![]() ![]() Kumar once said he had watched For Whom the Bell Tolls, starring Ingrid Bergman, 21 times in seven days. The family shifted to Deolali near Nasik, and Bombay, in late 1920s. Like Raj Kapoor, and Shah Rukh Khan, Kumar’s roots were in Peshawar where his father was a fruit merchant. But the struggle to get it exhibited took its toll on him. The film was released following Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s intervention. Ironically, the Censor Board recommended major cuts to it on grounds of vulgarity and violence. “To me, it was his ultimate performance,” Amitabh Bachchan told TOI in 1990. He became the poster boy of aborted ardour.Ī notable moment in his career came with Ganga Jumna (1961) where he conveyed the despair of the innocent villager forced to become an outlaw. He induced intensity into loving and losing in a way that pain became indistinguishable from pleasure. Yet a generation later Dilip Kumar made the part his own. In the pre-independence era, Pramathesh Barua and KL Saigal had swayed a million hearts as Devdas. Kumar was so immersed in the selfdestructive protagonist of Devdas (1955) that he had to undergo psychiatric counselling. An obsessive perfectionist, he learnt to play the sitar for a song sequence in Kohinoor. His brooding intensity and comic flair influenced Bollywood A-listers such as Rajendra Kumar, Manoj Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan. Kumar, whose real name was Yusuf Khan, even refused the part that made Omar Sharif a Hollywood star in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. ![]() Secure in his craft, he acted only in 60-odd films in a career spanning more than five decades. As academic Meghnad Desai wrote in his book, Nehru’s Hero, he “reflected the best of this country at the best of its times”.ĭilip Kumar’s best encapsulated the finest in popular cinema. The Peshawar-born actor’s passing away marks the closure of an affectionate and passionate chapter in the life of post-independent India. The film was the fourth highest earning film of the year 1948.Kumar's demise brings an end to the great triumvirate - Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand being the other two - who lorded over the Hindi film industry and a multitude of hearts in the 1950s and 1960s. Telegu film Chiranjeevulu (1956) was a remake of Mela. Singers: Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Johrabai, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Shamshad Begum Noorjehan: Majnu’s Mother / Basanti (as Nurjehan) "Phir Aah Dil Se Nikali, Tapka Lahu Jigar Se" "Mera Dil Todne Wale Mere Dil Ki Dua Lena" "Aayi Sawan Ritu Aayi Sajan Mora Dhole Hai Man" "Gaye Ja Geet Milan Ke, Tu Apni Lagan Ke" "Ye Zindagi Ke Mele, Duniyaa Men Kam Na Honge" After the release, Mohan goes to the same place where Manju fall and following Manju’s spirit falls who the cliff edge and dies. Mohan got twenty years imprisonment for murdering Manju. One stormy night, Manju goes to meet Mohan and killed when she falls down accidentally from a hill. After some time the old man dies and Manju starts living the life of a widow. Due to the pressure of villagers and Mehkoo ( Jeevan) who has lust over Manju and influence over Manju’s step-mother got married to a seventy-year-old man. The marriage arranged and Mohan goes to a nearby town to buy jewelry for the occasion while on the way got robbed and become unconscious due to injuries and couldn’t reach his village on the wedding day. Mela hit the theatre on 8 October 1948 is a love story of Mohan ( Dilip Kumar) and Manju ( Nargis) who are childhood friends and as they grow up falls in love. Sunny, starring Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jayant, Jeevan, Rehman, Amar, Roop Kamal, and Zubeida.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |