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My bazurg friend,Mr.B.K.Madan had sent me the following anecdote:
the established heroes of the taday's indian film industry command fabulous sums for their roles.aamir khan is reported to have signed a film for 5 crores. however in the early days of the film industry stars like prithviraj kapur, k.l.sehgal, kidar sharma, punkuj mullik, k.c.dey etc. were all paid employees of new theatres of calcutta. similarly were the stars of famous cine, bombay talkies, filmstan. dilip kumar also started as a paid employee of bombay talkies.
ashok kumar who was a lab. assistant got catapulted to be a hero against devika rani and his salary was raised from rss.60/- to rs.150/- p.m. manto who was his hut mate in the compound of b.t.studios in malad has narrated in 'ganje frishte' how asokh was worried to hide this wealth the day he got his first salary as hero. in the night he kept the currency under the four feet of his charpoy. next day manto took him to a nearby bank branch to have his account opened.
miss kajan and master nissar were the leading pair of the silent era of our films. if i remember aright kajan once appeared in public in a sari stitched all over with hundred rupees currency notes. both she and master nissar owned a rolls royce each which was considered the ultimate luxury in those days.
i don't know about kajan but master nissar died in utter poverty. at one time sahir ludhianvy helped him in getting an extra's part. bhagawan , producer/director of box office hit 'albela' in which he appeared as hero against geeta bali was cremated at public expense.
alcholism has claimed many of our well known stars prominent among those were ch
ander mohan (jehanghir of sorab modi's 'pukar'), k.l.sehgal, meena kumari.
the established heroes of the taday's indian film industry command fabulous sums for their roles.aamir khan is reported to have signed a film for 5 crores. however in the early days of the film industry stars like prithviraj kapur, k.l.sehgal, kidar sharma, punkuj mullik, k.c.dey etc. were all paid employees of new theatres of calcutta. similarly were the stars of famous cine, bombay talkies, filmstan. dilip kumar also started as a paid employee of bombay talkies.
ashok kumar who was a lab. assistant got catapulted to be a hero against devika rani and his salary was raised from rss.60/- to rs.150/- p.m. manto who was his hut mate in the compound of b.t.studios in malad has narrated in 'ganje frishte' how asokh was worried to hide this wealth the day he got his first salary as hero. in the night he kept the currency under the four feet of his charpoy. next day manto took him to a nearby bank branch to have his account opened.
miss kajan and master nissar were the leading pair of the silent era of our films. if i remember aright kajan once appeared in public in a sari stitched all over with hundred rupees currency notes. both she and master nissar owned a rolls royce each which was considered the ultimate luxury in those days.
i don't know about kajan but master nissar died in utter poverty. at one time sahir ludhianvy helped him in getting an extra's part. bhagawan , producer/director of box office hit 'albela' in which he appeared as hero against geeta bali was cremated at public expense.
alcholism has claimed many of our well known stars prominent among those were ch
ander mohan (jehanghir of sorab modi's 'pukar'), k.l.sehgal, meena kumari.
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