MUMBAI – From a family of prominent lawyers, he was expected to follow in their footsteps, but instead chose a career in the fledgling Hindi film industry — and uncharacteristically, not as a hero.

It was in 1993 that Shah Rukh Khan’s Darr re-established the era of antiheroes in Bollywood films. For those who do not remember, there came a time in Indian Cinema when the main lead was a man with ...

Before fame found him, Ashok Kumar’s life looked nothing like that of a film star. Born as Kumudlal Ganguly, he came from a respectable Bengali family. His father, Kunjilal Ganguly, was a lawyer who ...