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Saturday, October 16th, 2010 by

Style – Cabaret Queens – Helen

_______________ Bindu – Faryal – Helen – Jayashree & Meena Talpade Madhumati – Padma Khanna _______________ Never mind Cuckoo, we can take Helen. The corn complexion glows, it doesn’t seem just the pallor left by countless hours of make-up under hot lights. And she bubbles like the champagne they didn’t …

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Thursday, October 14th, 2010 by

Style – Shashikala

A pretty Sholapur-born Maharashtrian girl used to see every Indian film which came to Sholapur and, at the age of fourteen, she herself appeared on the screen. Her name was Shashikala and she landed a part in the famous Qawaali scene in “Zeenat”, when her family came to live it—Bombay. …

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Thursday, October 14th, 2010 by

Style – Karan Dewan

He rode a camel to school and a train to Calcutta for his first starring assignment in “Puran Bhagat.” Born in Gujranwala, West Punjab, on November 6, 1917, Dewan Karan  Chopra, had always wanted to be an actor. After his work in the devotional, he came to Bombay to work …

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 by

Style – Nirupa Roy

As an artiste, Nirupa Roy hasmade a successful–transition from mythologicals to socials. Films in both categories (“Har Har Maha­dev” and “Do Bigha. Zamin” are representative ones) reveal that she is equally at home in goddess roles and depictions of human ones. But there is some danger of this accomplished actress …

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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 by

Style – Manhar Desai

Lady Luck, Manhar Desai insists, has to be thanked for a good deal of his success in films. Hailing from a Gujerathi Christian family of Ahmedabad, the actor’s real name is Malcolm Desai. From an early age he had a passion for acting, but his first acquaintance with the profession …

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