tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30094930255713429152024-03-19T14:58:58.547+05:30Dilip Kumar : Personal BlogDealface.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16044503005789817863noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-60808022637036041122013-02-08T20:12:00.000+05:302013-02-08T20:16:13.899+05:30Vyjayntimala stopped by to say Hello.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 115%;">Vyjayantimala
was in Mumbai few days ago and it was a pleasure when she kept her promise to
Saira and dropped in on a Sunday. Between her and Saira, who now addresses her as
‘Akka’ (elder sister in Tamil) there is an understanding that she will not skip
visiting us when she is in the city and if she does she will have to pay a fine
of one lakh rupees! They have their own mutual
bonding and Saira has great respect for Vyjayanti as a dancer and
actress.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 115%;"> It was a wonderful afternoon at our home when Vyjayanti met Saira’s
grandniece Sayesha who is learning Kathak and Oddissi from renowned gurus and
is blossoming into a beauty like her aunt and of course her grandmother Naseem
Banu. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 115%;">As always we reminisced the days when we worked together in such memorable
films as Devdas, Ganga Jamuna, Madhumati and Naya Daur. Actually we have a
tally of seven films (if I am not mistaken) together and each had its
significance for film lovers. Among my heroines she was the one who worked as
hard and as diligently as I did on the scenes and dialogue. Especially Ganga
Jamuna in which she had to speak a mixed dialect of Bihar
with ease and familiarity. Being a South Indian she had wrinkled her brow at
first when she heard me speak the language but her characteristic determination
came to the fore and she delivered her lines with admirable confidence .It does
not surprise me at all that she still gives Bharata Natyam recitals of two hours
duration in Chennai. That’s her spirit and grit! </span></span></span></div>
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Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com260tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-89577357041493247962012-11-17T19:45:00.000+05:302012-11-17T19:46:01.848+05:30On Passing Away of Dear Friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is appalling how few in the print media take the liberty nowadays to print quotes that spring from the imagination of the scribe. It shocked me and Saira to read newspaper reports with imaginary quotes from Saira about plans to celebrate my birthday! We have yet to recover from the shock of the passing away of my dear friend Yash Chopra who was by my side when I blew away the candles on my birthday cake last year and stayed on till the wee hours, sharing the family’s happiness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are deeply grieving the passing of Balasaheb Thackeray who I always thought was not a Tiger but a Lion. He had the virtues of a lion. We will cherish in our memories the lively evenings at his home when we smoothened out our differences over cups of strong masala tea. I found him extremely sensitive on occasions, especially during the days Sunil Dutt was going from pillar to post to get justice for his son Sanjay. Balasaheb’s response was that of a father who understood a father’s desperation to save his son. We pray for Balasaheb’s family, especially for his son Uddhav, to derive strength from the Almighty to bear the irreparable loss. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rajesh Khanna who was with us at our party last year is no more with us. And Dara Singh who wished me so warmly on my birthday last year is not with us anymore. A friend I am missing is NKP Salve, a stalwart of the Indian National Congress, who shared my love for the game of cricket and initiated me into the legalities of taxation with his command over Law and Accountancy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With so many dear friends gone this year, how can we even think of a celebration?</span><br />
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Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com87tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-79295447424209406292012-10-20T22:14:00.000+05:302012-10-20T22:17:22.699+05:30Kamal Hasan brings me a trophy and takes me back in time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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morning to ask if he could come over from Chennai to present an
award, given by FICCI to me on occasion of the centenary celebrations of
Indian Cinema in Chennai. Naturally, we told him he was most welcome and
he was here on the dot on October 15 evening to present the award and spend a
wonderful evening with us.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span><br />
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time to the day when I was in Chennai ( then Madras ) as an invitee at the
silver jubilee celebrations of his starrer Ek Duje Ke Liye and later again as
an invitee at the silver jubilee of Thevar Magan. He was ever so warm and
humble when we complimented him on the film's success and his sterling performance
which contributed to the success of the films.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></div>
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fallen in love with Chennai when we stayed for long spells in a bungalow
I had acquired during the making of Ram aur Shyam. We were newly married
and the film's producer Shri Nagi Reddy made sure that we lacked nothing in the
bungalow for our comfort. The unpretentious Southern hospitality and
tradition of treating every one with respect overwhelmed us so much that we
almost decided to shift base to Chennai.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></div>
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the evening we were together, that Kamal has retained his humility and
gentlemanly bearing despite the abundant success he has enjoyed and the strides
he has taken as a versatile actor and an inspiration to upcoming actors. I
guess that sense of balance and native wisdom are some things that we who
make it to stardom the hard way through self evolution assimilate from the hard
knocks we get from experiences along the way.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span></div>
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evening and I must thank FICCI for the thoughtful gesture and
Kamal for taking the trouble of coming all the way to present the
trophy at my residence.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span><br />
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Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-23383420298860524142012-06-17T18:39:00.000+05:302012-06-17T19:24:37.681+05:30Memories of a Magical Voice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has taken me and Saira some time to come to terms with the fact that Mehdi Hassan Miyan is no more with us in this world. The voice which we loved to hear when he connected with us on the telephone sometimes in recent years when he had to give up traveling due to his critical lung condition has been stilled, but the echoes remain in our subconscious and will continue to do so. <br />
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The magic of his voice cannot be described in words. I know millions of his admirers will agree with me when I say that Mehdi Hassan was very special to the Creator. Which was why he gifted him with the ability to sing his way into the hearts of even those who had little understanding of the pure ghazals he chose for rendering. He drew everybody - the common man, the well read, the rich, equally to him when he rendered the ghazals of such profoundly intellectual and philosophical poets as Faiz Ahmed Faiz or Ghalib for instance. It’s only an uncommonly gifted singer who can draw his audience equally with the charm of his voice and his deep understanding of the exquisite poetry he is rendering. And Mehdi Hassan Miyan was one such richly gifted singer.<br />
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He visited us whenever he came to Mumbai and it was always a great occasion for the family. Saira’s grand mother Shamshad Begum Sahiba (Ammaji) especially used to be so happy to see him. As a classical vocalist of repute, Ammaji had a discerning taste and she always held Mehdi Hassan Miyan in high esteem for the splendid quality of his singing when he captivated his audiences at concerts. The CDs which he presented to her of the recordings of his concert tours delighted her. In fact, Ammaji and I shared a great love for Urdu and Persian poetry. For me, it is a taste I acquired from my childhood in Peshawar when I listened attentively to my grand parents, uncles and aunts discuss Persian poets such as Khayyam, Hafiz Shirazi and Maulana Rumi, among many others.<br />
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The last time Mehdi Hasan Miyan visited us he was having high fever and he wanted to lie down. He held my hand and we recited together his favourites and mine. I can still recall his soft voice as if it was just yesterday that he was here. I have witnessed his success and the incredible adulation his admirers accorded him in other countries and in Pakistan. He remained ever so humble and unaffected by it all as all great men are. May God bless his soul and grant him the best of Jannat.<br />
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I have been thinking a lot about S. Mukherji , the founder of Filmalaya and one of the major influences in my career. I was witness to the care and love he lavished on his son Joy Mukherjee. He wanted to see Joy scale great heights as a star. It was not just a loving father’s desire to see his son shine as a star on the screen; it was the conviction of the man who had spotted, groomed and launched some of the more adored stars of Hindi cinema besides writers, directors, technicians, singers and composers.<br />
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Mukherji Sahab was very particular about physical fitness and he was keen that his son follow a strict physical regime to achieve attractive features like a good physique, chiseled facial features, flexibility in body movements etc. He would tell me: “Yousuf, tell him( Joy ) how you keep yourself fit with your game of badminton and soccer whenever you find time. You must also tell him how you don’t put yourself to great strain in acting. You just become the character you play”.<br />
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For Joy’s physical fitness and part of his ‘gyming’ Mukherji Sahab had hired a wrestler, a tough pleasant guy who knew his job well with oiled curly hair falling over his forehead. A wrestling ring was created a regular sand ‘Akharda’ and it was the wrestler’s duty to see that Joy and his brothers took regular lessons from him and went through the requisite regime like body massage etc. Joy had no option but to obey his father and I guess he knew what his father expected from him. Joy became one of the heart throbs of the nation after his debut and I could see the pride in Mukherji Sahab’s eyes. <br />
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It saddened me to see Joy when I last met him at our dinner here at home last December. He was unable to walk without help as his weight had increased. The neglect and indifference towards the physical fitness his father had insisted on began after Mukherji Sahab’s passing away. The void was hard for the sons to accept, especially for Joy, I am sure.<br />
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DK </div>Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-12928293517979486452012-02-01T19:38:00.000+05:302012-02-01T19:45:45.284+05:30On Lifecasting, Cinema and Memories<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Had
an interesting experience a few days ago. I had read of lifecasting used by
sculptors to achieve accuracy in creating statues and busts in museums and by
special effects </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">conjurers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> in cinema for creating dummies in scenes requiring
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Last week, Riteish Deshmukh, my dear friend
Vilasrao Deshmukh’s talented son, visited us with his lifecasting expert to get
impressions of my hands and Saira’s hands which will be in a museum he proposes
to have for cinema lovers. The alginate mixture poured into trays reminded me
of the mixture I used to see in a bakery in </span><st1:place style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Poona</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> years ago where I used to drop in to
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took only a quarter of an hour for the team to get the mixture ready and get
our hands imprinted on the mould which I am told will be imaged on metal for
display in the museum. It is Riteish’s brain child and it is his way of telling
those of us who spent the best years of our lives entertaining and, hopefully,
impacting people’s minds through our films, that our hard work and
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I
have heard from my family about Riteish’s gift for excelling in comedy. I have
known him for some years now as a well bred young man doing his parents proud.
I hope to be at his wedding on February 3 and share the Deshmukh family’s happiness on the occasion.</span><br />
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</div>Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-18604566869199254632012-01-01T00:02:00.001+05:302012-01-01T00:16:51.111+05:30On Memories of January 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am wishing all of you a wonderful start to 2012 and pray that the year gives us pleasant times and many, many reasons to smile and feel on top of the world each day of the year.<br />
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Personally, it is not just the beginning of a new year for me. It is replete with beautiful memories. It is Saira’s mother Naseem Banuji’s (<i>Appaji</i>) birthday and my thoughts turn to her and the way she made a difference to our lives. My thoughts turn right now to Appaji and the quiet, unobtrusive way she made sure I was living the life that even a king would have envied. She was the epitome of beauty, grace and refinement and it reflected in her speech and manners. <br />
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Appaji always made January 1 special not for herself but for all of us by giving us a lovely day with some gorgeous surprises.<br />
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Appaji, brought me and Saira together in marriage in 1966. She taught Saira to be the caring, unselfish and understanding wife she is and I would credit it to Appaji that Saira evolved over the years into a strong, gracious woman with the will to bring my own family closer to me.<br />
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Saira and I have accepted the will of God and learned to live without her but not a day passes without our thoughts recapturing her contribution to the strength of our marriage and love for each other.<br />
Appaji, we love you. <br />
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DK<br />
<br /></div>Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-47875941056539067952011-12-24T14:58:00.000+05:302011-12-24T14:58:10.316+05:30Thought on Maharashtra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wednesday evening was a different experience. Received an award from the President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patil. The award rated me as the best Maharashtrian of the year-Lifetime Achievement. On my way home, I thought over it and yes...<br /><br />In more ways than one it is Maharashtra that holds the roots of my life and career. I had my schooling at Barnes School in Deolali, Nashik, as a day scholar. The moderate climate, especially the cool summers attracted my parents to stay in Deolali since my mother was ailing with asthma. Years later, after I became known as actor Dilip Kumar, I revisited Deolali in the course of my search all over Nashik District for an ideal location to film Ganga Jamuna’s outdoor scenes.<br /><br />People came to greet me wherever we stopped and were surprised and happy to converse with me in Marathi. It was exhilarating to travel all over Nashik by road taking in the natural majesty of the Sahyadri range. My brother Nasir and friend Mukri were with me and we enjoyed the small meals we tucked away at wayside eateries. Hot usal served with crushed papdis and ghati sev, poha, puris with potato bhaji garnished with green, finely cut coriander, jhunka with hot bakri....Maharashtra’s cuisine has its own identity. It titillates the taste buds but is never heavy in the tummy. Our cook of almost four decades is a Maharashtrian, Narmada who has hooked us completely to puran polis, batata vadas, kanta poha etc forever.<br /><br />One place I can never resist is Pune. I lived and worked in Pune (then Poona) for two years and earned my first “big” money there. I know every street and road in Pune city. One of my wishes was to build a house and live in Lonavala, enjoy the convenience of driving to Pune or Nashik whenever I desired and invite friends to spend weekends with me. <br /><br /><br />DK</div>Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-34734011424263049002011-12-19T16:57:00.000+05:302011-12-19T16:58:24.222+05:30On My Ancestral House and Childhood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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.<br /><br />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. My mother who was frail and delicate was always in the spacious kitchen of the house and as a little boy I would wait for her to finish her chores so that I could just sit by her side and gaze at her beautiful face.<br /><br />I have memories of the sitting room where the family gathered for high tea in the evenings, the large room where the ladies prayed, the terrace, the bedrooms, everything. 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.<br /><br />I have lovely memories of Qissa Khwani Bazaar, where I received my first lessons in story telling, which later provided the impetus to choose meaty stories and scripts for my work. Every day as the trading closed in the market of Qissa Khwani Bazaar, a story teller would sit in the centre of the square narrating stories of valour and victory, deceit and retribution which I would listen to with wide- eyed attention, seated next to my father and uncles. It is all there in my autobiography which, Inshallah, will be released shortly.<br /><br /><br />DK</div>Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009493025571342915.post-38655299052955044082011-12-14T17:09:00.003+05:302011-12-14T17:17:56.614+05:30On Amitabh and my admiration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My Dear Amitabh:<br />
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With tears of pride in her eyes Saira handed over the print out of your eloquent tribute to my work in your blog. I read it once, then again and again.<br />
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As you yourself would be keenly aware, we actors are completely oblivious of ourselves and our surroundings while we perform and, even when we watch our work in the rushes shown to us, our senses and vision are trained to detect shortcomings more than accomplishments. That’s the only way we know to improve and render performances that come close to our own satisfaction. And it is always the audience who have the absolute right to acclaim or reject our work, however hard we may have worked to achieve perfection and excellence.<br />
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I am certainly privileged to know from your affectionate compliments that someone as knowledgeable and competent as you has liked my work. Yes, now that you have reminded me, I can recall the scenes that brought us together before the cameras for Shakti. I should say the respect and admiration are mutual. Not just Shakti, your work in several films I have watched has been world class and inimitable. In recent times I can remember Black and, if I remember right, Saira and I were at a loss for words at the premiere night, after the curtain came down, to express our myriad feelings of admiration for your outstanding performance. It is a pity the film missed the Oscar nomination. If any Indian actor, in my personal opinion, deserves the world’s most coveted award, it is you. I have heard so much about Paa which we didn’t catch up with. You know how Saira is—she never could see me die in my films and she could not muster the courage to see your death scene in Paa.<br />
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Thank you, Amitabh, for your warm love and good wishes. May God keep you, Jaya and your family happy always. <br />
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DK</div>Dilip Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516373536322951605noreply@blogger.com172