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Was 1957 the best year in Bollywood? These unfading works of art certainly demonstrate



Was 1957 (precisely 60 years prior) the best year in Bollywood? Whenever commentators and film beaus discuss the Golden Age of Bollywood, they unfailingly indicate the 1950s. You should only take a gander at the quantity of library works of art of that year to understand 1957's phenomenal commitment in making the 1950s a watershed decade in Hindi silver screen. A hefty portion of the Bollywood works of art we affectionately and coolly toss into our everyday discussions and popular culture references originate from that year. The heavyweight list incorporates Mother India, Pyaasa, Naya Daur, Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Paying Guest and Do Aankhen Barah Haath. You can't resist the urge to wonder about the sheer extravagance and assortment of true to life styles in plain view however one subject that repeats is 'rich versus poor' and the unavoidable projection of the rich as a scalawag (as a rule, an underhanded landowner) and poor as honorable. Beat stars of the time (Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Guru Dutt, Meena Kumari, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand) collaborated with mammoths of their fields (B.R Chopra, Sahir Ludhianvi, Mehboob Khan and V. Shantaram).




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