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Guru Dutt
Suffused with the dark poetry of the death wish, Dutt’s classics were nihilistic, self-portraits of the artiste as a depressed, disturbed and deluded young man. Surprisingly, Guru Dutt Padukone’s childhood could have hardly been more normal. Born near Bangalore, of middle-class but intellectual parents, he was fascinated by dance. He joined Uday Shankar’s Dance Academy ...
Veena Malik
Veena Malik, born Zahida Malik on 26 February 1978, is an actress, model and comedian. She established herself as one of the leading women in the Pakistani television and film industry with her abilities to mimic others and improvise. Veena grew up expressing an interest in joining the film industry and her grandmother encouraged her. ...
Khursheed Junior
Real Name:- Khursheed Notable Films:- Zamin (1943), Aashirwad (1943), Parakh (1944), Dr. Kumar (1944), Naghma-e-Sahara (1945) Other Info :- Meena Kumari’s elder sister Khursheed [Junior] was born in 1927 in Mumbai. Fluent in Urdu and English, she joined the film industry on the advice of Pandit Anand Kumar and appeared for the first time in ...
Yashodhara Katju
Real Name :- Yashodhara Katju Hobbies and Interests:- Reading and Dancing Notable Films :- Mahatma Vidur (1943), Dulhan (1943), Chandralekha (1948), Naach (1949), Bhai Behan (1950), Anakhien (1950), Naujawan (1951), Dholak (1951), Sindbad the Sailor (1952), Ek do Teen (1953), Baaz (1953), Shabab (1954) Other Info :- Yashodhara Katju was born on 15th April (Year ...
Kaushalya Kumari
Real Name :- Kaushalya Kumari Hobbies and Interests:- Listening to Music, Dancing, Acting and Reading Notable Films :- Mala (1941), Ghar ki Laaj (1941), Station Master (1942), School Master (1943), Parakh (1944), Tamasha (1952), Ek Do Teen (1953) Other Info :- Daughter of famous dancer/choreographer Lachhu Maharaj [who choreographed the dances of Bharat Milap (1942) ...
Husn Bano
Real Name :- Roshan Ara Hobbies and Interests:- Watching English Films, Traveling and Reading. Loves roses and butterflies. Education :- 12th Class Notable Films :- Hind Kesari (1935), Fauladi Mukka (1936), Jawani (1942), Dost (1944), Aaina (1944), Dard (1947). Other Info :- Daughter of famous actress Sharifan, Husn Bano was born in Singapore in 1922. ...
Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993)
Audrey Hepburn grew up in Holland during World War II and began life with great uncertainty—not knowing when she would see her estranged father, where her next meal would come from, or even whether she would survive the war. Dance was her refuge and it brought her to the movies, where she quickly rose to ...
Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003)
Broadway producers thought Katharine Hepburn was too much the individual to achieve stardom, but she caught the eye of director George Cukor, who offered her the lead in A Bill of Divorcement (1932). Despite her early success in that film and in Morning Glory (1933), by decade’s end exhibitors had labeled her box office poison. ...
Lauren Bacall (1924 – )
One of the screen’s most independent women, Lauren Bacall grew up in a middle-class family in the Bronx. Her childhood interest in dance gave way to a passion for acting early on, and she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where the young Kirk Douglas became a lifelong friend.. Her first stage shows ...
Ingrid Bergman (1915 – 1982)
As a shy, young orphan in Sweden, Ingrid Bergman dreamed of becoming an actress. She started appearing in films while still a teenager, eventually rising to stardom. Her film Intermezzo (1936), in which she played a classical pianist in love with a married violinist, brought her to the attention of independent producer David 0. Selznick. ...
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Subhash Ghai:
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Umrao Jaan (1981):
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