They were the golden boys of the Golden Era. Dilip Kumar-Dev Anand-Raj Kapoor formed the triumphant triumvirate between the ’50s-’70s capturing the fantasies of generations and the trade at the turnstiles. Individual in their idiosyncrasies, separate in their sensibilities but similar in sheer stardom. Amongst the few privileged actresses, who shared screen space with all […]
Read MoreThe iconic character of Indir Thakrun, the very old grandmother, in ‘Pather Panchali’ was played by the outstanding octogenarian Chunibala Debi. During one shot she had to act dead. After the shot, Satyajit Ray called her but she didn’t respond. Ray panicked, thinking that she might have fainted, or worse, died. But to his relief […]
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