Posts Tagged ‘Nirupa Roy’
Kisi ko hansi mili kisi ko rulaayi
Posted on: June 7, 2013
“Shankar Seeta Anusuya”(1965) was a Madhur Pictures production. It was directed by Manibhai Vyas. The movie had Mahipal, Anita Guha, Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Helen, Sulochana, B M Vyas, Shahu Modak, Dev Kumar etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
An affable presence, whether it be stage, screen or real life. And a soft and sweet voice – conversations of concern for humanity and society. A man of letters, well read, and well heard too, who continued to write till the end of his stay on this earth. A man of very impressive personality, who had the fortune of working with academic and social luminaries like Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Dr. Zakir Hussain and Mahatma Gandhi. Balraj Sahni, a personality who could empathize with the issues of poverty and unemployment, from personal firsthand experience. And when he passed away, and was placed in state at his residence, besides a copy of Bhagwadgita, there was also placed near him a copy of ‘Das Kapital’ of Karl Marx, and tiny bust of Lenin. A man of the masses, whose roles in films like ‘Dharti Ke Lal’(1946), ‘Hum Log’ (1951), ‘Do Beegha Zameen’ (1953), ‘Heera Moti’ (1959) are a hallmark of simplicity and reality, roles that are a reflection of the mind of a thinker and a sensitive human being. It is more than coincidental that his birth anniversary is today, 1st of May, the day dedicated to the labor class. Today (1 may 2013), we celebrate the century year of his birth.
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Pyaasi hai mamta meri aa jaa re
Posted on: April 19, 2013
“Maa Beta” (1962) was a Tasveeristan Production movie. It was produced by Kuldip Sehgal and directed by Lejhraj Bhakri. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Manoj Kumar, Ameeta, Lalita Pawar, Manmohan Krishan, I.S.Johar, Sheela Ramani, Kumar, Vijay Dutta, Manorama, Leela Mishra, Tarun Bose, Indira Bhansal, Shamlal, Raj Prakash, Madhumati, Shukla, Brahm Dutt, Brahm Bhardwaj etc in it.
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Rakh laaj mere sindoor ki
Posted on: February 27, 2013
“Ram Hanuman Yudhh” (1957) was a Ravikala Chitra production. The movie was directed by S N Tripathi. The movie had Durga Khote, Manhar Desai, Nirupa Roy, Prem Adeeb, Babu Raje, Shalini, S N Tripathi etc in it.
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Phulbagiya mein bulbul boley
Posted on: February 7, 2013
“Rani Roopmati” (1959) was a Ravikala Chitra Production movie. It was directed by S N Tripathi. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Bharat Bhushan, Nalini Chonker, Ullhas, B. M. Vyas, Babu Raje, Amarnath etc in it.
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Today (4 january 2013) is the birth anniversary of Nirupa Roy (4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004). To most moviewatchers, she was the eternally suffering Maa of Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in several movies of 1970s, but that was only part of her impressive cv. She had made her debut an a movie actress in late 1940s and she acted as a leading lady in many movies throughout 1950s and early part of 1960s before easing into the roles of Bhabhi and later maa from late 1960s onwards. I find it curious to realise now that she at the age of 44, played the mother of Amitabh Bachchan (then aged 34) and Shashi Kapoor (then aged 38) in 1975 in Deewaar.
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“Shehnaayi” (1964), not to be confused with “Shehnaayi” (1947), was a New Oriental Pictures Production. It was directed by S D Narang. This movie had Biswajeet, Rajshree, Johnny Walker, Veena, Chand Usmani, Nirupa Roy, Asit Sen, Iftekhar, Leela Chitnis, D. K. Sapru, Parveen Choudhary etc in it.
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