Dharmendra’s death at 89 has revived several memorable clips from his long career, including one where he admitted he drank all night and kept calling Hrishikesh Mukherjee after losing the role of Anand to Rajesh Khanna.
Amitabh Bachchan, Salim-Javed’s poster boy for Angry Young Man and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Mellow Matured Man, who turned 82 on October 11, was a philosopher’s stone for his dialogue writers: Javed Akhtar, Kader Khan, Inder Raj Anand, Gulzar, and more.
Mrinal Sen (1923-2023) directed 27 features, 14 shorts, and five documentaries in a 47-year-career, working with actors like Dimple Kapadia, Mithun Chakraborty, Mamata Shankar, Simi Garewal, Shabana Azmi and Dhritiman Chatterjee, among others.
Madhur Bhandarkar, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Anuradha Sen Gupta, spoke about his new release, Dil To Baccha Hai Ji, which is different from the barely disguised fictional account of several real life news stories.