

There is also Durga Khote as neighbourhood aunty and Mohan Choti is a tea seller, who appear across stories. The owner of the house, played by David, appears in all the stories. It is divided into three stories, ‘Marriage’, ‘Birth’ and ‘Death’, each with a different cast. The movie had a stellar cast of Kishore Kumar, David, Nazir Hussain, Suchitra Sen, and Usha Kiran, among others. The story revolved around a house and tenants that live in that house at different stages of their lives. Hrishi-Da wrote a script alongside his friend Ritwik Ghatak. Dilip Kumar was so impressed by this newcomer that he advised him to direct his own movies. If Devdas is such a fascinating product overall, a lot of credit goes to Hrishi-Da as well. In 1955, when Bimal Roy made Devdas, Hrishi-Da was the editor of the movie. First of all, it is the first-ever Hindi film made in the form of an anthology, over half a century before the likes of Lust Stories and Ray. It is an interesting film with a fascinating history behind it. I am talking about Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s directorial debut, Musafir, which came out in 1957. If one is interested, I want to recommend a film that I don’t hear being mentioned by anyone.Īlso read: The 10 Essential Dilip Kumar Performances

With his passing, people will want to revisit his famous filmography. Even though I am most fond of Raj Kapoor among the trinity of the golden era, over the years, as I have watched more and more cinema from around the world, I have been able to understand the fuss around the legend called Dilip Kumar.
