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When Ashok Kumar shared screen space with Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar

Posted in The Magic of Movies!, tagged , , , , on November 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »

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DEVIKA RANI: The Enigmatic First Lady of Indian Cinema

Posted in The Magic of Movies!, tagged , , , , on October 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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Sharada Iyer

On September 21st, 2019, I had the good fortune of watching a brilliant play titled ‘Devika Rani: Goddess of the Silver Screen’. Written by Kishwar Desai (whose book on this incredible screen diva will be released next year) and directed by the talented stage veteran Lillette Dubey, the play brought to fore many significant and hitherto unknown incidents in the personal life of Devika Rani who was indeed a trailblazer of pre-independent Indian Cinema.

IMG_20191025_091217__01The play roughly covered around 18 years of Devika Rani’s life from 1926 to 1943- approximately from the time she met her husband Himanshu Rai to the last time she appeared on the silver screen as an actress. Lillette Dubey’s daughter Ira Dubey who reprises the role of Devika Rani comes up with a memorable performance and also does a fabulous job of singing the famous song – ‘Main ban ki

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