Art has always been a harbinger of harmony

The post-Partition Hindi films played a huge and effective role in calming the massively bruised feelings of Indians and Pakistanis.

- Agha Riaz, Chief Sub-Editor.

The two countries won freedom from the British Raj in August, 1947. The independence was preceded by months of bloody riots, which triggered a mood of settled hatred on both sides of the border. But the balanced and the peace-loving took upon themselves the task of reconciliation, which kept the mortal wound on April 4, one such person, was the vehicle of entertainment to reach out to the people across the border, and he succeeded in this field. This mass response to the songs of his films is Pakistan establishes that. He is remembered for his patriotic, romantic, emotional, and suspenseful films.

It was Dilip Kumar (who directed the film "Kranti" in which he played the lead role) which was one of the highest-grossing Hindi movies in the 1980s. It featured the late Dilip Kumar.