Shakti Samanta

New Delhi, March 27 : Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore on Tuesday said the biggest challenge for the current education system in India was the large scale drop outs from schools in the early stages. 'October' seems like the most romantic film since 'Amar Prem'. By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, March 12 : In Shakti Samanta's ...

Prostitution is often described as the oldest profession in the world. But society has always looked at prostitutes with contempt. A number of social reformers in the past have emphasised the need to rehabilitate prostitutes. But in the recent times many champions of women rights have questioned this ...

“Shakti Samanta offered me the role in Kati Patang on the condition that I should be able dance. I rehearsed with Robert Master for three days. Also I was inspired by Helenji's dances. She used to fill the screen; I admired her figure, her expressions, her dresses, her movements…” The Bharat Natyam and ...

In 1964 Shakti Samanta's directed film Kashmir Ki Kali staring Shami Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore depicted the mesmerizing beauty of Kashmir. The song sequences on the banks of Dal Lake and a string of other events filmed on various locations across the valley portrayed merely the mesmerizing beauty ...

The same year, Shakti Samanta made the Bengali version of Debdas staring Prosenjit Chatterjee as Devdas, Arpita Pal as Parbati, Tapas Paul as Chunnilal and Indrani Halder as Chandramukhi. Cut to 2018 and Bollywood is now ready to release Daas Dev. Mishra tells you his version is love story ...

October seems like the most romantic film since Amar Prem. In Shakti Samanta's 1971 romantic classic Amar Prem the lead pair Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore never get a chance to get close in the way men and women get in real and reel life….no songs, no affection, and yet Rajesh Khanna and ...

In Shakti Samanta's 1971 romantic classic "Amar Prem", the lead pair Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore never get a chance to get intimate in the way men and women get in real and reel life. No songs, no exchange of affection, no sex. And yet the on-screen pair in the movie were an epitome of ...

The list of directors who have adapted and interpreted the melancholic story of romantic loss leading to alcohol and death include Bimal Roy, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Anurag Kashyap in Hindi, Vedantam Raghavaiah and Vijaya Nirmala in Telugu, and Dilip Roy, Chashi Nazrul Islam and Shakti Samanta ...

The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh and Prem Chopra and was directed by Shakti Samanta. It was not hugely successful at the box office but has since obtained cult status. It looks likely that the future popularity of gambling movies will continue to grow as people become more and ...

1. Amar Prem (1971): The underrated director Shakti Samanta created two timeless odes to love Aradhana and Amar Prem both featuring the charismatic couple Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. My Valentinian pick is Amar Prem. There is not even an embrace between the lead pair. He, a married ...

MUMBAI: In Shakti Samanta's 1971 romantic classic “Amar Prem”, the lead pair Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore never get a chance to get intimate in the way men and women get in real and reel life. No songs, no exchange of affection. And yet the on-screen pair in the movie were an epitome of ...