Prakash Mehra - an entertaining filmmaker
Yeh police station hai,tumhare baap ka ghar nahin..isliye jab tak baithne ko na kaha jaye sidhi tarah sharafat se khade raho... ... With this dialogue of Zanjeer, Amitabh truly arrived at Bollywood. I remember reading Prakash Mehra's interview where he mentioned of Raj Kapoor calling upstairs in his room at RK studio ' Are Prakash ko upar bulaoo - Call Prakash upstairs'. It seems Raj Kapoor from his room would often listen and watch the scenes enacted below in his studio. He told Prakash Mehra 'Prakash, I watched this dialogue and this new man , yah ladka boht aage jayega- this man will race ahead '. There was nothing unique about the prophecy of Kapoor, this was felt by every cine viewer who watched Zanjeer. However, what interested me was the manner in which Prakash Mehra narrated this incident. This ability of narrate a story or incident is also been complimented by Amitabh himself. With Prakash Mehra's passing away, two decades of my entertainmen...