21 Rare Photos Which Shows How Bollywood Auditions Were Done In 1951

Abdul Rashid Kardar (1904–1989), a renowned director of that time has directed 40 movies in his time.He has directed may famous movies like Shahjehan (1946), Dillagi (1949), Dulari (1949) and Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966) etc.

We discovered the treasure trove of these Old Indian photos, where much more than what will be discussed here is to be found: it’s a real Ali Baba’s Cave. But going through some of its riches, we stopped at these pics because they seemed to say so much about a certain Bollywood style of relationships back in the 1950s. Our first reaction was perhaps slightly on the sleazy side (like what this person says at Bollywood Life, when she describes the “murky side of casting couch“, but we have taken a good look and found the pics much less offensive than instructive. You judge!

Life magazine published these photos which were taken back in 1951 by James Burke while director Abdul Rashid Kardar takes screen test of two young girls:

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