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Madhubala
When Mumtaz Ataullah Khan became famous as the celebrated Madhubala, a shower of superlatives constantly swirled down upon her — the Venus of the Indian screen, its definitive love goddess, the most beautiful heroine ever! She had that perfect blend of beauty and sensuality that worked on the audience like an elixir. But behind those ...
Prithviraj Kapoor
He was indubitably the most handsome hero of the pre-independence period. Imposingly tall and more regal than most kings, Prithviraj Kapoor straddled the world of films and theatre for 40 years. This dynast and his progeny Raj, Shammi and Shashi, each a major star, became justifiably celebrated as Bollywood’s first family. The son of a ...
Nadia
Nadia tossed the myth of the docile heroine into the air and shot it to smithereens with her trademark hey-y-y-y. She fenced with villains atop moving trains, swung precariously from chandeliers, whipped the bad guy and did a multitude of stunts without ever resorting to a stuntman — probably because no stuntman would do half ...
K.L Saigal (1904 – 1947)
Stars are normally advised to take stardom with a pinch of salt … Saigal took his with a pint of spirits. This singing superstar of the 30s and the 40s became famous for his extremely popular songs like `Gham diye mushtaqil’ and `Dukh ke ab din’ — each number a new elegy to the death ...
Devika Rani
Devika Rani is one of the most delicately glamorous cinema stars we have ever seen. Sunday Pictorial, London You will never hear a lovelier voice or diction. Or see a lovelier face. Devika Rani is a singular beauty. The Star, London Devika Rani is so lovely, she puts the stereotyped charms of Hollywood blondes completely ...
Sulochana
Sulochana’s was the visage that changed the face of Indian cinema. Before her, the socially-disreputable job of playing cinema heroine was usually assigned to slim young men as even prostitutes refused to exhibit themselves before the whole country. It was not easy convincing the Anglo Indian Sulochana (Ruby Myers) to take on such a dubious ...
Yash Chopra
Yash Chopra is, without doubt, one of the most significant directors to emerge from the Hindi popular cinema—or, as it is now more commonly known,”Bollywood.” Chopra began his career in the late 1950s making the romantic Dhool Ka Phool (1959) (Blossom of Dust), and throughout the 1960s made a number of impressive features such as ...
Mira Nair
Mira Nair came to international prominence with a successful first feature Salaam Bombay! (1988). She had begun her career as a documentary maker and brought the immediacy of that genre to her debut, which focused on a group of street kids forging a meager existence on the streets of Mumbai. The film’s success meant Nair ...
Subhash Ghai
Indian native Subhash Ghai began his film career after completing his education at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, Maharashtra. His first picture to receive critical recognition was Kalicharan (1976). It told the story of a police officer who goes undercover to investigate a socially connected individual with ties to crime; the ...
Shyam Benegal
At the start of his career, when his films Ankur (1974) (The Seedling) and Manthan (1976) (The Churning) were released to international acclaim, Shyam Benegal was widely seen as Indian cinema’s heir apparent to Satyajit Ray. Although his sympathies are essentially leftist, Benegal has never adopted the Marxist perspective of Mrinal Sen or Ritwik Ghatak; ...
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M. Ismail, was a resident of the Inner Bhati Gate in Lahore. Well built and fair complexioned, I...
Bollywood - Year by Year - 1967: Important Events
The first 70 mm wide-screen film is shown in India.
Darr (1993):
Cast: Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan
Director: Yash Chopra
Music: Shiv, Hari
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Pyaar Impossible (2010):
When you see trailers of a movie which falls under the Yash Raj banner, with beautiful locations...
Kambakkht Ishq (2009):
After a long tedious week, what one desperately needs is mindless entertainment. And this is pre...
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