Golden Era of Bollywood: A Tribute to BALRAJ SAHNI-The Most Gifted Actor

Balraj Sahni is amongst the legends of bollywood. Movies like Do Beegha Zameen and Garm Hawa are the highlights of his career. He was born on May 1, 1913 and died on 13 April 1973,
He was highly qualified person of Hindi Film Industry.He did his Bachelor’s degree in Hindi from Punjab University and Master Degree in English Literature from Punjab University and latter went to study in Harvard also.Sahni completed his education and married Damayanti. Afterwards, both of them went to join Rabindra Nath Tagore. He also worked wth Mahatma Gandhi for a brief period. He started his acting career with the plays of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA). Balraj Sahni entered bollywood with the movie Insaaf and went on to be at the pinnacle of hindi cinema. Before that he joined the BBC-London’s Hindi service as a Radio Announcer from 1939-43.
He played lead roles in some legendary movies like Do Beegha Zameen, Waqt, Dharti Ke Lal etc. Garm Haa was his last movie and he died the very next day he completed dubbing for this movie.
Balraj Sahni was an eminent writer also. His works in Punjabi literature are considered to be the epics in the field. He initially wrote in English also. Mera Pakistani Safar, Mera Rusi Safarnama and Meri Filmi Aatmakatha (autobiography) are some of his legendary works.
In this blog I am taking few excerpts from his Biaography.
Balraj Sahni recieved many awards in his lifetime,he earned the ‘Soviet Land Nehru Award for his book Mera Rusi Safarnama in 1969,the same year he got PADAM SHRI.