70’s stardom was earned not inherited
70’s stardom was earned not inherited
No doubts that Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Amitabh Bachchan were actors par Excellence. The trio merely didn’t rule the screen, but, defined an era. The 1978 image captures not just faces, but forces of nature. The trio neither had godfathers nor industry blueprints, but, just that raw slow-burn rise to superstardom on their own steam.
Back then, audiences didn’t follow trends — they followed them. A Friday release featuring any one of these legends meant house-full boards and serpentine queues outside single screens. And when all three appeared in the same frame, it wasn’t merely casting, but was cinematic combustion.
Notably, the kind of films that made the ’70s golden not just in reels, but in hearts.
News Edit KV Raman
