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Pramod Chakravorty wasn’t counted among the great Bengali directors of Hindi cinema, like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Bimal Roy, Asit Sen , Shakti Samanta, and Satyen Bose. But he was more boxoffice-friendly than all the names mentioned.

Starting with the suspense thriller 12 0’Clock starring Guru Dutt (no less) Pramod Chakravorty directed blockbusters like Love In Tokyo(1966), Jugnu (1973) and Warrant (1975).

Dharmendra who worked with the filmmaker in as many as five popular films agrees, Pramod Chakravorty was highly underrated. “He cast me and Hema repeatedly in his films, a lot of them with us together. He also cast Hema with Amitabh in one film (Nastik) and I worked in a Bengali-Hindi film with Pramod (Jagir) which had Zeenat opposite me. My first film with Pramod was Naya Zamana which I consider among my best films alongside Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Satyakam and Dulal Guha’s Pratiggya.”

Naya Zamana was special for Dharmendra. “It was...

It looks like 2018 is going to be a very special year for the Bachchans. While Abhishek Bachchan is all set to play the poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi in a bio-pic to be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, producer Prerna Aroraa is all set to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a role immortalized by the legendary Nargis. The film is Raat Aur Din. Directed by Satyen Bose, this 1969 black-and-white classic with astonishing songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar featured Nargis as a woman with a split personality. For portraying two different personalities in one character, Nargis had won the National award for Best Actress.

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The 1964 film had music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri, who together created songs like Chahoonga Main Tujhe, Rahi Manwa and Mera Toh Jo Bhi Kadam Hai. Directed by Satyen Bose, Dosti starred Sushil Kumar and Sudhir Kumar...

Sd Burman gave one of the whackiest soundtracks for this 1958 film with an element of playfulness even in the romantic songs like Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si and Hum The Woh Thi. Directed by Satyen Bose, the film starred brothers Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Anup Kumar and Madhubala...

After the blockbuster Chennai Express, it's an unofficial remake of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi for superstar Shah Rukh Khan and superstar-director Rohit Shetty. The film, which goes on the floors in March, will star Shah Rukh Khan and Varun Dhawan as brothers. A source in the know reveals, "The basic plot is like Satyen Bose's Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and also shades of Mukul Anand's Hum. Shah Rukh's role is a mix of Ashok Kumar in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and Bachchan Saab in Hum. Shah Rukh Khan plays the Ashok Kumar role of a seeming misogynist while Varun Dhawan playing the flirty sibling is just the opposite. Like Kishore Kumar in Chalti Ka Gaadi, Varun Dhawan has a love interest, Kriti Sanon (who steps into, ahem, Madhubala's role). Varun keeps teasing and challenging his brother about his lack of interest in women...until at mid-point...

They can be strict, they can be hot, sometimes cute, and sometimes support like a rock . Bollywood has portrayed a teacher in varied forms through the years with films like .Mera Naam Joker., .Sir., .Mohabbatein. and .Taare Zameen Par..Recently their portrayal has taken on a more realistic form thanks to recent movies like .Stanley Ka Dabba. and .Aarakshan..On Teachers. Day, which is on Monday, Ians lists down some Hindi films, which brought the teacher-student relationship in focus:.Jagriti. (1954) . Way back in 1954, Satyen Bose highlighted the importance of unorthodox teaching methods for better imparting of education. With actor Abhi Bhattacharya in the lead role, the movie shows how a teacher works towards making his pupils culturally aware and responsible citizens..Mera Naam Joker. (1970) . This Raj Kapoor classic brought a school boy.s infatuation with his teacher to the big screen. Rishi Kapoor, as the adolescent Raju, was shown smitten by his teacher,...