses and wears western clothes. She seems to be falling in love with her father’s manager, Dilip Kumar, while we ignore all the signs that become so apparent on ...

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Saturday, November 14th, 2009 by admin
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Dilip Kumar – Suraiya

Dilip Kumar and Suraiya’s fans must have thought at some point , why Dilip Kumar and Suraiya never worked together? Recently, a book by senior journalist Zakhmi Kanpuri has been published from Karachi. He tried to shed some light on this issue. I am posting the translation here “This incident dates back to the time ...

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Saturday, November 7th, 2009 by admin
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Babul (1950)

Synopsis Set in a small village, Babul is a story of a young postmaster Ashok (Dilip Kumar). He stays in the house of a former postmaster and meets his daughter Bela (Nargis). Bela falls deeply in love, dreaming of a life with him. Meanwhile Dilip develops feelings for the Zamindar’s daughter Usha (Munawar Sultana), who ...

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Saturday, October 10th, 2009 by admin
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Dilip Kumar – Interview

Dilip Kumar has always been a dedicated, thinking actor – more dedicated to and more cerebrally involved in his profession than perhaps any other Indian film actor with a comparable career span. Talking to Bikram Singh and M.Shamim sometime ago, Dilip Kumar had many things to say about the reward, joys and pains of being ...

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Saturday, October 10th, 2009 by admin
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Dilip Kumar – as Comedy hero

Kohinoor (1960), Leader (1964), Gopi (1970) Comedy and action were, in fact, an escape route for Dilip Kumar. He was in a dilemma after fielding grim drama. His mind and nerves were under constant stress. He craved relief from cerebral exertions. In his bid to get away from his mental skirmishes, he provided audiences with ...

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Saturday, October 10th, 2009 by admin
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Dilip Kumar – as Action Hero

Aan (1952) The star-crossed romantic was given a sword to brandish and a temperamental horse to ride. He tells me that he was averse to both. Well, if he was, it certainly didn’t show. From the lovelorn young hero, he made the switch to Jai, the romantic action hero, a tough act which he pulled ...

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Saturday, October 10th, 2009 by admin
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Dilip Kumar – as Tragedy King

Devdas (1955) This film has to be seen in terms of continuation of Dilip Kumar’s earlier films such as Shaheed (1948), Andaz (1949), Jogan (1950), Deedar (I 951), Sangdil (1952) and Shikast (1953). All the characters were intense with varying shades of introspection. Scene after scene was negotiated in a way that the artiste held ...

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Saturday, October 10th, 2009 by admin
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Dilip Kumar – as Writer and Producer

Ganga Jumna (1961) Here’s a jewel of a film and a performance that has stood the test of time. Dilip saab’s work in this trendsetting film is a text book in acting. Each scene speaks eloquently of the vitality, indeed the life-force that he infallibly invests in his screen personae. Ganga Jumna was a daunting ...

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