A vintage ad featuring Ashok Kumar & Meena Kumari has surfaced after many, many years. This was shot right before the duo began work on Bimal Roy’s now-iconic Parineeta (1953). Kumar, one of India’s earliest popular actors, enjoyed a career of close to four decades. He was the prime example for actors transitioning
from Mahal’s ‘hero’ to a character actor in Shaukeen.
On the other hand, Meena Kumari was Bollywood’s ‘tragedy queen’. Where she aced the portrayal of complex leading ladies in films like Sharada, Sahib, Biwi Aur Ghulam & Pakeezah. It’s fantastic to see such brilliant actors combine forces for an ad more than 60 years ago.
