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Legends

Retro Selection celebrate the careers of some of the biggest legends of South Asian cinema with Zeb Qureshi.

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Raaj Kumar, 29th March 2009

Iconic Raaj Kumar shot to fame with the Oscar-nominated 1957 film Mother India and went onto star in over 70 Bollywood films in a career that spanned over four decades.
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Dharmendra, 23rd March 2009

Bollywood film star Dharmendra has appeared in more than 200 Hindi films. He is also the father of actors Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Esha Deol.
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Mukesh, 15 March, 2009

Mukesh A singer in a class of his own, Mukesh has been ranked as one of the greatest male playback singers in Bollywood history.
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Nadeem 8 March, 2009

Nadeem Nadeem, a Pakistani film actor has played leading roles in more than 200 films.
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Kishore Kumar 1 March, 2009

Kishore Kumar was a Bollywood playback singer and actor. He also achieved notable success as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.
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Mehdi Hassan 22 February, 2009

Mehdi Hassan The Pakistan Ghazal singer and former playback singer for Lollywood in the spotlight.
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Dilip Kumar 15 February, 2009

Dilip Kumar is considered to be the greatest actor of Indian cinema. Starting his career in 1944, Kumar has starred in some of the biggest commercially successful films from the late 1940s to the 1980s.
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