The King of Tragedy ..
Being a follower of Cinema, it becomes impossible to stay away from movie buzz and when somebody of the calibre and ability of Dilip Kumar with a humongous body of work utters a word or exercises his finger to praise a thespian, it certainly deserves to be the day’s Headline.
While I was growing up, Amitabh Bachchan’s movies were often played on Doordarshan and every time I sat with my parents and relatives to watch my idol they compared the man to Dilip Kumar. I became very curious and wanted to quench my thirst by watching the man do what he does best, but unfortunately, those were not the days of DVDs and I had to wait for Doordarshan to show a Dilip Kumar movie. My wait finally came to an end when I saw him in ‘Aadmi’, I still remember, my parents were not engrossed to television but lost. Watching him for the first time on television, I had very high expectation, after all, he was then unarguably the greatest (still is for some if not most) actor to have graced the Indian screen and I was certainly not left disappointed. I was completely blown away with every gesture of his, the expression on his face when he delivered the dialogue or when his eyes lingered; it was truly magical in every sense of the word. I became a very ardent follower of his work and when I saw Shakti starring Amitabh and him for the first time; I realized they were so similar (if not identical) to each other in most aspects of acting. I was further enlightened about his work by my maternal uncle who had bought me cassettes of Ganga Jamuna, Sangharsh and my all time favourite Dil Diya Dard Liya. It was through these movies, I discovered the versatility of the actor and his performance in Dil Diya Dard Liya where he was challenged by the legendary Pran was a once in lifetime and still remains a landmark.
If one has to look back at the 50’s & 60’s of Indian Cinema, one would find only few actors in Ashok Kumar, Pran, Balraj Sahini, Sanjeev Kumar and only one actor who defines the word actor. I don’t consider Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand as actors; they were just there to entertain.
Dilip Kumar with the quality of work behind him was inspiration to every actor and if we never had Dilip Kumar we would have never got Amitabh Bachchan who to most of us became the greatest by learning the tricks from The Tragedy King. Is there any actor who can go beyond director’s vision and script? I can proudly say; we don’t have one but two in Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan...................
Being a follower of Cinema, it becomes impossible to stay away from movie buzz and when somebody of the calibre and ability of Dilip Kumar with a humongous body of work utters a word or exercises his finger to praise a thespian, it certainly deserves to be the day’s Headline.
While I was growing up, Amitabh Bachchan’s movies were often played on Doordarshan and every time I sat with my parents and relatives to watch my idol they compared the man to Dilip Kumar. I became very curious and wanted to quench my thirst by watching the man do what he does best, but unfortunately, those were not the days of DVDs and I had to wait for Doordarshan to show a Dilip Kumar movie. My wait finally came to an end when I saw him in ‘Aadmi’, I still remember, my parents were not engrossed to television but lost. Watching him for the first time on television, I had very high expectation, after all, he was then unarguably the greatest (still is for some if not most) actor to have graced the Indian screen and I was certainly not left disappointed. I was completely blown away with every gesture of his, the expression on his face when he delivered the dialogue or when his eyes lingered; it was truly magical in every sense of the word. I became a very ardent follower of his work and when I saw Shakti starring Amitabh and him for the first time; I realized they were so similar (if not identical) to each other in most aspects of acting. I was further enlightened about his work by my maternal uncle who had bought me cassettes of Ganga Jamuna, Sangharsh and my all time favourite Dil Diya Dard Liya. It was through these movies, I discovered the versatility of the actor and his performance in Dil Diya Dard Liya where he was challenged by the legendary Pran was a once in lifetime and still remains a landmark.
If one has to look back at the 50’s & 60’s of Indian Cinema, one would find only few actors in Ashok Kumar, Pran, Balraj Sahini, Sanjeev Kumar and only one actor who defines the word actor. I don’t consider Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand as actors; they were just there to entertain.
Dilip Kumar with the quality of work behind him was inspiration to every actor and if we never had Dilip Kumar we would have never got Amitabh Bachchan who to most of us became the greatest by learning the tricks from The Tragedy King. Is there any actor who can go beyond director’s vision and script? I can proudly say; we don’t have one but two in Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan...................
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