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Check out this 1982 Stardust article about Dilip Kumar.
Even though the whole country was disillusioned, seething with fury and utterly disgusted when their darling Dilip Kumar deceived them about his second marriage, it wasn’t long before people forgave, forgot and started making excuses for their idol. Within a couple of months, Dilip Kumar was back on his pedestal.
The public had literally grown up believing in his legend, fans had lived with stories of his greatness for too long to accept his feet of clay because of just one mistake.
Now however, it’s come to light that Asma was not the legend’s first mistake. It was only the first to be exposed! The expose, however belated, seems to have aroused the other ‘wronged parties’ who have kept quiet about their suffering all these years, out of fear for themselves and their families.
Today, there’s no end to the stories shattering the white-washed façade, no restraint in the explosion of the myth of the ex-Sheriff, the actor nonpareil, the perfect family man, the legendary lover, the Godfather of the industry. One (exposed) slip-up has cost the fallen angel his thirty-year-old image!
So far, the only well-known negative aspect of this Marlon Brando of the Indian screen was that he had the habit of interfering with his scripts, directing his directors and delaying his films. Any filmmaker who signed Dilip Kumar, did so after knowing what to expect from the screen God. Those who resented his encroaching, never worked with him.
But it hasn’t been such simple and straight dealing always. Very few people are aware that the thespian has time and again deliberately cheated his producers, ruined his directors and put film families out of action for years, even at times, forever…
#Manmohan Desai and his family of filmmakers
Manmohan Desai and his family of filmmakers were one of Dilip Kumar’s first victims!
It is said that Manmohan Desai’s father was one of the industry’s richest producers in his time. In fact, he had so much money, that he used to get his wardrobe specially flown in from the most expensive boutique in Paris! But, he made one mistake – he signed Dilip Kumar for one of his films and with it, he lost everything he had achieved and amassed in life.
>That film never got made. My father almost became a pauper. - Manmohan Desai
As if his own extravagant demands during and after the film’s making weren’t enough, Dilip Kumar even instigated Saira Banu as a major accomplice in the Desa
... keep reading on reddit ➡There arent too many Indian movies listed in Time Magazine's Top 100 movies of all time list who had such tremendous global impact like the movie, that made India’s iconic R.K. Studio. This Indian Gem sold more tickets in alien countries than their own domestic movies, with sales north of 250M tickets worldwide in the 50s. Often called the world’s favorite movie, this is one of the most beloved Indian movies of all time not only in India but Russia, China, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Cannes had no other option but to nominate the movie for its Grand Prize award. If you search YouTube for its iconic songs, you will be surprised to find an unending list of covers from all over the world including Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, China, Japan etc. This is one of the key movies that was instrumental in creation of a film industry in India. The immortal classic “Awaara”.
Awaara (1951)
Directed by Raj Kapoor
Produced by Raj Kapoor
Starring - Raj Kapoor, Nargis, K.N. Singh, Leela Chitnis and Prithviraj Kapoor
Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and V.P. Sathe
Music by Shankar Jaikishan
Budget/Box Office - INR 50 Lac/INR 15 Crore (INR 1,500 Crore Adjusted for Inflation)
Awards - Released before Filmfare and National Awards were established. Nominated for the Grand Prize in Cannes Film Festival
IMDB Rating - 7.9/10
RT Rating - 86%
My Rating - 10/10
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas wrote the film for India’s legendary director Mehboob Khan, Khan didn't show much enthusiasm about the movie and wanted to cast Ashok Kumar and Dilip Kumar which Abbas didn’t think was the right casting. Hence Abbas took the movie to Raj Kapoor who had just tasted success with his first hit “Barsaat” and was looking at launching his first movie under the newly formed banner of R.K. Films and shoot in his newly created R.K. Studio. Raj Kapoor loved the script and wanted to cast his father Prithviraj Kapoor but was afraid to ask him to sign up for the movie. So he reluctantly asked Abbas to narrate the story to his father. Prithviraj Kapoor loved the story and asked who was the movie’s director. When Abbas revealed that his son RK was going to direct the movie, Prithviraj warned Abbas not to hire such an inexperienced director to tell such a bold and great story. Despite his reservations and strong opinion Abbas managed to convince Prithviraj to join the movie’s cast.
Raj Kapoor had a tough time directing his f
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Make-up artist with magic hands, Pandhari Juker has done a marvellous job on many famous faces, making older actresses look younger, and younger ones older to suit their on-screen personas.
From the time he entered the film industry in 1948, Juker has worked with the who's who of the film industry, from Meena Kumari and Nutan, to Manisha Koirala and Madhuri. He worked with Yash Chopra for 27 years!
Juker, 80, speaks to Patcy N fondly about the stars he's worked with, and what they were like.
#Meena Kumari
(Director) Khwaja Ahmed Abbas had started Char Dil Char Raahein, with Meena Kumari playing the main lead. She wanted her own make-up artist but Abbas said why don't you try my make-up artist; if you don't like him you can bring your own. I did her make-up and then we did the photo shoot.
I had made Meena Kumari look dusky complexioned, which was very difficult to achieve in a black-and-white film. Those pictures were used in Filmfare and another magazine, which captioned the photographs 'Black Princess'. My work was appreciated and that was when I got my first big recognition.
Meena Kumari loved my work and would not do a shoot without me. Her projects that were already on the floors, like Pakeezah, also came to me.
Meena Kumari would treat me like a family member. She knew I was never free in the mornings as I had other shoots, so she would always keep her shoot in the afternoon for my convenience.
Meena Kumari could play tame and homely characters very well. She had a very beautiful face.
Once when we were shooting Chitralekha, Meena Kumari has to faint in one scene and Ashok Kumar, who plays a sadhu, picks her up and takes her to his cave. Meena Kumari told the director 'Let Ashok Kumar not carry me; let Pandhari carry me to the cave.' I was asked whether I would do it, and I agreed, so I did Ashok Kumar's duplicate. In fact, I have done Kishore Kumar's duplicate in some films too.
In Chitralekha, I had to do the make-up for a scene in which Meena Kumari looks into a mirror and gradually starts ageing. She was very young then. I used nose putty and applied it to her cheeks, took a comb and just did lines with it, and made some dark circles around her eyes. It was just one shot and did not require continuity and that's why it was possible to do it faster.
We were shooting in Ranikhet (in Almora, Uttarakhand) for Bheegi Raat when some people came to meet Meena Kumari and asked her to visit TB patients at Kasturba H
... keep reading on reddit ➡I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
Do your worst!
When I got home, they were still there.
