Dharmendra & the 1970s cinema
India, Nov. 29 -- Dharmendra's career in Bollywood spanned over six decades, but the 1970s -- a transitional decade for the industry -- saw the actor deliver hits by the dozens. Films such as Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Seeta Aur Geeta, Chupke Chupke, and Sholay were representative films of the actor and the era. Bollywood embraced colour in the 1970s, and that brought in radical changes in the manner in which films were conceived, located, and shot.
We recommend The Swinging '70s: Stars, Style and Substance in Hindi Cinema to understand the context that saw a large cast of stars, screenwriters, and directors reinvent Bollywood for a new generation of films. This tome of essays that visit icons, idols, moods, memories, themes and tropes - the various sections in the volumes - to give a panoramic picture of the reel world of the 70s. For Dharmendra fans, there is "Dharmendra: He-Man and Master of the Universe", an essay on the much-loved actor of Hindi cinema....
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