Big B, Nargis, Guru Dutt, Pran & MeenaKumari in Asian top actors
This is for Hindi Film Lovers!!!
With five actors listed, India tops the list featuring actors from India, China, Pakistan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Korea.
India: Guru Dutt
He’s frequently compared to Orson Welles for directing and starring in films that ushered in a golden era of Hindi cinema. Because of his soulful acting, Guru Dutt’s “Pyaasa” and “Kaagaz Ke Phool” are now included among the greatest Indian films of all time.
Best Role: Dutt produced, directed and starred in Pyaasa (1957), a story of a struggling poet in post-independence India.
India: Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan’s deep voice and broodiness immortalized him as the “angry young man” of 1970s Bollywood. Although films such as “Sholay” made him an action hero, he also successfully played comic and romantic leads.
Best Role: Bachchan’s role as Inspector Khanna in “Zanjeer” (1973) cemented his image as a dark and deep character, triggered to explode.
India: Pran
Pran is the pre-eminent villain of Hindi cinema, appearing in over 350 films (typically listed last in the opening credits as “…and Pran.”) He was equally at ease playing a powerful lord or an impoverished villager. So great is his notoriety as a villain that some Indian parents dare not name their sons Pran.
Best Role: “Upkaar Upkaar” (1967) demonstrated Pran’s versatility and earned him a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. He surprised audiences by playing a good Samaritan and singing the chart-topping “Rishte naate pyar wafaa sab.”
India: Nargis
From the 1940s to 1960s, the beautiful Nargis starred in many commercially successful as well as critically acclaimed films. Because of her versatility and natural expression, she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema.
Best Role: Nargis stole the show in the Oscar-nominated “Mother India” (1957), known as the Indian “Gone with the Wind.” She plays a strong-willed woman, Radha, who survives tragedy after tragedy.
India: Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari is famous for playing grief-stricken parts that mirrored the sufferings in her private life. Dubbed “The Tragedy Queen,” Kumari starred in more than 90 films in a career that spanned from 1939 to her premature death by cirrhosis in 1972. Many of her works, such as “Baiju Bawra” and “Parineeta,” are considered classics today.
Best Role: Kumari’s troubles in “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962) were eerily similar to her own: alcoholism, destructive relationships, the yearning to be understood.
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