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Sunday, December 26th, 2010 by admin
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Stars at Home – Ashok Kumar – Quiet Retreat Of A Busy Star (1955)

Pictures accompanying this article – Pic 1 – Pic 2 – Pic 3 – Pic 4 – Pic 5 – Pic 6 Ashok Kumar House is situated in the heart of the business quarter of Bombay on the top storey of the building is the home of the star who gives it his name. Guarding ...

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Friday, December 24th, 2010 by admin
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The Story of an Imp called Tanuja

She is effervescent—like the fizz on her favourite drink, lemonade! Indeed, during the making of “Hamari Beti,” in which her- famous sister made her debut, the six-year-old Tanuja had only to be promised, a lemonade to make her say her lines. When she is not bouncing around, laughing, or making others laugh, she is to ...

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Saturday, December 18th, 2010 by admin
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Stars at Home – Nadira’s Movie Set Flat (1956)

Pictures accompanying this article – Pic 1 – Pic 2 – Pic 3 – Pic 4 The ebullient Nadira has her home in one of the smart set of apartments known as “Vasundhara,” standing in Warden Road, Bombay. She has given her flat shades of her own personality, for the colour scheme is a tasteful’ ...

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Saturday, October 30th, 2010 by admin
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Nimmi – Down the Memory Lane

Pictures accompanying this article – Pic 1 – Pic 2 – Pic 3 – Pic 4 Today’s event can be tomorrow’s memory. Every moment that passes becomes a me­mory and I, for one, diligently collect all kinds of memories, both happy and sad, because the happy memories alone cannot make up a full life. Now ...

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Sunday, September 5th, 2010 by admin
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Pramila – The first Miss India

The saga of independent India’s first-ever beauty queen came to a close on August 6 2006, when Esther Abraham, screen name Pramila, faded into an eternal dissolve. A born rebel, she walked out of her conservative Baghdadi Jewish home in Kolkata at 17 to join a theatre company. She went on to realise her real ...

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Friday, July 9th, 2010 by admin
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Dev Anand on Suraiya

Off and on, I’ve fallen in and out of love. After all, I’m a human being, not a god or a sanyasi. But when you’re seriously in love,you propose to the girl and tell her, `I can’t live without you.’ That happened only once in my life — with Suraiya. It was my first and ...

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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by admin
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Panna – Memories

Real name; Zareen Sulaiman, name known to the world; Panna. Practicing the fine art of dance since the age of six, taught by the gurus, Panna had once been the epitome of the performing art. In the late 50s she made her debut on the big screen, her first appearance was in a commercial that ...

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Monday, May 10th, 2010 by admin
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Begum Para – Memories

Begum Para passed away in her sleep on December 11 2008 at the age of 81. The lead actor- cum-vamp of the ’40s and ’50s was last seen in Saawariya (2007). Rajiv Vijayakar rewinds to the meetings with the actress who was bold, cheerful and ethereally beautiful. She was known for her sass at her ...

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