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Legends of Bollywood
LEGENDS OF BOLLYWOOD
LEGENDS OF
BOLLYWOOD
Mehboob Khan (1906-64)
Mehboob Khan was producerdirector of Hindi film industry. His film Roti (1940)
projected the Indian society. His most memorable film is Mother India released in
1957. This film is one of the best classics of Indian film industry. His another famous
film Andaz, featuring stars like Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Nargis, has also made a
great impact on the Indian audience. He was a is one of the landmarks of
Bollywood.
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Bimal Roy (1909-66)
When Bimal Roy entered Bollywood, he started working as a camera assistant.
Bimal Roy was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As a director, he made his first film in
Bengali named as Udayer Pathey that was later remade in Hindi titled Humrahi. In
1953, he released two films, Do Bigha Zamin and Sujata that are the most notable
work of Bimal Roy. He also made the mainstream films like Biraj Bahu (1954),
Devdas (1955) and Madhumati (1958).
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Guru Dutt (1925-64)
Guru Dutt was born in Bangalore and completed his education Calcutta. At the
beginning of his career, Guru Dutt worked as a choreographer and also as an
assistant director. He did his directorial debut with movie Baazi. Guru Dutt’s was the
part of some really entertaining films like Aar Paar, Mr. and Mrs. 55 and CID. His
film Pyaasa was critically acclaimed and was listed as one of the 100 films of all time
by Time magazine. Even being a commercial failure, his film Kaagaz Ke Phool is one
of the films that are shown to the NSD students of all streams.
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Raj Kapoor (1924-88)
Raj Kapoor, born in Peshwar, was a successful actor, director and producer. He
entered into the Hindi film Industry as a clapper boy and went on to become one of
the finest and sensitive film director who tried to project the plight of common
people through his films. Aag was his first film as a director after he set up the R K
Films banner in 1948. His Awara and Shri 420, Bobby and Satyam Shivam
Sundaram are some of his most successful films. Awara established Raj Kapoor as a
legend. Mera Naam Joker made in 1970 was his most ambitious project but it was a
commercial failure.
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Dev Anand(1923-2011)
The juvenile actor was known for his different style of dialogue delivery and is intense
acting. Dev Anand started his career from the military censor office at Churchgate,
Mumbai at a salary of Rs. 160. He entered the film industry with his first film Hum Ek
Hain (1946). His film Ziddi (1948) established him as a successful actor. In his 5
decade career, has worked in over 110 films. Some of his famous films are Jewel
Thief, C.I.D., Paying Guest and Baazi. Guide was his most successful film and it was
also his first coloured film. He won the Padma Bhushan award in 2001 for his
contribution to the Indian film industry. he has also won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(2002).
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Dilip Kumar also known as the King of Acting entered the Bollywood with the help of
actress, Devika Rani. His real name is Yusuf Khan but he had to adopt a Hindu
name, so he changed his name to Dilip Kumar. He debuted with the Hindi film Jwar
Bhata (1944), but the film could not do well. Jugnu (1947) was his first
commercially successful movie. His other hit films are Andaz, Deedar, Amar, Devdas
and Madhumati (1958). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (1991) and
Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1994) for his work in Hindi film industry.
Dilip Kumar(1922-present)
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Rajesh Khanna (1942-2012)
Rajesh Khanna is referred as the first superstar of Indian film industry. He had
participated and won a talent hunt named All India Talent Contest (1965). In the
contest, he competed with ten thousand contestants. His first film was Aakhri Khat,
released in 1996. But, he became popular with the film Raaz (1967). He has 160 films
under his belt, most of the films were huge hits. His most popular films are Aanand,
Avishkar, Kati Patang, Aradhana, Ittefaq, Sachcha Jhutha, Amar Prem. He is a three
time winner of Filmfare Best Actor award. He was also awarded Padma Bhushan by
the government of India in 2013, after his demise.
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Amitabh Bachchan(1942-present)
Big B of Bollywood is one of the veteran actors who is still active in the Hindi films
as the lead actor. He made his entry into films as a voiceover artist in 1969. His
debutant film as an actor was Saat Hindustani. Untill Zanjeer (1973) none of his
films could help him make his mark. But Zanjeer was a massive hit and upgraded
his career. Most of his films were blockbuster hits including Sholay, Silsila,
Abhiman, Chupke Chupke, Lawaris, Namak Haram, Natwarlal, etc. He is a National
Film Award winner.
Sharmila Tagore (1944-present)
A Bengali actress who achieved success young, Sharmila appeared in numerous
Bengali classics before making the jump to Hindi cinema, which first made her a
romantic actress and later a legendary actress thanks to her intense films opposite
Superstar Rajesh Khanna. A distant relative of poet Rabindranath Tagore.Her pairing
with Shammi Kapoor made her famous in the sixties but as an actress she evolved
and became popular due to different films, each belonging to different genre, she did
opposite the Superstar Rajesh Khanna.The pair gave 6 box office blockbusters and 3
unfortunate box office flops which were critically acclaimed films.
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Dharmendra(1935-present)
This handsome actor debuted in 1960 with the Hindi film Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi
Tere, but his film Phool Aur Patthar rose him to fame as an actor in1966. Even being
a newcomer he got the chance to work with leading actresses Bollywood and gave
many hits including Pratigya, Azaad, Sholay, Ghazab, Bhagavat, Hukumat, Dharam
Aur Kanoon, Raaj Tilak, Charas, Aag Hi Aag, Ghulami, and Loha. Until 1997, even
being a successful actor of his time was never nominated to any Filmfare Award
category. In 1997, he was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
presented by legendary actor Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu.
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Mala Sinha(1936-present)
Mala Sinha was born and brought up in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India.
She has worked in some of the major hits of her time like Pyaasa (1957), Jahan Ara
(1964) and Geet(1970). Mala Sinha was the most popular heroine among her
contemporaries and acted as a lead heroine for a long span of time since 1957 to
1974.
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Hema Malini (1948-present)
Hema was born in the Tamilspeaking family in Ammankudi, Tamil Nadu. Hema
Malini started her career as an actress in Hindi films with Sapnon Ka Saudagar
opposite Raj Kapoor in 1968. She earned the title of the "Dream Girl" after she was
featured in the film with the same title. With her beauty and talent, held a glorious
reign between the years 1970 to 1985. She gave back to back hits with the
superstar Rajesh Khanna almost 10 hits. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Actress
award for her fabulous acting in Seeta Aur Geeta in 1972.
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Asha Parekh(1942-present)
Asha Parekh was born in a Gujarati family to a Hindu father and a Muslim
mother. She grew an interest in dancing and at an early age and started learning
classical dance. She also performed at various stage shows and the famous
director Bimal Roy spotted her in one of her stage shows. He offered her a role
in his next film Maa 1952 when she was just 10. At sixteen, she auditioned
for Goonj Uthi Shehnai, but she got rejected by the director Vijay Bhatt as he
thought that she was not a star material. But soon after this incident, she was
cast in the film Dil Deke Dekho (1959) which was a massive hit and established
as a huge star.
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