Bollywood's Rebellious Seventies

Bollywood's Rebellious Seventies

Author: NDTV December 31, 2014 Duration: 37:47
The sensational seventies was one of the most vibrant and prolific decades in Indian cinema. The soft romance of the serending hero or the brooding angry young man wishing to take over the screen, there was something about the seventies wasn't it?

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