Asrani may have never been a marquee name up in sparkling lights or on outsized posters but the sheer proficiency with which he realised his characters has unleashed gales of laughter over five decades and made a significant contribution to several landmark films. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor.
Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema.
We celebrate Hrishikesh Mukherjee on his 91st birth anniversary on September 30.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
'These days you are the main inspiration for a lot of young film-makers. They are mimicking your films.'
'He loved reality in all his films.' 'He would say films are made for the common man and they should feel the realness while watching it.'
'Acting is the toughest job in the world.'
In our special series re-visiting Hindi film classics, we look back at the Jeetendra and Neetu Singh starrer Priyatama (1977).
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