Guru Dutt
Bollywood stars Guru Dutt, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Amitabh Bachchan and Pran, have been listed as the most famous Asian star of all times.
In a list compiled by an international news and Television network ahead of the Oscar Awards, 5 Bollywood stars have been featured among the top cine stars from Asia. These stars, who have been named among the 25 most popular stars of Asia include Guru Dutt, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Amitabh Bachchan and Pran.
This last, which also contains cinema actor from Pakistan, China and Japan has maximum number of Bollywood stars.
What is interesting though is that rather than including these stars for the wide range of achievements that they have achieved in their long career, their name in most cases has been added to this list on the on the basis of specific performances.
The list includes Guru Dutt for his soulful performance in films like Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool, which made these films all time classics. The media unit has called the era of Guru Dutt as the golden era of Indian cinema.
Guru Dutt’s films not made him include in this powerful list but also made way for the inclusion of Meena Kumari into the list, who has been included for her performance in Guru Dutt’s Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.
The media unit felt that if Meera Kumari gave a powerful performance in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, so did Nargis Dutt in Mother India, who has been included in the list for her performance in the film.
Bolloywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been named in the list for his powerful performance in Zanjeer, the film that made him famous not only among Bollywood fans but millions across the world.
The only exception was Pran, who made it to the list not for any individual performance but his work in Bollywood, expanding over six decades.
Undoubtedly those, who have made it to the list of the most famous Asian stars of all times are all big Bollywood stars and have made great contribution to not only Indian or Asian cinema but to the world cinema as a whole. Still, it is surprising to see a few names like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar missing from the list.
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