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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Dilip Kumar – Suraiya
Dilip Kumar and Suraiya’s fans must have thought at some point , why Dilip Kumar and Suraiya never worked together? Recently, a book by senior journalist Zakhmi Kanpuri has been published from Karachi. He tried to shed some light on this issue. I am posting the translation here “This incident …
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