Ashok Kumar: Indian cinema's versatile actor - whose hit film drew the ire of Morarji Desai

Vikas Datta | October 13, 2024 11:56 AM

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) From 1936 to 1996, there was no year when a Hindi film with him as the hero -- or a key supporting character or even a cunning villain -- did not hit the big screen. He was also seen frequently on the small screen every week in the mid-1980s as the wise patriarch, summarising every episode of Indian TV's first soap opera 'Hum Log', often with a homespun witty Hindi quip or poem.

The times Amitabh Bachchan left viewers spellbound - without opening his mouth!

Vikas Datta | October 11, 2024 11:20 AM

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) His trademark baritone was first heard in Mrinal Sen's 'Bhuvan Shome' in July 1969, months before he debuted onscreen with 'Saat Hindustani'. Going on to become a megastar, Amitabh Bachchan also lent his voice as a narrator in Satyajit Ray's 'Shatranj Ki Khiladi', Aamir Khan's 'Lagaan', 'Parineeta', 'Ra. One' and many others, but in several of his own roles, he had to do without it at times.

Vikrant Massey to go Ayushmaan Khurana way

IANS | October 9, 2024 7:10 PM

Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Actor Vikrant Massey is getting a lot of attention in the film industry with his consecutive successes in movies like ‘12th Fail’ and ‘Sector 36’. Soon he will be seen in ‘Sabarmati Report’.