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Monday, May 21st, 2012 by
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Manmohan – Memories

My father was quite lucky when it came to films. He did not have to struggle, the industry was very kind to him. He also came from a well to do family, who had their own business. He was born and brought up in Jamshedpur. Totally different from his other …

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Saturday, May 19th, 2012 by
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Iftekhar – Memories

He was born in Jalandhar. They were a big family. He has three brothers and two sisters. They were very well off, because his father held a very high position there. Ifti has always been a very talented person, but he never dreamt that he would one day be an …

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Monday, May 14th, 2012 by
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Navin Nischol – Memories

I started my career with Saawan Bhadon. Incidentally, it was Rekha’s first film as well. Though she was do­ing a few films with Biswajeet and oth­ers, she had hit the headlines by then. She was the first heroine in Indian cin­ema, to pose for a kiss, for a leading foreign …

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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 by
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Rajendra Kumar – Memories

My grandfather was the only Indian who held the post of a military contractor. He made tonnes of money. And my father, who settled in Karachi, started his own textile business. But during Partition, we had to leave all the land and property behind and were ruined. However, when we …

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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 by
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Vintage Tidbits – A bet on Madhubala (1954)

A bet of a thousand rupees was struck at a fashionable restaurant in Bom­bay—the subject of the bet being the beauteous Madhubala. The two parties concerned were Ramesh Chandra, producer of “Meenar”, and the Cal­cutta distributor of the film. The latter asked the producer if it would be possible to …

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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 by
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Vintage Tidbits – Indian actress Nigar Sultana denying reports of her marriage with Pakistani actor Ishrat (Darpan Kumar)

One of the most boisterous Press conferences ever to be held in Bombay’s filmdom was the one held on June 13 – 1954, when gazelle-eyed Nigar Sultana denied reports of her marriage to Pakistani actor Ishrat (Darpan Kumar). Nigar’s outburst against “blood-sucking” producers and relatives was spiced with the choicest …

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Sunday, May 6th, 2012 by
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Amjad Khan – Memories

Dad was born in Peshawar, in the year 1943. Grandfather was Jayant, the actor. Dad’s family shifted to Bombay during Partition. In those times, there was nothing like a hero or a villain in films. You could be a hero in one film and an extra in another. It all …

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Sunday, May 6th, 2012 by
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Did you know? – Ava Gardner

Ava resisted the studio’s elaborate makeover process, refusing to thin her eyebrows and fill in a dimple with plastic surgery. Ava’s tolerance for both liquor and late nights was the stuff of Hollywood legends. When fellow revelers had to drag themselves home at dawn after an evening of clubbing and …

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Saturday, May 5th, 2012 by
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Kamini Kaushal – Memories

Forty-four years has been a long time isn’t it? But it’s also been great fun and very adventurous. Which is why today, I get annoyed, even a little hurt, when industrywallas think I’ve stopped working in films altogether. For me however, it’s been the case of not wanting to be …

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Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by
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Vintage Tidbits – Asha Parekh – Wanted Eligible Brains

My ideal man must have “brains”. I am not really bothered about looks. I am bored by handsome men who are all wrapped up in their good looks. But my ideal man must have a good personality and be well dressed. I like a man who is highly intelligent. By …

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