Munshi Premchand, Saratchandra Chatterji, Bandkimchandra, Tagore, Iqbal, Josh, Kanhaiyalal Kapoor, Manto formed the bedrock of the literary movement that was the greatest inspiration for films in the past.
Hindustani literature –literature from India and Pakistan — deeply influenced the silver screen.
Today this richness has run dry and that has also impacted invariably on film and cinema…
Published on Jun 29, 2012
Ashfaq Hussain interviews and discusses history, culture, literature and poetry with Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar. Interviewed in Toronto, Canada in 1985 as part of Asian Horizons (precursor to modern day Asian Telvision Network – ATN).