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Superstar of the Bengali film industry, Prosenjit Chatterjee speaks about making it big in the OTT space and more.

Dharmendras role in Karan Johar's Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani highlights how the fan-star relationship shifts with time and circumstance. Dharam's Kanwal briefly comes alive in an early scene, almost guaranteed to draw applause (along with snatches of awkward laughter, maybe, from younger viewers), but for most of the film, the actor has little to do. Watching him was a reminder of the last time I met an affable granduncle at a big fat Punjabi wedding.

On his 94th birth anniversary, we revisit how a fan of KL Saigal, Kishore Kumar only wanted to make it big as a singer in the industry and never wanted to act. Yet, he gained popularity as a masterful comedian, romantic hero and tragic hero.

Many fans and well-wishers of Hindi cinema have been concerned by the drought - almost a famine - of really good films in recent times. When was the last great film - one which would have an assured place in any listing of all-time great Hindi films - released? This may be a good time to remember some of the best film-makers who contributed outstanding films with social relevance. Bimal Roy was a highly talented film-maker who contributed some of the best films of this genre, including Do Bigha Zamin, Bandini and Sujata.

Though Meena Kumari succeeded in achieving a lot of success, her life was full of tragedies and she died a painful death at the age of 38.