Archive for the ‘Film’ Category
Shabnam – Nadeem
It would be hard to say when Nadeeem first met Shabnam, but the first film he did with her was Suroor Barabankvi’s Tum Mare Ho in 1968. Generally, Nadeem was paired with Shabana, while Rehman was doing movies with Shabnam. There weren’t too many fans of the Nadeem-Shabnam pair in East Pakistan then. Everybody liked ...
Ejaz – Firdous
There were just two occasions in the life of Madam Noor Jehan when she had to keep tabs on her husband Ejaz Durrani! Once, primarily, she barged in onto the set of Masood Parvez’s Heer Ranjha to watch whether her personal life hero isn’t too close to Firdous for comfort! Another occasion was when Shabnam ...
Mussarat Nazir – Sudhir
He was the first macho-man of Pakistani Cinema, and she was Pakistan’s first sex-symbol. Therefore, it is no wonder then that their first pairing together in Baaghi (1956) generated sparks onscreen. Baaghi – an action packed drama was inspired by Apache. Sudhir played the key role of a patriot and Mussarat Nazir was cast as ...
Darpan – Nayyar Sultana
It’s definitely interesting to note that when Darpan, the younger brother of Santosh, moved into Pakistani cinema, he was exactly opposite to what Santosh represented with large, hazel eyes, that almost seemed fluorescent, a rich playboy’s smile and slightly insensitive dialogue delivery. Darpan seemed more of a heart-less lady killer at first. When you find ...
Sabiha Khanum – Santosh Kumar
A remarkable nobility of looks and manners marked the screen presence of Santosh Kumar. When he met the screen queen of the 1950s, Sabiha, who was known for her vivacity and beauty, it was a rare combination that lit up the screen. They first worked together in the first film Santosh did in Pakistan, which ...
Noor Jehan – Aslam Pervaiz
The prince ruled the dreamy kingdom of the films, and the nightingale sang on till the day she was weighed down with the eternal sleep. The word will remember Aslam Parveiz as the villain in flannelled slacks and a top hat perched soberly on the forehead. But the man started off as the Prince charming ...
Bina Roy – Premnath
Premnath was a dashing young man, slim, smart and handsome. He was liked by cinegoers in films like Sagai, Buzdil, Naujawan, Barsat, Saqi, Dard-e-Dil, in which he appeared as a hero opposite top-ranking heroines of those days. The first movie in which he was paired with Bina Rai was Aurat (1953), a Bollywood version of the ...
Gregory Peck – Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
It was the perfect fairy tale: A princess escapes from her keepers and finds love with a commoner during a twenty-four-hour tour of Rome. And even if they couldn’t share a final clinch, they had changed each other deeply, each coming out of the relationship more mature, better able to face the adult challenges of ...
Greta Garbo – Robert Taylor in Camille
Camille, the story of a young innocent whose love transforms a kept woman, was almost a century old when MGM released it in 1937, but the once-in-a-lifetime casting of Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor made it seem new. Their romantic scenes marked the definitive meeting of female experience and male naïveté, both on- and offscreen. ...
Meena Kumari & Kamal Amrohi
Three days after Meena Kumari’s death we met Kamal Amrohi at his house, “Rembrandt,” on Pali Hill. The place wore a gloomy look. Kamal Amrohi sat engrossed, listening to the tape-recorded voice of Meena Kumari. It was an old sponsored program, broadcast over Radio Ceylon in 1958, where Meena Kumari talked enthusiastically on her first ever ...
Random Profiles
Raagni : Raagni
Raagni, one of the most charming film actresses of the 1940s who
Mukesh : Mukesh
A popular playback singer, Mukesh was born Mukesh Chand Mathur. He was
Mussarat Nazir : Mussarat Nazir
As soon as she entered the tinsel foray, she was dubbed
Nimmi : Nimmi
Wonderfully fresh and vibrant, Nimmi was a typical Pakhtoon beauty to hit
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Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (2009):
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Asiya (1960):
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