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Podcast: Filmi Ladies
Episode: Filmi Ladies episode 86: The Kapoors: Prithviraj
Description: Today we're launching a new series on the first family of Hindi cinema:
THE KAPOORS! Founding great-granddaddy Prithviraj (1906–1972) has an
incredibly filmi beginning: once plucked from a line of extras by a
heroine for his sizzling looks, he never looked back. He bridged the
transition from silent films to talkies, became a superstar, managed an
entire second career as the head of a traveling theater troupe, and was
part of a network of industry figures whose names we still know today.
To get a better understanding of his stardom, we focus on Vidyapati
(1937, made by Calcutta's New Theatres), Sikandar (1941), an...