Friday 12 July 2013

Farewell, Sher Khan

"होगा मसीहा सामने तेरे फिर भी न तू बच पायेगा,
तेर अपना खून ही आखिर तुझको आग लगायेगा,
आसमान में...
आसमान मे उड़ने वाले मिट्टी में मिल जायेगा,
कसमे वादे प्यार वफ़ा सब, बातें हैं बातों का क्या..."

For once, I will leave out the AB factor. The very fact that you acted in DON and ZANJEER was reason enough to not allow them to be remade, especially if that apology for an actor, Arjun Rampal—that I should mention you and him in the same sentence is itself a travesty—was going to play JJ.

RIP, Pran Sahab. To me, you represent not only the best era of Hindi Cinema, the 1970s, but also that rare breed of actors who were as valuable, if not more, to films as the lead actors. Hats off for all the entertainment and a 100-gun salute.

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