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Dr Raj Kumar’s Top-7 Lines
MADAN KUMAR and H.C. LAKSHMIKANTH write: Although there was none of the melodrama of an NTR or an MGR in Dr Raj Kumar's dialogue delivery, his movies were nonetheless renowned …
Dr Raj Kumar’s Top-11 Songs
H.C. LAKSHMIKANTH writes: Forget K.L. Saigal, forget Geeta Dutt, forget Kishore Kumar. Dr Raj Kumar was Indian cinema's finest singing star. Ever. No question about it. From romantic ditties to …
Dr Raj Kumar’s Top-10 Films
MADAN KUMAR writes: If one were to look at the kind of Hindi films that are promoted and hyped, virtually every one of Dr Raj Kumar's films would easily rank …
The pearl is gone to provide lustre elsewhere
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: When the Rajkumar household awoke this morning, it sure must have felt like just another day. The milkman would have arrived at the time he unfailingly does, each …
DR RAJ KUMAR: 1930-2006
It is unlikely if a non-Kannadiga will ever understand the Dr Raj Kumar phenomenon, but it wouldn’t hurt to try. Unlike Amitabh Bachchan, he was not the star of the …
Dr Raj Kumar: the passing of a legend
Churumuri records with deep regret the passing away of the Kannada film legend, Dr Raj Kumar. He was 76. Dr Raj Kumar was many things to many people—actor, singer, yogi, titan—but …
Once upon a time in Saraswathipuram…
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Reading Mohan in ‘Bricks and Bouquets’, took me back in time when I was a schoolboy myself. In Saraswathipuram. A suburb with a fine mix of intellectualism …
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