Comedy and Romance
Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (born 10 July 1940), is a British economist and former Labour politician. He stood unsuccessfully for the position of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in 2011. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2008. He is Professor Emeritus of the London School of Economics.
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I was Never a person of political views. As I grew up watching Dilip Kumar movies in the halls of Baroda and Bombay, he was one of the thousands who mimicked his dress, hairstyle, mannerisms and dialogues. India was changing around him. It was Nehru's India, proud and independent in its destiny in the community of nations. Dilip Kumar embodied how the Nehruvian man perceived himself, sensitive yet strong, passionate yet mindful, a role model, an icon and always so exemplary. I did not want to write only about politics but about the growing up of my generation and how films affected us.
In Dilip Kumar and his movies between 1944 and 1964, I saw the epitome of young India. Fifty-seven movies, countless awards-the Sheriff of Bombay, the Padma Bhushan, the Dadasaheb Phalke, Rajya Sabha membership and controversially, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz from the Pakistani government. Sadly, an India also left Nehru-and Kumar, his great admirer, behind in its communal and religious divisions, which destroyed what the freedom movement had so carefully nurtured. Dilip Kumar was indeed Nehru's Hero.