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According to CNNGo, a division of Cable News Network (CNN), Guru Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran, Nargis, and Meena Kumari have been list among Asia’s 25 best actors of all time.
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The listing, posted on March 04, states struggling writer of “Pyaasa” (1957) as Guru Dutt’s “best role” and talks about his expressive acting skills.
While talking about “broodiness” of Big B, it announces Inspector Khanna in “Zanjeer” (1973) as his best character.
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Portraying Pran as “finest villain of Hindi film industry”, it lists his best role as Good Samaritan in “Upkaar” (1967).
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Admiring Nargis’'s “skillfulness and natural look”, it declares strong-minded Radha in “Mother India” (1957) as her best role.
Nicknaming Meena Kumari as “The Tragedy Queen”, it discovers “yearning to be understood” woman of “Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam” (1962) as her best role.
With five actors named, India has maximum entries.
About Amitabh, it argues that “Zanjeer” “cemented his image as a dark and deep personality, actuated to explode”.
Talking about Pran, it says: “So great is his notoriety as a villain that some Indian parents dare not name their sons Pran”. It emphasizes that Nargis drew attention in the Oscar-nominated “Mother India”.
About Meena Kumari, it comments that her heartbroken roles “mirrored the pains in her personal life”.
Well-known Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a declaration in Nevada (USA), stated that India should be proud of its filmic successes and raising great film stalwarts.
Indian administration, different film organizations, and universities should start world-level film academies to train its affluent talent, Rajan Zed, who is chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, added.
Other 20 Asia’s greatest players named by CNNGo are: China-Zhou Xun, Gong Li, Ruan Lingyu; Hong Kong-Leslie Cheung, Josephine Siao, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai; Japan-Toshiro Mifune, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Takeshi Kitano; Pakistan-Mohammad Ali, Zeba; Sri Lanka-Malini Fonseka; Korea-Ahn Sung-ki, Shim Eun-ha; Singapore-Ng Chin Han, Fann Wong; Thailand-Petchara Chaowarat, Mitr Chaibancha; Malaysia-P. Ramlee; Cambodia-Kong Som Eurn.
CNN Report: Gurudutt-Amitabh-Pran-Nargis-Meena Among Asia?s 25 All-Time Best Actors! | Top News