


FOLLOWED BY THE ENRAPTURING CHARM & PRESENCE OF WAHEEDA REHMAN, THE NEXT 2 RUNGS MADE OWN BY INDIAN CINEMA'S EMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE, MALA SINHA, & THE QUEEN OF BEAUTIFUL ETIQUETTE, NUTAN ! 1 FEMALE STAR OF HINDI CINEMA ! WITH A LEVEL OF DOMINATION (MORE THAN TWICE MORE THAN THE VERY NEXT!) UNSEEN BEFORE, OR AFTER, BAR KHANNA A DECADE LATER. ON THE FEMALE FRONT, THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MINDS, THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD, THAT FIRMLY ESTABLISHED MEENA KUMARI AS THE FOREVER NO.

SHAMMI KAPOOR, WHO DID SOME OR ALL OF THEIR UNIQUELY PATH-BREAKING HIGH-ENTT DEFINING WORK HEREIN! AND THE NOTICEABLE & IMPRESSIVE YOUNG EMOTIVE STRENGTH OF DHARMENDRA !ĪLSO ENCAPSULATING THE BEST MOST TRIUMPHANT SCREEN YEARS OF 50's HANDSOME ETERNAL LOVERBOYS, 5. THE FAG BEGINNINGS OF THE TORNADO, RAJESH KHANNA, THAT WAS TO LEAVE EVERYONE BEHIND IN IT'S WAKE, & THAT ALMOST CAUGHT UP WITH THE TWO SEASONED ABOVE-MENTIONED STALWARTS IF NOT FOR TIME!Ĥ. THE NEXT RUNG OCCUPIED BY THE 2 DEBUTANTE GENTLEMEN OF THIS DECADE,ģ. FOLLOWED NOT TOO FAR BEHIND BY THE EVER MAGNANIMOUS CHARM, GRACE & ENCHANTING POISE OF SUNIL DUTT! DOMINATED LARGELY BY THE LOVING MAJESTY OF INDIAN CINEMA'S HIGH MENTOR ASHOK KUMAR, WHO UNDENIABLY RULED THIS TIME PERIOD!Ģ. IF THE 50s CAN BE DEFINED AS ERA OF FINEST STORYTELLING.THE 60s UNDOUBTEDLY SHOWCASED THE TIME FOR PURE SURREALISM !ġ. FURTHER, 60 OF ALL-TIME TOP 200, & 90 OF ALL-TIME TOP 300 ! ALL 400 HERE, FINDING PLACE IN THE HIGHLY PRIZED ALL-TIME TOP 1600, BTW ! WHAT MORE, GIVING 36 OF THE ALL-TIME TOP 100 FILMS!. ~250 HINDI FILMS OUTTA ALL-TIME TOP 1000, BELONGING TO THIS BEAUTIFUL DELICATE BLOSSOMING DECADE!. PERHAPS THE MOST UNDERRATED 10 YRS OF HINDI CINEMA !ĬONTRIBUTING ~1/4TH OF THE ALL-TIME 1000 FILMS IE.
