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Mashaal (1984): her husband and son get on to a destructive
In the only film collision course.
directed by
Yash Chopra, Ram Aur Shyam (1967):
he played an Tapi Chanakya
honest journalist enjoyable comedy-
Vinod Kumar, drama had Dilip
who realises Kumar playing
that he can only a double role of
beat the crime twin brothers,
lord Vardhan separated at birth.
(Amrish Puri), Ram, ill-treated by
who burned down his press and caused his brother-in-law
the death of his wife (Waheeda Rehman) (Pran) grows up
by becoming a bigger gangster than him. to be timid, while
His chosen path brings him in conflict with Shyam raised in a village by adoptive
his protégé Raja (Anil Kapoor), who wants mother, is mischievous and brave. Fate
to follow in the path of righteousness as a intervenes to get them to trade places and
journalist like his mentor. The “Koi hai” mayhem ensues.
scene in which Vinod begs for help as his
wife is dying in the streets, is a master class Ganga Jumna (1961):
in acting, and has been copied in several In one of the all-
films. time Hindi film
classics, written and
Shakti (1982): produced by Dilip
In Ramesh Sippy’s Kumar and directed
crime-cum-family by Tapan Bose, he
drama, written played Ganga who
by Salim-Javed at is forced to become
their peak, Dilip an outlaw due to the
Kumar played zamindar’s atrocities;
top cop, Ashwini while his brother
Kumar, who Jumna (his real life brother Nasir Khan)
refuses to negotiate becomes a cop, tasked with eliminating the
with gangster JK dacoit gang. Eventually, the brothers have
(Amrish Puri), a confrontation, in which Jumna has to
who has kidnapped his son, Vijay. The boy choose between family and duty.
grows up (Amitabh Bachchan) resenting
his father, because the cop abandoned Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
him to die. He starts working with JK’s K. Asif’s extravagant masterpiece, counted
rival Narang (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), among the best and most successful
who had spared his life during the crisis. films made in India, had Dilip Kumar as
Ashwini’s wife (Rakhee) can only look on as Prince Salim, who falls in love with the

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