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Comment on Villain no more! by Punjab-da-puttar

Punjab-da-puttar — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:05:30 +0000

Thanks, Shilpa!

Comment on Villain no more! by shilpa shukla

shilpa shukla — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:53:42 +0000

thanks karan! ..awesome read!

Comment on Villain no more! by Punjab-da-puttar

Punjab-da-puttar — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:27:56 +0000

Ram, would love to do a one-on-one with Pran saab but after this one-one and a half hour session, he was totally tired. And unless one has a series of meetings with him to trace his career and approach to acting, which again is not really possible thanks to his age, a detailed one-on-one seems unlikely. In fact, we got even this one meeting with really great difficulty as it is tough on him physically now.

Comment on Villain no more! by Ramchandra PN

Ramchandra PN — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:14:26 +0000

an Insightful piece that shows the dedication of the man to his craft. Wish you do a one to one on him - especially on how he approached his acting.
and loved the bit about the smaller peg….

Comment on Villain no more! by Punjab-da-puttar

Punjab-da-puttar — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:48:49 +0000

Thanks Monish. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore, do they?

Comment on Villain no more! by Monish

Monish — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:12:26 +0000

Nice article! One is simply amazed by the dedication and the incredible memory of the man!

Comment on Villain no more! by Punjab-da-puttar

Punjab-da-puttar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:29:21 +0000

You’re welcome Memsaab. It’s such a joy to meet the yesteryear stars. Pran basically spoke how Manto took him to Bombay Talkies to get him work as Manto was working there then. The cameraman, Josef Wirsching didn’t approve of Pran after taking his test, so Manto walked off in a huff asking Pran to follow him! Anyway things worked out and Pran began his career in post-independent India with Bombay Talkies’ Ziddi (1948). In fact, I think Manto was also instrumental in Shyam getting Majboor (1948) at Bombay Talkies. Manto and Shyam were great friends and the longest chapter of Manto’s Stars from Another Sky is on Shyam, if I’m correct.

Batul, yes one has been extremely fortunate to meet all these luminaries. And yes, I’ve heard from others too about SRK’s dedication once on set.

Comment on Villain no more! by Batul Mukhtiar

Batul Mukhtiar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:35:09 +0000

Lovely. Obviously you know that I am very, very jealous of you. Shudeep who worked with him in ‘Chak De’ said that Shahrukh Khan did the same, i.e. stay back for the entire scene, even to give reactions.

Comment on Forever Dragon by Ranjan

Ranjan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:56:32 +0000

Hi Upen, please find out the name of the film. Also the director. To think, I have forgotten the name of the director of Enter The Dragon. Sacriligeous!

Comment on Villain no more! by memsaab

memsaab — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:59:41 +0000

What did he say about Saadat Hasan Manto? They seemed to have been pretty good friends. How I would have loved to be there with you—thanks for sharing, Karan.