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The Good Baddie
Few can forget the revulsion that Pran’s
personification of wickedness evoked. The ace villain brought the baddie
centrestage on celluloid and left an indelible impact with his masterly
performances. Bunny
Reuben celebrates
the bad guy who beat the heroes.
‘IN
Hollywood,’ began Manoj Kumar, in an interview exclusively done for
this biography, ‘it is said that if you do not find an appropriate
person for the role that is written, then take Anthony Quinn.’ He
continued.
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Pran meets his match
Kuldip Dhiman
WHEN
Pran Mehta, an assistant engineer with the Municipal Corporation
Jalandhar got the news that he had won the Hunt for Pran award, he could
barely contain his excitement. The Pran family and the publishers of a
biography on him, had invited people named Pran to take part in a unique
competition.
Dancing
in the dark
Shirish Joshi
WHEN
peacocks dance, the frogs croak, the birds call out in varied tones,
rains are over and the winter has not begun, it is time for Garba. Come the first night of the Hindu lunar
month of Ashwin, it is the beginning of Navratri, the festival of nine
nights. Costumed boys and girls, men and women, descend on the streets
singing and dancing, bedecked in all finery.
Title
tattle
Fortune lies in the name. Ask
Amarr Upadhyay or Jayalalithaa. Or even film producers, writes Surendra
Miglani.
CATCHY
titles have often attracted people to the cinema halls, while
unimaginative or dull ones have had the opposite effect. This
year too it is no different. Trade pundits point to the title of
Mahesh Bhatt’s Murder as a factor that made it one of
the biggest success stories.
Love
that knows no barriers
Rama Sharma
Divali
has more fireworks this time. Veer Zaara directed by Yash
Chopra, his first film in seven years, promises to rejuvenate Hindi
cinema. The film celebrates love that soars beyond all barriers and in
doing so brings back memories of legendary lovers like Heer-Ranjha,
Sassi-Pannu and Sohni-Mahiwal.
Pooja ventures off the beaten track
Pooja Bhatt has had her share of hits and flops. She
talks to Vickey Lalwani about her next
film Rog.
Were you disappointed with the failure of
Paap?
I look at movie making as a business, so it is
obviously a bit disappointing when a movie does not make money. Beyond
that, I’ve been in the business long enough to not take a hit or flop
too seriously.
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