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Naya Daur (New Age)

It’s man vs. machine in B.R. Chopra’s classic 1957 Bollywood film, the social comedy Naya Daur (New Age). To be absolutely accurate, it’s horse vs. machine, as poor but honest horse-cart driver Shankar (played by Indian superstar Dilip Kumar in full photogenic mode) battles against inevitable progress when a bus…

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