The organisation Roots in Kashmir (RIK) filed a caveat through leading Supreme Court advocate
Bimal Roy seeking that no order shall be passed in a petition challenging the revocation of Article 370 without hearing the caveator.
It was kind of great filmmakers like Arjun Hingorani, Mohan Kumar, Hrishikesh Mukherjee,
Bimal Roy and O.P Ralhan who gave me the kind of roles that made me what I am today." (He was growing more emotional and took off his dark glasses, which he wears these days, to stop his tears from flowing) He had still not answered my question and I had to remind him about it in different ways.
He still had to do Devdas (1955) for
Bimal Roy which has the classic tragic hero.
Consequently, film director
Bimal Roy gave her a chance to sing in Parineeta (1953).
It was a different world when the iconic Balraj Sahni befriended and bonded with little Minnie in
Bimal Roy's Kabuliwala .
Is it because of your long association with eminent Bengalis such as
Bimal Roy, S.D.
"We are a movie-making nation where the work of
Bimal Roy, Basu Chatterjee and Hrishikesh Mukherjee have been celebrated.
The films ranged from Tins for India (
Bimal Roy, New Theatres, 1941) through to films on the stocking of kerosene in advance of the monsoon, and on the transportation of kerosene by river, sea and lorry.
Whether it's the music of Anupam Roy, the crisp editing or even the artistic frames captured by the cinematographer, the film openly harks back to the good old days of Satyajit Ray and
Bimal Roy. It takes the most ordinary situations from daily life and churns out the kind of drama that's missing from modern mainstream cinema.
One bedroom is reminiscent of the golden Hollywood era of Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe, while the other draws on colonial inspiration and renowned Indian artists Guru Dutt, Merchant Ivory and
Bimal Roy. The suite is a celebration of personalised detail and global culture.
"Earlier there were production houses of Raj Kapoor,
Bimal Roy. Now, only one remains and that is Yash Raj productions," he said.