![]() ![]() ![]() Sanjeev Kumar was one of those rare performers who ‘became the character’, instead of playing it and his National Awards prove it. His expressive face, inflections and pauses, natural ease for lip-syncing, all of it made him the complete package.Ĭommenting on her experience of narrating Sanjeev Kumar’s life story, co-author Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta says, "It took me four years, multiple interviews with over 25 contributors, poring over 800 magazine articles in five languages to write this book. From his mature roles in films like Mausam and Aandhi (banned by the Indian Government during the emergency), to his comic timing in Angoor or the angst of person with disabilities in Koshish-he was truly a thinking man’s actor. ![]() Not one to crave glamorous roles, he was more interested in versatility. Sanjeev Kumar was the antithesis of the typical Bollywood hero doing romance and action. It takes us through Sanjeev Kumar’s journey to becoming one of the greatest actors Bollywood has seen, with personal essays by his friends and leading Bollywood names including Gulzar, Randhir Kapoor, and co-stars Sharmila Tagore, Moushmi Chatterjee, Tanuja, among others.
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