Usha Kiron and Nirupa Roy

The belle from Gujerat and the beauty from Maharashtra often get together at Filmland parties and invariably a chatty gossip session ensues. As “Filmfare” award-win­ner Usha Kiron jabs a finger at Nirupa, she seems almost to say, “And that is what I told her, but she just wouldn’t … !” Or perhaps Usha said, “Look, Nirupaben, I’ve work­ed in Gujerati pictures, and you should act in some Marathi ones!” But, whatever it is that Usha says so animatedly, these two charming young women are never at a loss for subjects to discuss! – August 1955

Usha Kiron posing for Filmfare Magazine in 1952