ITV

Tag: Dilip Kumar

  • Defunct Bombay Talkies reopens after 58 years

    Defunct Bombay Talkies reopens after 58 years

    MUMBAI: Besides marking the centenary of Indian cinema, the year 2012 will also see the revival of Bombay Talkies.

    The iconic studio, which was established in 1934, was closed down in 1954. Owned by Dube Industries, the studio will start with the launch of two films in June.

    As the first public limited film company, Bombay Talkies was registered under the Indian Companies Act and soon emerged as an organised company with well-managed financials, acquiring a reputation for public issues, dividends and bonuses.

    Studio manager Satish Mahajan revealed that the studio had to close down because of financial mismanagement by Sashadhar Mukherjee after the release of the Ashok Kumar-starrer Mahal in 1949. “Last year, we took a conscious decision to restart the company on the occasion of the centenary celebration of Indian cinema,” he added.

    The first film to be launched by the re-emerging studio has been titled Zakhmi that will feature Abhay Kumar, grandson of one of the studio’s original owners Rajnarayan Dube. It will also star Sayali Bhagat along with Mithun Chakraborty.

    Though the second film is yet untitled, those being considered for it are Mallika Sherawat, Tusshar Kapoor and Vinay Pathak.

    Incidentally, the studio had launched some of the biggest stars of Hindi cinema like Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Raj Kapoor, Mehmood, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar.

    The newly-opened studio operates from Lokhandwala.

  • Viacom18 buys remaking rights of Seeta Aur Geeta

    Viacom18 buys remaking rights of Seeta Aur Geeta

    MUMBAI: Viacom18 and Sunil Bohra have teamed up and bought the remaking rights of the 1972-made film Seeta Aur Geeta that starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles.

    Seeta Aur Geeta is a story about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.

    This theme has been earlier repeated in several films like Ram Aur Shyam starring Dilip Kumar in a dual role, Jeetendra-starrer Jaise Ko Taisa and the Anil Kapoor-starrer Kishen Kanhaiya.

    While Katrina Kaif will essay the role that Hema Malini played, Abhay Deol and Akshay Kumar are being considered for the roles played by Sanjeev Kumar and Dharmendra respectively.

    The film is set to go on floors soon.

  • Dilip Kumar house in Peshawar granted national heritage status

    Dilip Kumar house in Peshawar granted national heritage status

    MUMBAI: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in Pakistan, in a tribute to veteran Dilip Kumar, has granted the status of ‘national heritage‘ to the star’s house in Peshawar.

    The house with six rooms was located at Mohallah Khudadad, Qissa Khwani Bazaar.The government purchased the land for Rs 30 million from a local.

    Averred Kumar in a statement, “The news that the house where I was born (1922) and where I spent a good part of my childhood in Peshawar‘s Qissa Khwani Bazaar, then in Undivided India, will be given the honour of being a part of the national heritage of Pakistan has sent my mind racing back to memories of happy days spent in the spacious home and its surroundings. This morning many of you asked me to blog about it.

    “I am at once full of fond remembrances of my parents, grandparents and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins who filled the house with the sounds of their chatter and hearty laughter. I can vividly recall the piggy rides on my grandfather‘s back and the scary stories my grandmother cooked up to forbid me from wandering out of the house alone.”

    Known as the ‘Tragedy King of Bollywood‘, Kumar said that he has penned down all this in his autobiography that is due to release soon. The star was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan at Mohalla Khudadad in Qissa Khwani Bazaar on 11 December 1922.

    Incidentally, Peshawar has produced some gems in the field of performing arts like Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan, to name a few.

  • Pak to give heritage status to ancestral homes of Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor

    Pak to give heritage status to ancestral homes of Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor

    MUMBAI: The Pakistani government, in its endeavour to pay tributes to Bollywood legends Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, has decided to give a heritage status to their ancestral homes in the northwestern city of Peshawar, according to the provincial minister of the country.

    Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has reportedly said that both the actors were a "source of pride for our land" as they were born in Peshawar and steps would be taken to protect their homes in the famous Qissa Khwani Bazar.

    The minister has directed the culture secretary to include the residences of both acting legends in the list of national heritage sites and to contact their current owners for their purchase. The minister said that the provincial government has decided to make documentaries and stage dramas on the life of these great artistes.

    While Dilip Kumar was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan at Mohalla Khudadad in Qissa Khwani Bazar on 11 December 1922, Raj Kapoor was born on 14 December 1924 in a town called Samandru in Peshawar.

    Peshawar has had a strong connection with Bollywood since long. While Prem Nath and Vinod Khanna were born in Peshawar, director Surender Kapoor, father of Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor and Taj Mohammad, father of Shah Rukh Khan, owned houses in the city.