Saat Saath, Musings & Amusings |
Saat Saath, Musings & Amusings |
swarapriya |
Dec 24 2009, 09:36 PM
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Saat Saath
Musings & Amusings With threads on the "Muse & Music", "Three Reigning Queens", and "One of a Kind" in steady progress, I thought I will divert my attention to some other actors of the last half of the last century whose work has resulted in some great music. I received feelers from several members to start something like this, even though not at this scale. With these thoughts in mind, I have selected to look into the works of seven actors. These are: Amitabh Bachchan Dharmendra Jeetendra Manoj Kumar Raaj Kumar Rajendra Kumar Sunil Dutt Between them they made nealy 1200 movies. Starting today, I will post albums from their movies, probably one for each day. I happen to have CDs of most of this work, but may need occasional help. The Forum members have been gracefully great in cooperating. Thank you for all your suport. I am hoping I will continue to get similar support for this thread as well. Now let us look at the individual filmographies of these actors ... This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 24 2009, 10:41 PM Attached image(s) |
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Sunil Dutt - The "Gentleman Actor"
Sunil Dutt was a successful radio announcer for Radio Ceylon Hindi programs. He made his film debut in 1955 with “Railway Platform”. Couple of years later, he had a major breakthrough as an actor with Mehboob Khan’s “Mother India” which proved to be a fertile ground for many aspiring actors. The very next year he married Nargis, who played his mother in “Mother India”. Sunil was a close friend of writer Agha Jani Kashmiri, who was instrumental in bringing Nargis to the movies. They collaborated in many movies together. He made history by producing and directing a one-actor movie called “Yaadein” in 1964. He produced many movies and directed a few. His son Sanjay is also a popular actor. When his wife Nargis passed away, he set up an organization called “Nargis Dutt Foundation” that helps raise money for cancer research. He was elected to congress many times and served as a cabinet minister. Sunil won the Filmfare award as the Best Actor a couple of times in his career. He acted in over 100 movies in a career spanning nearly 50 years. Here is his part 1 of the filmography … This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 24 2009, 10:37 PM Attached image(s) |
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