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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 by
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Rakshanda Khattak (Javeri) – Interview

Down a small lane on Victoria road, up an ancient flight of stairs, through an un-certain looking door and into Rakshanda’s “Hi, you’re late”. When I recover from the shock of seeing a disheveled face (my own) in the mirror, I manage a feeble Hello! But before the conversation run …

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Sunday, January 29th, 2012 by
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Ajay Sahni – Interview

Way back in 1966  when producer Rajendra Bhatia was planning to make “Pavitra Papi,” he had in mind a young new director—Balraj Sahni’s son Parikshit. Parikshit had just returned after completing a five-year course in film direction at the Moscow Cinema Institute. Later, Rajendra Bhatia himself directed the film, apparently …

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Saturday, January 7th, 2012 by
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Bina Rai – Interview

 [ Back to Bina Rai's Menu ] The years have treated her kindly. At the age of 64, Bina Rai stands erect. Dressed in a crisp silk saree, her snowy hair neatly tied at the nape of her neck, she evokes memories of the heroine who sang Jo waada kiya …

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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 by
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Zaherra – Interview

She is a curious hybrid— a “Punjabi Rajput Muslim” from the Jhelum district of West Punjab. Though her films have often received short shrift at the box office, Zaherra still has a ragbag of Muslim socials and com­mercial films like “Talaq” “Aahuti” and “Sindbad’ . We hear you began your …

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Monday, January 2nd, 2012 by
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Smita Patil – Interview

Acting is such an egocen­tric profession, while poli­tics demands that you de­vote all your time and give yourself totally to the people,” says Smita Patil. After the assassination of Mrs Gandhi, Smita found herself drawn towards the world of politics. Having a strong political background, with her parents, specially her …

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Sunday, January 1st, 2012 by
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Jeevankala – Interview

Jeevankala was born in Poona on June 29, 1944. She was educated in Bombay and is a Matric. Only daughter of her parents, she was brought up with care and luxury. Finding that she had an aptitude for dancing, her parents rightly taught her all styles of Indian dances. For …

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Saturday, December 24th, 2011 by
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Kajal Kiran – Interview

Remember the girl who “discoed” her way to a short- lived fame in “Hum Kisise Kum Nahin”? She came — and then dropped out of sight in the space of a blink as transient as the strobe lights she jerked to. She’s rising again, not like a phoenix from the …

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Saturday, November 19th, 2011 by
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Nirmala Devi – My Son Govinda

We trudged to Juhu to meet Nirmaladevi, who apart from being the star’s mother, is also a well-known exponent of Hindustani classical music, having performed all over the country, apart from AIR and Doordarshan. Flat 106 had a nouveau riche air about it. Dark brown, velvet mattresses on the floor, …

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Friday, November 11th, 2011 by
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Bharat Bhushan – Fade-Out

I belong to Meerut, UP. My father was a government pleader, a Rai Bahadur and a pucca Arya Samaji. He asked me to leave home when he caught me going to a film. I went off, finished my studies, dreamt of becoming a classical singer. But eventually I got a …

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Sunday, October 16th, 2011 by
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Prema Narayan – Interview

Seven years ago a pretty primary school teacher from Bombay won a beauty competition that had her cover-paged by the leading women’s magazines. And when she went on to win awards in the international competitions, it looked as if she had the world at her feet and film stardom knocking …

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