The
1970s, Hindi commercial cinema saw the rise of gripping films such as Anand
(1971), Amar Prem (1971) and Kati Patang (1972), establishing Rajesh Khanna as
the first Superstar of Indian Cinema. Later, in mid 70s, action films like
Zanjeer (1974) and Sholay (1975) solidified Amitabh Bachchan's position as a
lead actor.
In
1975, Deewar, directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim-Javed. 1979 Telugu
film, Sankarabharanam, which dealt with the revival of Indian classical music,
has won the Prize of the Public at the Besancon Film Festival of France in the
year 1981. 1970 Kannada film, Samskara directed by Pattabhirama Reddy,
pioneered the parallel cinema movement in south Indian cinema. The film won
Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
A
new fleet of actor’s, directors and producers came up in the 1970’s thus giving
opportunity to new talents. Rajesh Khanna made his mark in the industry and
gave consecutive 15 blockbusters as a lead hero with films ARADHANA, DO RAASTE,
BANDHAN, DOLI, KHAMOSHI, ITTEFAQ, SAFAR, KATI PATANG, THE TRAIN, SACHAA JHUTHA,
AAN MILO SAJNA, MEHBOOB KI MEHNDI, ANDAZ, MARYADA, AMAR PREM etc.
Film
maker Mani Ratnam’s directed Kannathil Muthamittal was critically acclaimed and
Shyam Benegal continued to make parallel cinema with films like ANKUR, NISHANT,
BHUMIKA, MANTHAN etc. the period also saw the rise of common man hero Amol
Palekar with his films GOLMAAL, CHITCHOR, CHOTI SI BAAT, BATON BATON MAIN etc.
Becoming an instant hit with relating a common mans grief with a comedy of
chaos was well justified in his parallel movie league.
The
Indian cinema had spread widely by now, with an intelligent audience, people demanded
for new always and 1970’s has been a year full of experiments and new emerging
talents who turned out to be big in today’s world.
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