: Also famous: ‘Urf’ examines the lives and dreams of Hindi movie star lookalikes #IndiaNEWS In Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, a thief who has been recruited to impersonate an ailing feudal lord is

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Also famous: ‘Urf’ examines the lives and dreams of Hindi movie star lookalikes #IndiaNEWS
In Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, a thief who has been recruited to impersonate an ailing feudal lord is reminded that he is a mere imitation of the original: “The shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.�This putdown has also been used for actors who imitate Hindi movie stars for a living. They are called duplicates, mimicry artists or carbon copies. Their screen identities echo the names of the men and women whose voices, acting styles and mannerisms they replicate. But their place in the pecking order is firmly established: Junior Dev Anand, Junior Amitabh Bachchan, Junior Salman Khan.However, the certified copies are actors too, with their own attitudes and aspirations, reveals Geetika Narang Abbasi’s documentary Urf (which means “aka� or “also known as�). Urf delves into the satellite system of lookalikes spawned by Hindi film industry’s star orbit. Alongside exploring the outsized cultural impact of Hindi cinema, Narang Abbasi provides an empathetic view of showbiz from the margins.“Most of the lookalikes also love cinema and the stars they impersonate,� Narang Abbasi told Scroll.in from her home in Gurgaon. “They survive on the hopes and dreams that Bollywood instils in all of us.�The 40-year-old filmmaker builds her observations through intimate interviews with three performers....Read more

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