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Raj Kapoor- A Big Dreamer

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  Being a big dreamer doesn’t mean that you walk around with your head in the clouds. It means that you’re seeking a purpose for your life. Raj Kapoor was the person who dreamt big and went after them, At the age of 24, he was a director and a studio owner His first film Aag was released in 1948 As a filmmaker, Raj Kapoor produced 16 films and directed 9 of them under his R.K. banner. Most of his films were successful films and received appreciation from critics and the audience. Mera Naam Joker was his biggest dream project  He made it but the film was a failure at the box office putting Raj Kapoor into a big financial crisis. He didn't stop dreaming, he came up with an idea to get out of this debt. He released the film 'Bobby' in the year 1973. With this film, he launched his 18-year-old son Rishi Kapoor. This trick proved to be really effective and Bobby proved to be a blockbuster hit of that era. After this, along with Raj Kapoor, the days of the whole family and...

DILIP KUMAR- The Ultimate Method Actor

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  Dilip Kumar was not only one of the earliest superstars of Hindi cinema, but also one of the few legendary artists India has seen.  Dilip Kumar's resume contains many of Indian cinema's landmark, genre-defining roles. His performances as the drunken, doomed lover in  Devdas  and the rebellious royal son in  Mughal-e-Azam  have been endlessly referenced by his successors on-screen. In  Madhumati , he set the trend for reincarnation films. In  Ram Aur Shyam , he established the twins-separated-at-birth formula. He became the first-ever winner of the Filmfare Best Actor award for  Daag  in 1954 and went on to win the award another seven times.   Born as Yusuf Khan in Peshawar on December 11, 1922, it’s said that it was Devika Rani who spotted him at Pune’s military canteen. She told him to come to Mumbai and offered him his first film Jwar Bhata (1944). Since then in 6 decades he appeared in 65 films. His  span across a sta...

Ashok Kumar - The most bankable star of the 40s

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  The first film of Ashok Kumar was  Jeevan Naiya  (1936), a Bombay Talkies production.  It was a sheer fluke that he became an actor. He didn't want to become an actor.  Those days, actors were really looked down upon. They were believed to come from the lowest strata of society. He came to Bombay to become a director. So he joined Bombay Talkies as a technician. he worked in the camera department. Later, he was made a lab assistant. He worked as Lab Assistant for 8 months, suddenly Himanshu Rai, the owner of Bombay Talkies made him the hero of the film Jeevan Naiya replacing the existing hero Najam-ul- Hussain. Initially, he was not comfortable in acting but later gathered confidence in his second film   Achhut Kanya  (1936) ,  where he again paired with Devika Rani became a smash hit established him a great actor. After that, he was a permanent hero of all Bombay Talkies movies In 1943 he played the first anti-hero...