Post by Srinivas GantiJaani or no Jaani he is a legend.
Yesterday I had gone to the local dvd store and guess what movie they were watching ! Raj Kumar's Dharam Kaanta !
They were even advertising that its not available at other stores in our area. Needless to say I got the dvd and it was well worh.
yes. one of the first indian stars to have a fit body. but i really
don't think apart from pakeezah he could really be called an actor
playing a character. he always played raj kumar. (though that is true
for most stars). and as raj kumar i think he excelled in bulandi with
lines like
hamko miTaa sake ye zamaane me.n dum nahee.n...
and
tashreeh mulzim yaa buzdil diyaa karte hai.n. I explain never.
after the sohrab modi era, top stars would have been scared to use
'tashreeh' in a mainstream commercial movie. but raj kumar who had
started his career with sohrab. did not care two hoots. though i think
the director would have requested him to at least add the english line
so that normal people can explain. even an amitabh would have ended up
using 'safaai' or 'vajah'
but again no jaani in the film!
but thanks for cracking the code.
btw the other thing that I am trying to watch out for these days, is
shatrughn sinha and Khamosh :)