Once an actress always an actress they said, but there seem to be some exceptions to this rule. The glitz and glamour of the film industry is hard to leave behind and enter into a world of anonymity and just vanish into domestic bliss. But some of the top actresses of their time have been determined to do so and…
On 12 February 2020 the late actor Pran credited as ‘Number 1 Villain of Indian Cinema’ would have completed 100 years had been alive but the actor bid adieu from this would 7 years before attaining the elusive century. Nevertheless, the actor in his remarkable career played an inning that was studded with boundaries and sixes! Each role that he…
Getting films always had been a task of challenges for Amitabh Bachchan even after he got recognition for his outstanding performance as an angry man in Zanjeer. Amitji could get the role of the famous Vijay Verma in Deewaar when the writers Salim–Javed rejected Rajesh Khanna. Deewaar is the film that changed Hindi cinema’s fate. Even after grabbing the film in…
Our favourite classic megastar Amitabh Bachchan holds the record having played dual roles in fifteen films; the other close competitors are Kader Khan, Govinda and Rajesh Khanna. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is amongst the fortunate few who had the opportunity to play double role in several films. He has played double roles in variety of stories including thriller, comedy and drama.…
Born Iquilaab Shrivastava, in Allahabad, Amitabh Bachchan came from humble beginnings, where his mother Teji Bachchan was a domestic home-maker and a social activist, while his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a Kavastha Hindu poet. Although his birth name was Inquilaab, inspired by a word commonly used during the independence days, a fellow poet friend suggested the name Amitabh, meaning…
Many actresses in Bollywood have played mothers role but some have played with such conviction that they became stereotyped and did the off-repetitive mothers role in umpteen films yet it is tragic that the films buffs recognize them only by their ‘face’ and not by their ‘names’. Thus these actresses despite playing successful mother roles are ‘unsung’ or left unrecognized.…
Mere paas Maa hai…. This super hit dialogue from Amitabh Bachchan‘s film Deewaar encapsulates the worth of MOTHER. It drives home the point that no wealth in this world is equivalent to the eternal love of a mother. Hence each year in the second week of May, the world celebrates Mother’s Day, a day dedicated to the selfless sacrifice of…
In the ’80s the star son who created a Hungama at Box-office was Kumar Gaurav, son of legendary superstar Rajendra Kumar. With his super hit debut movie Love Story (1983) Kumar Gaurav generated the kind of mass hysteria among girls that only superstar Rajesh Khanna created during his heydays. Girls went crazy at the mention of Kumar Gaurav‘s name but…
Seductive, smart and sizzling Laila Khan, Pakistani actress made her debut in Bollywood in 2008 opposite superstar Rajesh Khanna in the film Wafaa: A Deadly Love Story (2008). The film failed but Laila Khan continued getting roles. She had signed few films when suddenly media went rife about her missing and then subsequently her murder! The killers had killed her…
Vidya Sinha the unconventional beauty who ruled Bollywood in the ’70s with hit films like Rajnigandha (1974), Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Pati Patni Aur Woh (1977) bid adieu at the ripe age of 71. She was battling heart and lungs disorder. With her demise, the film industry lost a gem of an actress who proved that even married actress can…
