Balraj Sahni and Hindi

On his birth centenary on May 2013, veteran actor Balraj Sahni's grandniece, Malavika Sangghvi, recounts his extraordinary but sad life.The world knew him as Balraj Sahni, the celebrated actor, humanitarian and litterateur. But for me, he was always Balrajji or Mamaji, my maternal grandmother's younger brother and hence my granduncle. In many ways, he defined our family and gave the clan its moral fibre and its mythology, its deep unspeakable sadness and its great leaps of sunshine. ...

Deepti Naval documentary on Balraj Sahni hits roadblock What's Swara's survival kit? (Movie Snippets) TV actors work in unimaginable conditions: Ronit Roy TV more difficult than making films: Anurag Basu New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Bollywood actress ...

"I was really keen on making a film on Balraj Sahni. But when I approached his son Parikshat for his consent, he told me he had already given the filming rights on his father's life to another producer. He didn't think it was right for me to do a film when ...

With reference to Sitaram Yechury's article The conscience keeper ( Left HandDrive, May 21), Balraj Sahni was certainly one of most eminent actors of Hindi cinema. The characters portrayed by Sahni in various films, particularly in Do Bigha

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Balraj Sahni had the rare ability of transforming mediocre films with magnetic performances, says ranjan das gupta. And yet most Hindi film directors of the time failed to use his talents to the hiltIT was 1948. A packed house was watching Dharti Ke ...

As the Indian cinema completes its 100 years, so does one of Bollywood's finest actors Balraj Sahni. On the legendary actor's 100th birth anniversary, Karan Johar recalls how the suave-looking young man managed to play the role of a rickshaw-puller in Bimal ...

Balraj Sahni reflected the people's angst Those who have watched Do Bigha Zamin cannot in their life-time forget the heart-wrenching performance of Balraj Sahni. And those who haven't will not know what acting is. One of the finest films ever to ...

Balraj Sahniin Garam Hawa (Scorching Winds), 1974Films about partition are usually angry in their tone. Garam Hawa is downbeat and elegiac. Sahni is the head of a Muslim family that is coming apart after the Partition of India. He fills his ...