: How Dilip Kumar channeled his father’s memory for an iconic scene in Yash Chopra’s ‘Mashaal’ #IndiaNEWS The sequence is both celebrated and parodied: Dilip Kumar, screaming and flailing for

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How Dilip Kumar channeled his father’s memory for an iconic scene in Yash Chopra’s ‘Mashaal’ #IndiaNEWS
The sequence is both celebrated and parodied: Dilip Kumar, screaming and flailing for help on a lonely and rain-swept street in Mumbai as Waheeda Rehman clutches her stomach in agony.Yash Chopra’s Mashaal (1984) is based on a screenplay by Javed Akhtar, which in turn was based on the Marathi play Ashroonchi Zhali Phule by Vasant Kanetkar. The movie has Anil Kapoor as the hero, but its most famous scene belongs to an acting warhorse. Dilip Kumar plays Vinod, the editor of the community newspaper Mashaal. Vinod and his wife Sudha (Rehman) adopt street ruffian Raja (Anil Kapoor) and help him iron out his creases. Vinod sends Raja off to journalism school in Bangalore. While the young man is picking up reporting skills, Vinod wages a war of attrition against the gangster Vardhan (Amrish Puri).Vardhan crushes Vinod and Sudha – he gets them evicted and has Vinod’s press burnt down. As the homeless couple wander through the Ballard Estate neighbourhood in Mumbai on a day when there is a bandh in the city, Sudha is overcome by a long-standing illness. As she writhes in pain, Vinod loses his reserve and dignity. He desperately tries to hail passing vehicles and screams in the dark for help. “Ae bhai, ko hai,�...Read more

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