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Saturday, August 20th, 2011 by
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Ajit – Memories

Although I hail from Hyderabad, I belong to a gypsy tribe that migrated from Uttar Pradesh. My great grandfather travelled from Kandahaar to Shahjehanpur. My grandfather and father shifted to Hyderabad. There they joined the Nizam’s forces. I was born on January 27, 1922 in Shahjehanpur. It is a ritual …

. . Memories

Friday, January 1st, 2010 by
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Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Mughal-e Azam tells the story of the Great Mughal, Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The film’s making was itself something of an epic, as it took over fifteen years to shoot, and involved a complete change of cast (the original included Chandramohan, who played Jehangir in Pukar [1939], Nargis and Sapru), several …

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by
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Naya Daur (1957)

Akhtar Mirza (father of the directors Saeed and Aziz Mirza) wrote the story for Naya daur (‘New Era’). In a village, whose main economy depends on a sawmill, many workers face unemployment when the ruthless Kundan (Jeevan) modernises his mill with the introduction of electricity. Two drivers of tongas (horse-drawn …

. . . . Drama