Lungi wearing superheroes of Indian cinema

Lungi is the traditional attire of men in India and is popular all over the country. But wearing lungi is more in practice in South India just like wearing Kurta pyjama is in North. If you have seen south Indian films, you must have witnessed the hero folding his lungi and fighting with tens and twenties of gundas and defeating them in the end. Even Bollywood stars have worn lungis in some of their films. Rajesh Khanna, the first superstar of Indian film industry, is said to have a passion for wearing silk lungis and kurtas. During the 70s, even women started wearing colorful lungis that were folded like a skirt. Meena Kumari, Sharmila Tagore, Jaya Bhaduri and Waheeda Rahman wore lungis in some of their films and looked gorgeous in this traditional attire. Let's check out some of our Lungi wearing superheroes... Mehmood Who can forget the all time favourite Lungi man and his moves....the way he danced to the tunes of 'Hum kaale hain to kya hua dilwale hain' in the 1965 film Gumnaam is still so popular with the young and old. He can be rightly called the quintessential Lungi man of Hindi cinema. Amitabh Bachchan The Big B of Indian Cinema has made the lungi popular on several occasions - be it the trademark blue lungi in the 1970s Saudagar or the Kishore Kumar hit Yeh hai Bambai nagariya from Don where his dance moves in a lungi took everybody by surprise. Even the way he impersonated Mehmood in the song Taane din tandana to woo Hema Malini did not go unnoticed and made the song a huge hit. Mithun Chakraborty Who can forget the character of Krishnan Iyer M.A. from 1990s Agneepath where Mithunda plays the role of a tamilian so effortlessly, bringing the lungi to the dance floor with ‘Hum Lungi Uthati, Tumko Disco Dikhati’ or when he ... http://www.shimply.com/articles/lungi-wearing-superheroes-of-indian-cinema/

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