In recent years, the term superstar has been thrown around liberally. Any actor who achieved moderate mainstream success is quickly dubbed as a superstar, thanks to the press and eager publicists.
Many filmmakers who had a financial stake chose to toe the government's line. However, a few like Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar ...
While a lot of folk music was associated with the screen images of his two super-contemporaries Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand was seen as the urbanized suave and slick youth expressing a ...
At one stage in the 60s, Indian playback singer Mohammed Rafi was the regular singing voice of Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Joy Mukherjee, Biswajit, Dharmendra ...
His timeless voice ensured hits for several Bollywood stars such as Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Guru Dutt, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, and Rishi Kapoor. His versatile repertoire included lively ...