Posts Tagged ‘Utpal Dutt’

  • Hrishi Da and Amitabh Bachchan : Bemisal Jodi
    Hrishi Da was able to use his actors in a very constructive manner and that is why many of them gave few of their best performances in his films. Very good directors also need very good actors to create remarkable things on the screen. This can be seen via Hrisha Da’s own films also. In the era of mid 60s when coloured films had become a common phenomenon, he had made...
    by Rk at April 19th, 2009 at 08:04 am
  • Shakti Samanta – A Musical Tribute
    ye kyaa huaa, kaise huaa, kab huaa kyon huaa, jab huaa, tab huaa chhodo, ye naa socho humne jo dekhaa thaa, sunaa thaa kyaa bataaye wo kyaa thaa sapnaa salonaa thaa khatam to honaa thaa, huaa When the end came, it was really sorrowful. But as all good things come to and end, so did the life of Shakti Samanta. The above lines are from his movie Amar Prem and they are so...
    by crazyrals at April 11th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
  • Utpal Dutt – Multi-faceted Powerhouse of Talent
    iView Author: Satyendra Jha (Pune, India) Email: satyendrajha30[at] gmail [dot] com Utpal Dutt – Multi-faceted Powerhouse of Talent How do you start writing about a person who has directed more than 100 plays & nukkad naataks, was a founder member of IPTA, has acted in more than 200 movies, could talk in at least 8 languages even in his sleep, is considered...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 15th, 2009 at 03:02 am
  • Portrait of a director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
    iView Author: The Narcissist (Goa, India) Email: withheld ——————————————————– Portrait of a director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee ——————————————————– There...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 15th, 2008 at 05:09 am
  • The Last Lear: Bachchan’s best? Maybe, may be not, but….
    In a Shakespearean tragedy, one cannot but get sucked into the emotional cauldron. Be it Othello or King Lear or Macbeth or Hamlet, its all about great emotional upheaval when it comes to the core of the Bard’s plays. In Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear, Amitabh Bachchan’s (as well as most of the cast’s) first full-fledged English role, Harish ‘Harry’...
    by Runumi G at September 11th, 2008 at 11:09 am
  • Amitabh, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna : : Remake of Shaukeen (1981)
    Amitabh Bachchan has already been appeared in 5 films during the first six months of 2007 and no wonder he may appear in 5 more films in the rest 6 months. Among his contemporaries he is the only actor whose acting career is still enjoying so active phase. Recently Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna also have been able to show their presence in films released in the first half...
    by Rk at July 3rd, 2007 at 06:07 am
  • Writer/actor/director/producer connection !
    We read daily that so and so filmmaker insisted that he does not go for stars but he signs the actors who fit in his story. Writers say that sometimes they write by keeping a certain actor in mind. Does it give enough freedom for them to develop the character then? As a certain actor may have limitations as far as his acting ability is concerned. His mannersims may be...
    by Rk at October 17th, 2006 at 04:10 am