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Zeenat Aman
Zeenat Aman is a former model and beauty queen who redefined the image of the heroine in Hindi cinema from a demure, virginal, ideal type to a bold, unabashed sex symbol. Born in Germany, and educated at a Catholic boarding school in Panchgani — a hill resort about 170 miles from Bombay — where she ...
Raj Kapoor (1924 -1988)
____________________ Back to Legends – Raj Kapoor ____________________ He turned the common man into an uncommon success. When Raj Kapoor slipped into those ankle length trousers, patched overcoat and bowler hat in his greatest classics, Awara and Shri 420, he imbued his creation, Raju, the tramp, with such lyrical passion that he tugged at the ...
Rekha
Rekha has the distinction of acting in more films as a heroine – over 100 films – than any other Hindi film actress. The daughter of South Indian film stars, Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli, Rekha began her film career as “Baby Bhanurekha” in a Telugu film in 1966 and debuted as the lead role in ...
Helen
Known as the “Golden Girl” of Hindi cinema, dancer-actress Helen raised the standards of film dance to new heights. She perfected the art of “clean” cabaret, her elegance and style lending the genre respectability. Born in Burma (now Myanmar) to a French father and Burmese mother, Helen’s family fled to India during World War II. ...
Cuckoo
Cuckoo was perhaps the first of the most well known dancing queens of Indian Cinema. Her predecessors were many, including a dancer called Azurie, who it is said Cuckoo modeled herself on. But in terms of the sheer body of work and its impact, Cuckoo would have to be the first among Hindi cinema’s dancing ...
Motilal
“Married a 100 times, died almost twice, never born but always brought down by a parachute,” said Motilal Rajvansh, the veteran hero of Hindi cinema, on his screen career with characteristic humour. Indeed, Motilal had a glorious record as filmdom’s smartest hero. For over two decades, he reigned supreme over the hearts of swooning fans, ...
Meena Kumari – Profile
Born in Bombay to performer parents – her father was a Parsi theater actor, singer, and music teacher, her mother a dancer – who fell upon hard times, Meena Kumari was introduced to films at the age of six in order to help support her family. Originally named Mahjabeen, she was renamed Baby Meena and ...
Jairaj
P. Jairaj spent 70 years in the film industry during which he played various roles – from a body-double stuntman to the macho hero, from mythological God to social drama leads and from filmmaker to the custodian of the film industry’s welfare through various associations – and endeared himself to everybody. P. Jairaj joined the ...
Manorama
Yesteryears actress Manorama, known for her comic and negative roles, died on Feb 15th, 2008. She was last seen in Deepa Mehta’s Oscar nominated Water. The portly woman with exaggerated eyelashes and expressions was popularly known for roles like the wicked aunt in Seeta Aur Geeta, Ek Phool Do Maali and Do Kaliyan. However, she ...
Mumtaz Shanti
Mumtaz Shanti was a very popular movie star in the 40′s and her film Kismet (1943) is regarded as one of the biggest hits of Hindi cinema. Mumtaz started her career in the early thirties in Lahore, by working in a local theatre. She got a break in Lahore’s Mangti and was lured to Bombay. ...
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Suad Husni (1943 - ):
After she first appeared in Henri Barakat's Hassan wa Na'eema (Hassan and Na'eema, 1959), Suad H...
R.D. Burman:
With 'Dum maro dum', the seminal rock number from Hare Rama Hare Krishna ('71), Rahul Dev Burman...
Indian Film Database - 1963:
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Aaj Aur Kal
Panchdeep Chitra...
Pakeezah (1971):
While courtesans feature in many films, mostly in minor roles, the two great films in whic...
Lollywood - Wishing Shamim Ara well:
The actress and heartthrob of yesteryear and ace Pakistani film director, Shamim Ara is unwell. ...
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