TOP TEN OLD BOLLYWOOD MOVIES ARCHIVE

Gunga Jumna (1961) Dilip Kumar in Gunga Jumna. For Kapoor who brought joie de vivre into the cinema of the 1960s, a simple interpretation of Junglee could be вЂ“ this manвЂ™s going to break all rules. In Junglee, Kapoor, perhaps BollywoodвЂ™s first dancing star, broke the shackles of his domineering mother to venture out to find love and freedom.

TOP TEN OLD BOLLYWOOD MOVIES ARCHIVE

(Express archive photo)Дid modernity arrive in Hindi cinema at the exact moment when an Elvis Presley-esque Shammi Kapoor slid down the snow-capped hills of Shimla roaring вЂњYaahooвЂќ? The answer may not veer towards the affirmative but Junglee was definitely a cry for freedom not seen in Hindi cinema before. Junglee (1961) Shammi Kapoor and Saira Banu in Junglee. The filmвЂ™s title song is used even today to describe Waheeda RehmanвЂ™s classic beauty and feminine grace. But what if we told you that one man falls in love with his best friendвЂ™s wife? Though Guru Dutt didnвЂ™t officially direct Chaudhvin Ka Chand, the frames bear his unmistakable stamp. Author and Guru Dutt expert Nasreen Munni Kabir even described Chaudhvin Ka Chand as DuttвЂ™s вЂњmost conventionalвЂќ story and treatment.

Two best friends fall in love with a veiled beauty вЂ“ Jameela played exquisitely by Waheeda Rehman. The last of Guru DuttвЂ™s great works, Chaudhvin Ka Chand is a lavishly mounted Muslim social drama set in Lucknow. The same could be said about its unrivalled star cast and NaushadвЂ™s stellar music.Д¬haudhvin Ka Chand (1960) Though Guru Dutt didnвЂ™t officially direct Chaudhvin Ka Chand, the frames bear his unmistakable stamp. вЂњMughal-e-Azam is a tribute to the imagination, hard work and lavishness of its maker,вЂќ Filmfare wrote in a review of the film.

Dilip Kumar underplays methodically, making the poetic Prince Salim a perfect foil to Prithviraj KapoorвЂ™s theatrical pitch and a love-struck MadhubalaвЂ™s passionate performance that has made Mughal-E-Azam her crowning glory.

AnarkaliвЂ™s fearless defiance of Akbar gives Mughal-E-Azam some of its most iconic confrontational moments. Prithviraj Kapoor plays Emperor Akbar who uses all his might to suppress the вЂњillicit loveвЂќ between his son, heir-to-the-Mughal-throne Prince Salim (Dilip Kumar) and a lowly courtesan called Anarkali (Madhubala). K AsifвЂ™s grand epic Mughal-E-Azam is the ultimate tale of doomed love. Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in Mughal-E-Azam.

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