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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 by
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‘Aaho Chasm’ Raagini and M.D. Kunwar

Among 40′s Indian actresses, Raagini and Naseem Bano were officially given the titles of ‘Aaho Chashm’ (for her big unusual deer like eyes) and ‘Pari Chehra’ (fairy face) respectively by film circles. Raagini’s co-star in Punjabi film Dulla Bhatti (1940) and Hindi film Shah Jehan (1946) M.D. Kunwar was a …

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Monday, July 11th, 2011 by
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Rehana and P.L. Santoshi

Lyricist/Director P. L. Santoshi was completely infatuated with Rehana, but Rehana did not reciprocate his romantic feelings. The disheartened and dishevelled Santoshi penned one of his most memorable songs based on this experience, “Tum kya jaano, tumhari yaad mein hum kitna roye, hum kitna roye” (Do you know how many …

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Sunday, July 10th, 2011 by
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Kuldip Kaur playing pranks on Kamal Kapoor

Four years ago, when the fun-loving Kuldip Kaur was not as famous a screen persona­lity as she is today, she often used to don a gay plastic raincoat and take a bus-ride from Seven Bungalows to Andheri as soon as the rains came. Since her rise to fame, however, Kuldip’s …

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Saturday, July 9th, 2011 by
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Vintage Tidbits – Guru Dutt

Did you know that the beautiful Tang aa chuke hain kashma-kashi zindagi se hum for Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa (1957) sung by Mohammad Rafi was actually written by Sahir Ludhianvi for an earlier film Khet which never got released. The earlier number was sung by Manna Dey and not Mohammad Rafi …

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