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Himanshu Rai

Indian actor and director
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    Bollywood
    / Early years

    …by actor, director, and producer Himanshu Rai, spearheaded the growth of Hindi cinema. Rai partnered with filmmaker Sasadhar Mukherjee, and, under their stewardship, Bombay Talkies created some of Bollywood’s early milestone moments and also its first star pairing—Rai’s wife, Devika Rani, and Mukherjee’s brother-in-law, Ashok Kumar. During these early experimental…

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    …by actor, director, and producer Himanshu Rai, spearheaded the growth of Hindi cinema. Rai partnered with filmmaker Sasadhar Mukherjee, and, under their stewardship, Bombay Talkies created some of Bollywood’s early milestone moments and also its first star pairing—Rai’s wife, Devika Rani, and Mukherjee’s brother-in-law, Ashok Kumar. During these early experimental…

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