The youngest of the Anand brothers, Vijay Anand was absolutely fearless and revolutionary in his style of filmmaking.
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Roshmila Bhattacharya is a senior journalist and the author of four books on cinema.
Bengal’s ‘Mahanayika’ Suchitra Sen ruled the box-office on her own terms. Long after leaving films, her fans continued to rhapsodise over her luminous beauty, which shone through even in black-and-white.
Ashim recollects his fond memories of Samanta's equation with Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore and the making of films that went on to become timeless classics in Hindi cinema's history.
The philanderer and plunderer of the movies was a pragmatic philosopher in real life.
Rajesh Khanna’s downfall was as dramatic as his rise to the top. Perhaps he was a victim of his own image or was carried away by all the adulation. Whatever the reason, he was dethroned before he was ready to abdicate.
Shaikh may not have been in any rush to make a career in the movies, but his roles made a mark on generations to come.
Kumar revolutionised not just on-screen performances with his naturalised style of acting as opposed to over-the-top dramatics, but also challenged the unwritten rules that shaped the nayak in a Hindi film and kept him distinct from the khalnayak.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Dharmendra didn’t believe in retirement: “Acting is like my beloved, sometimes we get away from each other, but we can’t stay apart for too long".
Though director Anup Singh never met his mentor Ritwik Ghatak, his cinema has had a massive impact on Singh's cinematic oeuvre.
With Kamini Kaushal's demise, the Hindi film industry has lost a star who had an enviable range in acting and took Indian cinema to a global stage with her work.
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