I&B Minister Manish Tewari handed over Indian cinema’s highest honour to the legendary Bollywood actor in Mumbai
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari handed over the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, Friday to veteran actor Pran, 93, at his residence in Mumbai. The legend could not make it to the 60th National Film Awards ceremony held in the capital last week for health reasons. Click here to read more
The veteran actor could not make it to the 60th National Film Awards ceremony due to health reasons
Legendary actor Pran could not make it to the 60th National Film Awards ceremony on Friday to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award due to health reasons. However, no one from the veteran actor‘s family was present either to receive the award on behalf of the 93-year-old. Click here to read more
Contrary to his big screen image of a villain, in real life Pran is a gentleman with an immense attitude to professional behaviour, says Amitabh Bachchan and adds that he is happy that the 93-year-old has been named for the Dadasaheb Phalke award
Besides working together in the 1973 blockbuster Zanjeer, Big B and Pran teamed up in Don, Amar Akbar Anthony, Kaalia and Sharaabi. Click here to read more
Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha feels that the Dadasaheb Phalke award has come to Pran, an actor par excellence, too late, but adds that the 93-year-old deserves the honour and it is better late than never
“I’d say the honour is too late, too little, too delayed but thoroughly deserving for an incomparable actor who is also a kind and helpful human being. Click here to read more
Dilip saab is very loving, polished and a sophisticated man, says actor Saira Banu, who fell in love with the handsome Bollywood hero when she was only 12
He never allowed her to hold his hand in public, but 46 years of marriage have changed many things, says Saira Banu lovingly of husband-actor-legend Dilip Kumar who turns 90 on December 11. The celebrations for the landmark birthday will be quiet given the death of some of their closest friends this year, including Yash Chopra, Rajesh Khanna and Bal Thackeray. Click here to read more
Untold tales, rare pictures and his love story with Saira Banu is what you will get to read about in Dilip Kumar’s latest biography
Uday Tara Nayar has written Dilip Kumar’s biography, set to be launched on the legendary actor’s 90th birthday on December 11, 2012. The author says the two-part book focuses on the actor’s nine-decade long journey, his love story with Saira Banu, some untold stories as well as rare pictures of the thespian and his family members. Click here to read more