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Fantastic - 5
Dr. Usman Khawaja
Short Essay
'Pakeeza' .He was effortless as he transformed to character roles in the sixties with the super hit 'Mere Mehboob' with Nimmi and Sadhana, where he had a bigger role than the hero-Rajendra Kumar. He also starred in 'Qanoon' the first song less Hindi movie by B.R.Chopra, which is a cult classic and shows his commitment to quality innovations.But his best was still to come as he made the great Mamta with Suchitra Sen in which he played a lawyer in the romantic drama, but the Hrishikesh Mukherjee movies 'Anupama' was equally good where he plays an embittered father to Sharmila Tagore who blames his daughter for the loss of his wife in childbirth, it was in Hrishikesh movie which followed that.
He gave some extremely sophisticated comedies like 'Khoobsorat' with Rekha and 'Shaukeen' with Mithun, which were quality super hits.
This is his final gift to Indian cinema endowed with talent, natural empathy and a graceful dignity which no other actor has ever demonstrated and it affirms his position as the superstar of the millennium.
He was a model husband and father too and a gracious human being who worked for art rather then greed and that reflects on screen with his sincerity in his great persona and immaculate talent.
He gave some extremely sophisticated comedies like 'Khoobsorat' with Rekha and 'Shaukeen' with Mithun, which were quality super hits.
This is his final gift to Indian cinema endowed with talent, natural empathy and a graceful dignity which no other actor has ever demonstrated and it affirms his position as the superstar of the millennium.
He was a model husband and father too and a gracious human being who worked for art rather then greed and that reflects on screen with his sincerity in his great persona and immaculate talent.
with his pairings with Devika Rani and Leela Chitnis.
He emphasized the need for a natural style and was the first superstar to break out of the theatrical mode in Indian cinema.
He had the widest range and ability to play every image possible and is an ultimate role model for all actors globally. He was the first actor to introduce the angry man negative hero image in 'Kismat' 1943 which proved to be the first blockbuster for Indian cinema ever running in Calcutta on the same screen for 2 years.
But he is then accredited with bringing the film noir to Hindi cinema as the Bogart era started in Hollywood, he produced and acted with Madhubala in the first Indian bona fide masterpiece acclaimed critically world wide in 'Mahal' and in doing so he bestowed and introduced a genius maker to Hollywood in the guise of Kamal Amrohi.
He starred in 20 movies with Kamals wife, Meena Kumari who was his most successful heroine both crucially and commercially and they made 'Parineeta' in 1953, which opened a flood gate of quality movies like 'Palki', 'Bheegi Raat', 'Bahu Begum', 'Aarti', and finally the great eighteenth century musical social drama
He emphasized the need for a natural style and was the first superstar to break out of the theatrical mode in Indian cinema.
He had the widest range and ability to play every image possible and is an ultimate role model for all actors globally. He was the first actor to introduce the angry man negative hero image in 'Kismat' 1943 which proved to be the first blockbuster for Indian cinema ever running in Calcutta on the same screen for 2 years.
But he is then accredited with bringing the film noir to Hindi cinema as the Bogart era started in Hollywood, he produced and acted with Madhubala in the first Indian bona fide masterpiece acclaimed critically world wide in 'Mahal' and in doing so he bestowed and introduced a genius maker to Hollywood in the guise of Kamal Amrohi.
He starred in 20 movies with Kamals wife, Meena Kumari who was his most successful heroine both crucially and commercially and they made 'Parineeta' in 1953, which opened a flood gate of quality movies like 'Palki', 'Bheegi Raat', 'Bahu Begum', 'Aarti', and finally the great eighteenth century musical social drama
The greatest persona from Indian cinema who worked in over 250 movies was accidentally discovered in 1935 as filler for the sick hero, he shot to stardom
Ashok,Kishore and Anup in the film 'Chalti Ka Naam Gadi'
Ashok Kumar
