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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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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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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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Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by
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Madhubala and her Look-Alikes

Time and again, actresses have been compared to Madhubala. Some are known for their close resemblance with Madhubala, others have tried to imitate her eternal charm and then there have been direct and indirect references to her on celluloid. Here is the list of few such actresses who have been …

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Monday, April 23rd, 2012 by
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Dancing-star Vyjayanthimala with the memento presented to her at Ahmedabad (1960)

Vyjayathimala, star and danseuse, won fresh laurels recently with her scintillating performances at Bombay and Ahmedabad. She flew to Ahmedabad in a specially chartered  plane and held an audience of 4,000 spectators spellbound with a two-and-a-half­hour solo recital of exquisite Bharat Natyam numbers. The performance was in aid of the …

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Friday, March 30th, 2012 by
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Interesting Facts – K.D. Mehra and Pind Di Kuri (1935)

  K.D. Mehra directed the first Punjabi film of the sub-continent  Sheila a.k.a Pind di Kuri in 1935. Noor Jehan (Baby Noor Jehan) also played a small role in that film. Interestingly, the film was not produced in Lahore (the capital of Punjab at the time), but it was produced …

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Friday, March 30th, 2012 by
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Vintage Tidbits – Sandhya with the radiogram (1957)

  Question – How many times has an Indian filmgoer seen one and the same picture again and again? Is any such record available? Answer – According to Producer-director V. Shantaram, one filmgoer saw “Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje” (1955) eighty-three times and as a mark of his admiration he presented …

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Sunday, March 18th, 2012 by
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Stars At Home – Kamini Kaushal

At the far end of Mazagaon, in surroundings which comprise a curious mixture of the urban and the rustic, stands “‘Gateside,” the home of lovely film star Kamini Kaushal. It was about six years ago, when Kamini married Mr. B. S. Sood, that the petite star came to live at …

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Sunday, March 4th, 2012 by
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Nadira – I Resent

I never could resist laughing at myself when I’m so expensively stupid… Giving away my best belongings to the wrong people and regretting it immediately. Getting my horoscope read and repeatedly – it usually says that I am already great or I am going to be very soon… Making my …

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