AKHTAR-IMAN and Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

A highly successful stage director and a co-founder of "The Actors Studio" in New York, Elia Kazan brought his psychological and emotional philosophy of stage phttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.giferformance to Hollywood in 1945 and sparked a radical redefinition of screen acting during the 1950s while at the same time producing socially conscious films which challenged societal norms and addressed such controversial topics as anti-Semitism, racism, alcoholism, public corruption and the cult of celebrity. Further marked by compelling personal stories, Kazan's films also showcased career-defining performances by such 1950s film icons as Marlon Brando, James Dean and Natalie Wood.




Elia Kazan

Kazan became increasingly active in filmmaking after World War II, and his screen adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's novel GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947) proved a compelling indictment of socially accepted anti-Semitism, earning eight Academy Award nominations and three Oscars, including one for Best Picture of the Year. Starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire, and featuring notable supporting performances by John Garfield, Celeste Holm and Anne Revere, the film relates the story of a reporter who pretends to be Jewish for a story. Kazan earned his first Best Director Oscar for his work on GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT and followed that success with the crime drama BOOMERANG! (1947) starring Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb and Arthur Kennedy( From REEL CLASSIC)







AKHTAR-IMAN (1915-96)
He is Hindi -Urduborn in Bijinor Dist.,Up.He joined Filistan Studio a dialogue writer ( 1945 ) .He was Major Urdu writer with seven poetry anthologies ( e,g, Yaadin,1961) and one verse play,Sabrang ( 1948) .His Urdu poetry emphasises anti-romantic humanism,moving away from the traditional ghazal into new formal and symbolic articulations of modernity,as in the counter between traditional metres and in the rythm of everyday prose in his major poem,Abd-e-Wafaa ( Time of promise).









Akhtar Iman directed one film,Labu Pukarega (1980).He wrote Hindi scripts ,dialogues or both fot Najam Naqvi( Actress,1948;Nirdosh,1950) B.R Chopra ( Kanoon,1960,Gumrab,1963;Hamraaz ,1967,Dastaan,1972,Dhund,1973)Raj Khosla ,( Mera Saaya)1966,Yash Shopra(Dharmaputra,1961,Waqt;1965;Ittefaq and Admi Aur Insaan both 1969;Daag and Joshiba,both 1973),Ramesh Sharma ( Flat No.9,1961;)Nandhal Jaswantlal(Akeli Mat Jaiyo,1963).A.Bhimsing ( Admi,1968;Joru Ka Gulam,1972) and Manmohan Desai's Roti (1974).
AKHTAR-IMAN wrote Sunil Dutt's monologue,Yaadein (1964) and Vimal Tewari's Kunwara Badan (1973).

AKHTAR ,SARDAR ( 1915-84) and Jean Harlow.

AKHTAR ,SARDAR ( 1915-84)
Aka Sardar Begum.Hindi-Urdu actress,born in lahore.She started on the Urdu stage ,which supplied the mainstream historical film which most of her acting talent .She joined films at Saroj Moviestone.She broke through in the role of the washerwoman in Pukar,where she also sang Kaheko mobe chhede.She was classic screen performance as the mother in Mehboob's melodrama,Aurat .
With Mukhtar Begum and Naseem Banu, she was one of the few Urdu stage actresses to make a successful transition to cinema .Her weighty, languid histrionics and gracelly voice invested her style with an earthy quality to the cinema after Indenpendence .Ohter films in which she sang include Purnima ( The Bhajan Giridhar ke sang ) and Piya Ki Jogan .She married Mehboob in 1942 and ran the Mehboob Studio after his death.She made a comeback with Hulcbul.

FILMOGRAPHY:
-1933 : Id ka chand,HusnKa Gulam;Malati Madhav,Naqsh-e-sulemmanti;Roop Basant.
-1934:Ajamil,Dilara,Gafil Musafir,HotbalPadmini;Jan Nisssar,Johar-e-shamsbeer,Tilasmi Talwar.



Jean Harlow (b. Harlean Harlow Carpenter, March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and top sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the "Platinum Blonde" for her famous hair, Harlow starred in several films mainly designed to showcase her magnetic sex appeal and strong screen presence before transitioning to more developed roles and achieving massive fame under contract to MGM. Known as "the baby" to family and close friends, Harlow's enormous popularity and "laughing vamp" image were in distinct contrast to her personal life, which was marred by disappointment, tragedy, and ultimately her sudden death from renal failure at 26.






Filmography
Features:
▪ Saratoga (1937)
▪ Personal Property (1937)
▪ Libeled Lady (1936)
▪ Suzy (1936)
▪ Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
▪ Riffraff (1936)
▪ China Seas (1935)
▪ Reckless (1935)
▪ The Girl from Missouri (1934)
▪ Bombshell (1933)
▪ Dinner at Eight (1933)
▪ Red Dust (1932)
▪ Red-Headed Woman (1932)
▪ The Beast of the City (1932)
▪ Three Wise Girls (1932)
▪ Platinum Blonde (1931)
▪ Goldie (1931)
▪ Iron Man (1931)
▪ The Public Enemy (1931)
▪ The Secret Six (1931)
▪ Hell's Angels (1930)
▪ New York Nights (1929)
▪ This Thing Called Love (1929)
▪ The Love Parade (1929)
▪ The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
▪ Close Harmony (1929)
▪ Why Be Good? (1929)
▪ Fugitives (1929)
▪ Moran of the Marines (1928)
▪ Honor Bound (1928)








Jean Harlow