• Guru Dutt Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa was nominated by Time magazine as one of the 100 best movies of all time, and by Richard Corliss as one of the 10 most romantic movies. Romantic, in its literary sense, also defines Guru Dutt’s oeuvre. Whether meditating???
    Guru Dutt Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa was nominated by Time magazine as one of the 100 best movies of all time, and by Richard Corliss as one of the 10 most romantic movies. Romantic, in its literary sense, also defines Guru Dutt’s oeuvre. Whether meditating???
  • Mehboob Khan One of Hindi cinema’s defining moments is Mother India, directed by Mehboob Khan. It is the powerful story of an Indian peasant who sacrifices maternal love for honour. Khan made the film twice. In 1940, he told the story as Aurat with Sar???
    Mehboob Khan One of Hindi cinema’s defining moments is Mother India, directed by Mehboob Khan. It is the powerful story of an Indian peasant who sacrifices maternal love for honour. Khan made the film twice. In 1940, he told the story as Aurat with Sar???
  • Raj Kapoor His father, Prithviraj Kapoor, started the dynasty but it was Raj Kapoor who defined it. He was the Great Showman, but as long as he had Khwaja Ahmed Abbas writing his scripts, his films also showed a connect with the problems of India. (Abbas???
    Raj Kapoor His father, Prithviraj Kapoor, started the dynasty but it was Raj Kapoor who defined it. He was the Great Showman, but as long as he had Khwaja Ahmed Abbas writing his scripts, his films also showed a connect with the problems of India. (Abbas???
  • Waheeda Rehman She was already an actor in Telugu cinema when Guru Dutt discovered her and brought her to Bombay. He first cast her in the somewhat unlikely role of a woman running a crime syndicate but she went on to become his muse and they starred tog???
    Waheeda Rehman She was already an actor in Telugu cinema when Guru Dutt discovered her and brought her to Bombay. He first cast her in the somewhat unlikely role of a woman running a crime syndicate but she went on to become his muse and they starred tog???

In pictures: 100 years of Bollywood 1953 to 1963

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