When I see a film or a serial, I recollect the days of my childhood. There were nautankies just like circuses. The group of people doing different dramas of Ramayana, Prahlad Bhagat, Krishan Janamashtmi & Holi,Ras Lila of Krishna. There used to be only gents and the ladies' role was also done by the young boys. We used to eagerly wait for them. Then came the cinema but silent and most of the films were stunt type and Laurel & Hardy and Charlie Chaplin were the most popular ones. The point is, when we saw the actors in the morning doing their normal duties & for their daily needs to the market and taking bath in the open. Nothing looked as strange. They were rather poor people - moving from one place to another for their earnings & livings.THEN CAME THE PARTITION OF INDIA. Bombay and Calcutta became centres of movie makings. Kapoor family who came from Peshawar, settled in Bombay. Their father Mr. Priviraj Kapoor was a master of drama Art if nautanky types but done in halls hired by producers who came in this field.Their popular dramas like 'Pathan' became a hit and the public of the time became mad to see his new style of dialogue speaking and acting. Slowly they were approached to make movies and for that they had earned so much that Kapoor Studios were created - the richest of the time. No doubt, entertainment apart, they gave a full turn to the Art. You can imagine very well how many arts have developed along with the coming of movies - stil SRK is an actor. No more
