Everything Bollywood

R.I.P Shammi Kapoor

2011-08-13T22:22:00.000-07:00

From Shammi Kapoor

Its a sad day...but he's in a better place now, with his wife Geeta Bali.

If your having a bad day, this will cheer you up!

2011-07-24T00:10:00.001-07:00

Here's a super cute video of Rishi Kapoor... I cant believe he remembered all the moves!

Does anybody have this picture?

2011-06-19T00:40:00.000-07:00

I found this picture of Dharmendra on a forum and I need a bigger version of it. By far one of the rarest photos I have seen of Dharmendra, he looks like such a hippie!

Yesteryear's actress is happy running 7/Eleven

2011-05-17T22:43:00.000-07:00

From Ranjeeta

Ever wonder what Laila from Rishi Kapoor's 'Laila Majnu' as been upto? You might very suprised to know that Ranjeet Kaur (actual name Ranjeeta Nijjar, now after marriage its Ranjeeta Masand) is running a 7-eleven store in Virgina! Read the interview at the link below.

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/bollywood-big-gulps-and-back

The Most Disrecpectful Interview Ever!!!

2011-05-10T00:46:00.000-07:00

Just watched this interview and I have to say it is the most appalling piece of work I have ever seen. It is hands down, one of the most disrespectful, unprofessional and stupidest interviews i have ever seen. The hosts in this interview are absolutely vile and they have completely crossed there boundaries with there questions.

The interview is with Bobby & Sunny Deol around the promotion time of 'Yamla Pagla Dewwana' and the show that they are on is 'The Sheela, Shagun and Meenakshi Show". These three women have no idea what a proper interview is and how it is supposed to be done, they have no knowledge of boundaries and personal questions. They are certain questions that you don't ask certain celebrities. For instance you don't ask Salman Khan about his relationship with Aishwarya Rai, you don't ask Jaya Bachchan about Amitabh and Rekha's affair, you don't ask Sridevi about Boney Kapoors kids from his previous marriage, these are the wrong questions to ask, even though everybody wants to now about them. These three idiots while supposedly promoting the movie 'Yamal Pagla Deewana' ask very personal questions to Bobby & Sunny about there wifes and there relationship with Esha Deol. i would completely understand if these questions where to come on a show like The Simi Garwel show but not here! The Deols here aren't being interviewed here they are being attacked! Watch for yourself.

P.S.what is it with the random people walking into the frame durning the interview?4

P.S.S. The old cow who is trying to be Barbara Walters is the biggest idiot of them all, she legitly believes that her questions are deep and thoughtful!

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Part2

Part3

What Year was Dil set in?

2011-01-18T22:15:00.000-08:00

Ok, so when I watch movies I assume that they are set in the year they where filmed/released, unless it mentions otherwise. Like Dhoom was released in 2004 so I believed that it was set in the year 2004. One day when I was watching Dil (Madhuri Dixit & Aamir Khan) and at one point in the movie Madhu's (Madhuri Dixit) dad is asked Madhu birth date, he says 1981, the thing is that the movie was released in 1990 so by calculations (if she's 18) she's only supposed to be 9 (1981-1990) (if in the film she is 18). but if we go by the date in the film then it would mean that the movie was set in 1999 (1981 + 18). There is nothing 1999 about the movie! Wouldn't it have been easier if they would ave just said that Madhu was born in 1972? I just that it was real weird and un-useful, almost like this post!

P.S. the subtitle is awesome, "...it used to dew."

Miss World 1978

2011-01-05T22:38:00.000-08:00

Check out Kalpana Iyer 2:48 in the Miss World 1978 competition. She has a very strong accent here but none the less looks absolutley gorgeous!

Dharmendra Documentary

2011-01-04T23:57:00.000-08:00

Ok So I have done this post before about Hamara Dharm, but the video I had linked has been removed so now I have uploaded this video up myself so there will be no more problems.

Again, if anybody has any info on this documentary that would be awsome. All I know is that it was made sometime in the late seventies (I think it was around 1977). I heard that it was made to show Dharmendra in a good light since at this time his affair with Hema Malini was going strong and the public didnt like that. Si that is why it is so family oriented. Anyways I would absolutley love to watch this because I love Dharmendra, I think the only person who will be able to help is going to be Aslijat. But again anything will help!

Nalini Jaywant Passes Away

2011-01-01T21:53:00.000-08:00

While surfing the net today I found out that 40's and 50's actress Nalini Jaywant passed away, at the age of 84. But that suprising fact was that she died on December 24 2010, thats 8 DAYS AGO! No where in the mainstream media was it mentioned that she passed away, it just goes to show how fickle and cold this industry is. As soon as your out of the limelight your done and the industry has no time for you. No matter how hit movies you have given. Another sad aspect of this whole episode is that, it is said that she had died 3 days earlier but no one knew. Also, when her body was taken, it was taken couvered in her own bedsheet. I wonder what happened or will happen funreal wise.

Updates!

2010-12-18T22:58:00.001-08:00

A week ago I added new pictures to all of them albums on all of the accounts, so do check them out!

One of the Best Articles Ever About A Film Personality!

2010-12-15T00:05:00.000-08:00

Came across this article posted by Cineplot.com about yesteryear actress Shashikala. I have never known anything about her because there is no info available about her on the web but this article gives a real look at the life of Shashikala, so read it and enjoy!

http://cineplot.com/shashikala-of-torment-and-triumph/

Yamla Pagla Deewana soundtrack RIP OFF

2010-12-06T00:39:00.000-08:00

Ok so I have been loving the new promos for the movie YPD and I'm super excited to see Dharmendra on screen after Apne. Also like everyone else on the planet I love the title track that is in the promos, the original Yamla Pagla Deewana song with Mohd. Rafi's voice. But i just listened to the full soundtrack on bollywood hungama and the Mohd. Rafi version of the song is not on the album! The version that they have on album is in Sonu Nigam's voice and it absolutely sucks! Sonu Nigam's voice is way to soft for this energetic song and could not pull it off! I'm super disappointed and confused as to why the Mohd. Rafi version is nowhere to be found. When in all of the promos that's what you hear! There was even an article out a few days ago in which the makers of the film said that they canned the idea of remixing the song because it didn't sound as good as the orignal. So why the hell did they decide to change their decision at the last minute? I'm supper pissed right now for this false advertisement!

P.S. the song Charha De Rang by Rahul Seth (the 4:22 one) is really good, i could of done without all of the other singers in the song. I wish they had just kept it soft and mellow with only his voice. Why was there the need to have this song in 4 versions?

Listen to the soundtrack:
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/14264/index.html

The decision to keep the original song:
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2010/11/10/14909/index.html

Punjabi movie more popular then Hindi movie!

2010-07-24T13:34:00.000-07:00

At Cineplex cinemas, in Surrey B.C., there are 8 shows for the Jimmy Shergill started 'Mel Karade Rabba' whereas Akshay Kumar's 'Khatta Meetha' only has 3 shows! And people say that Punjabi movies are unprofitable!

http://www.cineplex.com/Theatres/TheatreDetails/Cineplex-Odeon-Strawberry-Hill.aspx

If Akshay Kuamr does a full fledged Punjabi movie he could probably have the biggest opening/hit of his career!

Another vinyl jackpot!

2010-07-21T16:15:00.000-07:00

Just got a whole new batch of lps from the 60's! They even better part is that I got them all for a $1 each!

Aap Ki Parchhayian / Woh Kaun Thi (1977 Pakistani pressing)
Ahsaas
Apman (can anybody tell me what this album is about)
Apnapan
Around The World
Baton Baton Mein
Bulandi (On my lp the picture of Raaj Kumar is a cutout, does anbybody know why. Its not a double lp so there isn't anything behind it, it just pops out.)
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
Chhaya
Dil Hi To Hai
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya
Do Aur Do Paanch
Dostana
Ek Baar Phir
Farz
Geeta Dutt In Memoriam
Gumnaam Hai Koi
Jaaneman
Kala Bazar
Kali Ghata
Kali Topi Lal Rumal
Malhar
Meena Kumari Ki Amar Kahani
Mere Humsafar (generic cover)
Mukesh (compliation album from 1977 made in Pakistan)
Muqaddar Ka Sikander
Pagla Kahin Ka
Noorie
Old Hits - The Choice is Yours (compliation album)
Old Hits - Lata Mangeshkar
Raat Aur Din
Rocky
Runa Laila
Sanjog
Shaan
Shaayad
Shikar ( 1982 pressing with a rare black and white cover)
Shikshaa
Silver Screen Gold Rafi
Suhaag
Sunil Ganguly Swinging Hits
This is Talat Mahmood
Umar Qaid
Yaadon Ki Baaraat
Zabak / Dil Ek Mandir
Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai

Premnath's Kiss!

2010-07-04T23:33:00.000-07:00

Found another gem on Ebay today! Seller, onestcdotnet has listed a picture of Premnath and Kamini Kaushal kissing. It was taken on the sets of 'Raja Kaka' whici was released in 1974. I searched this movie in Google and an article came up that said that the kissing scene was between Nadira and Premnath, whereas the seller says it was between Premnath and Kamini Kashaul. There is writing on the back of the picture which is a little hard to read, it says Kamini's name on it but I'm not sure if it's her in the picture. I haven't seen this movie, has anybody else?

Sadhana Dead?

2010-06-06T15:08:00.000-07:00

I was reading an article o n heroines who lead a lonely life and in it, it says that Sadhana (the actress from the 60's, her movies include Hum Dono, Mera Saaya and so on) died in 2004 at the age 75. I always assumed that she was alive and well. I have never read this anywhere else, it doesn't even say it on Wikipedia. So if anyone knows for sure pls. do tell!

Here's the link for the story:

http://www.masala.com/21121-only-the-lonely

The Revealing, Ranuchy and Downright Crazy 70's

2010-06-04T23:52:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I was on EBay and was looking at the magazines posted by auctionz_unlimted and found some really interesting things that I wanted to share with you guys. So here they are:

First and foremost is a picture of Rakkhee and an unknown actress in a weird and lesbianish hug. I don't know if this pic was supposed to come off like this or it just happened because it was taken mid-hug. In any case its quite out there.

Here are two pictures which I believe where taken on the sets of Do Shikari a.k.a. Anjana Safar. Everyone has probably heard of how Biswajeet came up behind Rekha and kissed her unexpectedly and caught it on film and then put in the film. Later when the film was released this particular scene got chopped from the movie but somehow it made to the cover of Life magazine (never seen it). Rekha always said that she had know idea what had happened and she wasn't on board for it. But in these two pictures you can clearly see that she was part of it, in bottom pic it looks like she is sticking her tongue out! These pictures totally blow Rekha's story out of the water. If anybody has any other info pls. do tell!

Here is an unknown actress named Meena Rai (was in a few Punjabi films), in nothing but her underwear! People get so worked up when this happens now and this happened back in the 70's!

Can someone tell me what Sanjay Khan is wearing here? It seems like he's wearing his wife's delicate vest thing and speedo's. Not the kind of attire one would wear for a magazine shoot especially when there no where near water!

I'm really shocked by the two beginning pictures here! Because I did not know that Neetu had revealed so much in the beginning, quite shocking! In the first picture looks as if it came straight ou of Playboy.

This picture is of vamp Komilla Wirk, it amazes me because her boob is just hanging out i the open, like its no problem. I would love to be on the sets of such photo shoots just to see how the photographer would coax the women into taking off there clothes.

Is Dharmendra kissing Rekha!

Begam Para in Life

2010-05-14T10:46:00.001-07:00

So here it is...

She looks like a brunette haired Marlyn Monroe!

Another super rare treat!

2010-05-07T00:18:00.000-07:00

In the next day or two I will be post something that has only been heard of but not seen. Before it was the rare scan of Madubala from the magazine Theatre Arts 1952 but this time around it's something even older! It is Begam Para's 1951 scan from Life. She is not on the cover though, contrary to what as been written on the Internet. So everyone hold on for this rare delight!

Aishwarya Rai Wardrobe Malfunction!

2010-04-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

Aishwarya had a recent wardrobe malfunction at the music launch of Raavan. I'm guessing her blouse wasn't sewn correctly.

More Records!

2010-03-11T20:21:00.000-08:00

Got some more lps, so here they are:

Andaz
Amne Samne - Gate fold cover with a really cool picture of Mithun inside smoking.
Carvan
Charanjit Singh's Instrumental Songs
Dada - Has two awesome songs on this one "Dil Ke Tukde Tukde" and "Gaddi Jandi Aaye"
Dafaa 302 - Ok album with nothing much to offer besides the one song "Aap Kya Lenge"
Darling Darling - The songs on the cover and LP don't match, on the LP they are in a different order from the one listed on the cover and on a cover they forgot to write down one of the songs.
Deewaangee - Don't like this album, plan to sell it.
Des Pardes - Don't like this album either, none of the songs do it for me.
Dhongee - Love the cover, passed up on it the first time and then went back to switch it with another record and really glad I did, cuz It has some cool song s in it. My favorite is "One Two Three"
Dil Aur Deewaar - very risque picture on this cover its of a African woman that is nude from the waist up with Prem Chopra standing in front of it.
Do Raaste - I was surprised when I put this one on because on the vinyl the music is overpowered by the vocals. And in the movie I don't remember it being like that.
Duniya Meri Jeb Mein - Good record to listen to a few times.
Dushmun - Way to much dialogue in this LP, it has only four songs that aren't quite long so they use the dialogue has filler, its really annoying cuz it takes sooo long to get to the actual song.
Film Hits 1974 - If anyone gets there hands on this one they shouldn't let it go cuz the pictures on this are too good to pass up. This album has very vibrant pictures on it which are very rare and unseen.
Ganwaar - Got really cheap so I cant complain about it.
Khandaan - Only like one song the rest are too slow for me.
Parchiyiaan - Probably haven't heard this one but its really good, I got it for the cover alone (no pic in collage) which is a bright hot pink and the songs are good too. This was the first album in which R.D. Burman did the music for a full Punjabi song.
Parvarish - Really cool sleeve in this one which is more like two posters because its two sheets of paper with pictures on both sides, so four pictures in total.
Purab Aur Pachchim - the single one but I so badly want the double one!
Pyar Hi Pyar - Pakistani pressing
Rafoo Chakkar - Malaysian pressing
Sawan Badon - Covers in really bad condition for this one, its from India.
Sweeet Melodies - This one was a let down, I thought it would have some cool funky tracks but instead it had very slow sad types of songs.
Teesri Manzil - Awesome score, but then again everyone already knew that.

25 Things not to ask Shahrukh Khan

2010-03-04T00:48:00.000-08:00

Funny little interview of Shahrukh Khan.

Sujit Kumar R.I.P.

2010-02-07T00:17:00.000-08:00

Vetern actor Sujit Kumar has passed away due to cancer he leaves behind son. Jatin and daughter Henna, he was 75. Just a few months ago on September 9 09 he had celebrated his birthday with Jeetendra and Rashesh Roshan.

Update!

2010-02-02T23:45:00.001-08:00

Added more pictures to the movie albums, so do check then out!

Records Needed!

2010-01-20T15:35:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I have been trying to get a hold of Punjabi & Hindi lp's for a while now, and I have been doing pretty good but I want some more. So if anybody knows anybody or has any Lp's in the area of Vancouver, British Columbia, I would be more then willing to take them off your hands. I'm also interested in 70's film magazines if anybody has them!

Bombay Superstar the Video!

2009-12-27T23:36:00.000-08:00

Finally by the grace of god AsliJat has uploaded the video of this rare rare documentary. The only thing is that there is only one part so far and AsliJat will upload only when there is interest. So stop reading this blog and go watch the video and comment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoDktQGoUR4

My Bollywood LP's

2009-12-17T18:01:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to share my bollywood lp's with everybody. Actually its mostly for me because It makes me feel happy to know that I have so many, man I sound so conceited! I will also list them now:

Aap Ki Kasam
Aap Ke Deewane
Ab Kya Hoga
Anamika
Anjaana
Ankhen
Anurodhh
Aradhana
Atmaram
Bombshell Baby of Bombay
Chalte Chalte
Chor Machaye Shor
College Girl
Deedar E Yaar
Doosra Aadmi
Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye
Duniya
Dus Numbri
Fakira
Film Favorites of th Fifties
Film Favorites of 1962
Film Hits 1973
Film Hits 1975
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani
Hamraaz
Hare Rama Hare Krishna
Heera Panna
Hum Kisise Kum Nahin
Intaqam
Jaani Dushman
Kaala Patthar
Khabi Khabie
Khabi Khabie - The Immortal Love Scenes
Karz
Khandaan
Laawaris
Lahu Ke Do Rang
Laila Majnu
Lata Mangeshkar Live At Albert Hall 1974
Loafer
Maang Baro Sajna
Man Pasand
Made for Eachother - Neetu Singh & Rishi Kapoor
Madhumati
Memories Mukesh
Mera Saaya/Neend Hamaari Khwab Tumhare
Mughal E Azam - 3 LP set
Pakeezah
Patita
Pechchan
Prem Geet
Qurbani - English
Raftaar
Rootha Na Karo
Samjhauta
Sanyasi
Sargam
Satyam Shivam Sundram
Shankar Jaikishan Title Song Hits
Sholay - Paper Sleeve
Sholay
Star
Superuna
Yaarana

Thank You

2009-12-16T00:05:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to say a quick and overdue thanks to all of the people who enjoy or somewhat like my blog. I really apperciate the effort that people have put in, through comments. Its really nice to know that soeone likes this blog has much as i do. As I thank you I would like to share some useen pics from bollywood, hope you enjoy them!

Dharmendra and Hema's mom. Dharmendra looks like Amjad Khan.

Dharmendra's mother and first wife Parkash Kaur

Jeetendra and his wife Shobha
Feroz Khan with his wife Sundari, Daughter Laila and son Fardeen

Dimple and Rajesh Khanna with their daughter Twinkle and Sanjay Khan with his family (couldn't remember their names!)

Simple Kapadia Passes Away

2009-11-12T09:28:00.001-08:00

15 August 1958 – 10 November 2009

The sadder thing then her desmise is that with her passing there hasnt been any mention of her anywhere, no major website has posted of her passing. It's true what they "Out of sight out of mind."

Anybody Know the Song

2009-10-31T12:03:00.000-07:00

Does anybody know the song that plays in the beginning of this commercial. I have heard it before but I don't know where, so if somebody could help me out it would be awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uME6VTzmFnI

Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai LP

2009-10-16T14:49:00.000-07:00

Ok, yesterday i bought the LP of the punjbai movie 'Nanank Nam Jahaz Hai' 1969. In this film there are at least two songs that i know about, one is "Bul tere ne Chandigarh de" and the other one is "Hada ni". but in the lp both of the songs aren't there. The album is fully comprised of Shabads. So i wanted to know that were the songs ever released on vinyl and why aren't they on this lp.

Update

2009-10-10T23:01:00.000-07:00

Another update, this time it's the wedding album. I got some duper rare pics this time around. In this album you will find wedding pics of Mala Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Guru Dutt, Sanjay & Richa Dutt, Babita and so forth.

http://picasaweb.google.com/shift431/Wedding02?authkey=Gv1sRgCIz4_KTqv6-9DA&feat=directlink

Again, if anybody has ANY pics from the previous wedding album that i had accidenally deleted i would still apperciate them.

Update!

2009-10-10T14:42:00.001-07:00

Here's three update's after ages:

http://picasaweb.google.com/shift431/Advertisments#

http://picasaweb.google.com/shift431/BehindTheScenes#

http://picasaweb.google.com/shift431/Family#

I need some names for the Behind the scene's album so do help out!

Enjoy!

Alaap's Influence on Dil

2009-08-26T11:16:00.000-07:00

I was just browsing around on the internet trying to find some Mohd. Siddiq and Ranjit Kaur records and I came upon a blog called 'Punjabi Folk Singers'. On the blog there is a post about how the music for "Mujhe Neend Na" from the superhit film 'Dil' was lifted from a punjabi band calle Alaap. Here is the link for the post and it also has music clips.

http://punjabifolksingers.blogspot.com/2009/07/alaaps-influence-on-dil.html

Can You Figure Out Who This Guy Is?

2009-07-29T21:20:00.001-07:00

I'm not going to give you any clues, just the picture because if I give you clues it will become very apperent who this guy is. Let's see if you movie buffs can figure this one out.

Please help me Identify these movies

2009-07-16T23:54:00.001-07:00

ok, i have been watching hindi movies since i can remember and a few of them have been stuck in my head but only fragments and piece's and i cannot remember the movies, so if you guys could help me out

First Movie:

the first bit of movie i remeber is about a guy (there are a lot of guys in the movie) who drinks a lot, and the doctors tell him to stop because his liver is messed up hand he will die if he even has a drop to drink, then later on in the mivoe the bad guys tie him up and forcibly pour the alchol down his throat.

Another piece that i remeber from the same movie is that a stampede of horses get loose and start to run and in there path is a child, the heroine see's this and jumps on top of the child, then afterwards the hero jumps on top of the child and heroine and the horses trample over them.

Second movie

Has the above guy in it and he plays alawyer who gives advicce to a guy on how to rape a girl without getting caught, and the guy does and in the end it turns out the girl was the lawyers daughter, in the end the hero/villian dies. This movie is called 'Sanam Harjai'.

70's Lesbian Kiss

2009-06-30T22:42:00.000-07:00

I was browsing around on the internet and I came upon this picture, the caption read

"Yogeetabali and Jayasree T - Surprising lesbo kiss of yesteryear stars". As you can see the picture is quite grainy and you really can't make out the two females, so I wanted your guy's opinon, do you think it's them or not?

Michael Jackson Passes Away

2009-06-25T16:18:00.000-07:00

1958 - 2009

All I can say is that this day will me etched in my mind forever, may his soul RIP.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-death-dead-cardiac-arrest/

Help! Deleted Album!

2009-06-15T23:22:00.001-07:00

By mistake as i was updating the albums i deleted the 'wedding' album, and was wonderind and hoping if anybody had that album downloaded or some of the pics. I had alot of rare pics in it like Dimple and Rajesh's wedding and a few pics from Hema and Dharm's wedding! All i have let are the 30 new pics that i added today so if anybody could help me out that would be great i would really really apperciate it!

Here is the link to the album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shift431/Wedding02?authkey=Gv1sRgCIz4_KTqv6-9DA#

Kishore Kumar A Sikh?

2009-06-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

On complete side note doesn't Kishore Kumar look like Mohnish Behl here?

We all know that Kishore Kumar is Bengali but while I was browsing the net I came across this article ( posted by Flexon 001) about Yogeeta Bali and Kishore Kumar's wedding. In the article it says that Kishore converted to Sikhism (Yogeeta is a Sikh) in order to marry Yogeeta in Sikh ceremony. I'm a Sikh myself and I'm pretty sure you do not need to change your religon in order to get married according Sikh customs and rites. If Kishore indeed did do this did he convert back when he divorced? All in all this is an awsome read!

Here's the link for the article:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4615/post1841137548606.jpg

Check out Shammi Kapoor & Mehmood at the wedding, is Dara Singh the guy sitting behind Shammi?

Rekha & Amitabh Bachchan

2009-05-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we all know about how back in the day Rekha and Amitabh had a thing, right? But whenever you ask these two they always vehemently deny everything and anything and say it's all media created. If it is all media created then could somebody please answer these questions:

1) Why haven't they worked in a movie together since 1981, Silsla?(They have appeared in the same movies after this but they did not have any scenes together and one or the other always did a guest appearance.)

2) Why do they avoid each other at all functions or public places?

One of the most talked about moments of the night. Why couldn't Amitabh just sit there and say hello. The release of Sarkar, complety ignores her presence. Amitabh should at laest pose properly for the picture, we can see you are together you idiot!

3) Why are they always in a hurry to end a question where the other person's name arises?
Honest to god it really makes me mad when they do this because they should at least have the guts to say that they had a relationship together and now its over, why are they so reluctant to do this?

Look at how close they are to eachother! I don't think Amitabh has taken such pictures with any other actress, not even his wife!

Amitabh made it very apparent at the recent Filmfare awards that he did not want anything to do with her, when he walked away when she came over to say hi. Like its so bad between these two that they can't even say hello? Man this makes me mad!

Feroz Khan

2009-05-04T09:56:00.000-07:00

May his soul R.I.P.

Updates Made

2009-02-20T18:26:00.000-08:00

I have added more pics to the Movies section, so do check them out!

A look back at what happened in 1971

2009-01-29T23:52:00.001-08:00

Came across this while I was surfing the net:

FTII Gold Medalist Jaya Bhaduri steals the show in the title role of Guddi.

Zeenat Aman debuts in OP Ralhan’s Hulchul. However, she creates a sensation in the role of a drug-addict in Dev Anand’s Hare Rama Hare Krishna, and a star is born. (Motwali was dead on about this one!)

In Gulzar’s Mere Apne about student unrest, Meena Kumari, in the central role, shows the right path to Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha.

Kamal Amrohi’s long-in-the-making Pakeezah, a slow starter, picks up later to become an all-time hit. Music by Ghulam Mohammed and Naushad is soul-stirring.( Om guessing this was written before Meena died)

Ramesh Sippy’s Andaz (Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini) taps the unusual theme of a widow falling in love.

Rajesh Khanna has the women audience swooning in Amar Prem. Sharmila Tagore co-stars.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Budha Mil Gaya (Om Prakash, Navin Nischol) is a gripping suspense film.

“Piyaa tu ab to aaja....” , the catchy song from Nasir Husain’s Caravan is responsible for the film’s success. (I liked the story of this movie it has more going for it besides this song)

Haathi Mere Saathi (Rajesh Khanna and Tanuja) is one of the biggest hits of the year. The title song is on everyone’s lips. (I thought that the song on everybody's lips would be "Mere Dil Ke Chain")

Three generations of the Kapoor family, Prithviraj, Raj and Randhir, star in the semi-autobiographical Kal Aaj Aur Kal, ably directed by young Randhir.

Laal Patthar is noteworthy for Hema Malini’s chilling performance as the over-possessive lover. Raaj Kumar, Raakhee, Vinod Mehra co-starrer.

Sunil Dutt’s Reshma Aur Shera beautifully shot, mainly in the deserts, wins accolades. (Too bad it didn't do well commercially)

Raakhee’s contrasting double roles in Sharmilee win acclaim. So does SD Burman’s hummable music.

Vijay Anand’s success streak continues with Tere Mere Sapne (Dev Anand, Mumtaz).

Mani Kaul’s experimental Uski Roti wins critical acclaim. (Havent heard of this film)

The Dadasaheb Phalke stamp is issued.

The film industry goes all out to boost national war efforts.

Music director Jaikishen, filmmakers K Asif, Debaki Bose and K Subramanian and Malayalam star Satyan pass away. ( So many greats died in one year)

—Monica Motwani
Courtesy Screen India

Updates Made

2009-01-28T16:02:00.000-08:00

I have just uploaded new pics to the Vintage Actress gallery, so do check them out. I personally think that the actress' from the 40' and 50's are a lot more beautiful then the ones from th60's and 70's. Plus do help me identify the last few actress' of the album!

http://picasaweb.google.com/karen431/VintageActresses?locked=true#

Oh and if Kanan is reading this, Thanx a lot for helping me out with the names of the actresses!

Hamara Dharam

2009-01-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

Does anybody have this full video? I didn't even now that this documentary existed until I saw it on "Dus Ka Dum" and if you try to search it up on Google nothing comes up. If someone has it could they upload it to youtube or even better give a link to download it! I know that a lot of people would love to watch this! In this video they start to talk about it at 0:31 and then they show a clip, Could someone please show us the rest!

Killing my boredom with Colorization: Part 2

2009-01-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is the second set of pictures that i have colored, personally i believe these pictures are ten times better then the one's before! P.S. thanks for all of the lovely comments on the last post.

I really liked the outcome of this one too

I did this one again because Igot some yellow on her blouse so I decided to redo it.

This one is my absolute favorite, it came out really, really good.

Here I tried to color her skin also, it turned out pretty good.

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T02:15:00.001-08:00

Hope everybody has a great and successful year and thanks for visiting, this blog through out the last year!

Myspace Glitter Graphics

Image courtesy Memsaab

Killing my boredom with colorization: Part 1

2008-12-27T18:58:00.000-08:00

One day i was bored out of my mind so i decided to color some black and white pictures. I think i did a pretty good job on some of them, so why don't you judge for yourself.

Reminisce...of the good days gone by!

2008-12-24T00:30:00.001-08:00

From Yesteryear Magazine Scans

My fav. pair of all time:

From Yesteryear Magazine Scans

Asha-Joyti

From Yesteryear Magazine Scans

How much truth is there to this:

From Yesteryear Magazine Scans 3

First 3 scans courtesy Flexon

Rajesh Khanna's Creepy Love Scene

2008-12-18T11:33:00.000-08:00

Ok so a while back I told guys about Rajesh Khanna's new movie and how sleazy it seemed with the young girl and hot scene, well now I have seen the pics of the so called hot scene. So naturally I would like to share them with you guys ( if I'm going to have sleepless nights and nightmares I want you guys to have the same!) Seriously im warning you guys if you some of you get scared and disturbed easily do no see the pictures! But first this is what other people have to say:

We were stunned into silence with Amitabh Bachchan's Nishabd.

But our reaction to Wafaa, Rajesh Khanna's answer to Bachchan's May-December romance, has been one of jaw-dropping shock.

The ageing actor, also a grandpa to a reigning superstar's Akshay Kumar's son Aarav, has gone dare-bare with a vengeance. He showers kisses, grabs and bites Pakistani actress Saara, as screenshots from a leaked video reveal. The film's lovemaking (?) scene is neither aesthetic nor appealing. The scenes of the '70s superstar pawing and clawing at a woman half his age are retch-worthy and downright sleazy. What has an actor who gave us memorable performances in films like Aradhana, Amar Prem and Kati Patang been reduced to? It's time to hang up your boots, Mr Khanna, before you embarrass yourself, your family and your few remaining fans any further.

For this pic is the girl wearing something to cover her breast or has it been censored?

Pictures and article courtesy: Masalababes

The Biggest Star In The World - and she's not in Beverly Hills

2008-12-16T12:45:00.000-08:00

So after much demand here's the article, I will try to get a better quality of the image today if I can, but in the meanwhile enjoy the article!

The Biggest Star in the World....

2008-12-15T17:14:00.000-08:00

Guess what I have gotten a hold of? I have gotten a hold of the article printed on Madhubala in Theatre Arts magazine, which w as published in their August issue of 1952. Through this article do you really grasp the kind of power and fan following that Madhubala had in her heyday! This article is truly a delight for people like me, who love any type of literature on the indian film industry! The only thing is that i got a photocopy of the article, and not a scan, so the picture didn't come out to good. The picture is just as good as the article if not better, it's complety unseen and I can say that with 100% certanity. I'll post the article as sson as I see some interest!

Last Shooting of Divya Bharti

2008-12-11T10:31:00.000-08:00

I was on youtube and came across a video of Diya's last shooting from the movie Laadla, which after her death was left incomplete. I honestly believe that Divya did not die from an accident or sucide. She didn't die by accident because the last person to be with her when she died was Neeta Lulla (Devdas Designer) who said that Divya was sitting in the window of her apartment drunk, and she (Lulla) told her to get down and move away from the window. The next thing she sees his Divya falling out of the window. This cannot be the case because there is another video which shows the apartment complex that she fell from and clearly right under the window is a balcony. Divya should have fallen into the balcony if she had just tipped over, but no she fell over it, which can only mean that she was pushed. Then there is no way Divya could have committed suicide because she had everything going for her. She was number one and her career was only getting better so she had no problem on the professional front. Then there is also the theory of her husband Sajid Nadiadwala, killing her because she wasn't sleeping with people he wanted her to, but I don't think this is the case but I do think that some way or another he might have been involved in her death. Divya's parents have always accused Sajid of having some part in Divya's murder. Then there is always a theory that I have that maybe Lulla and Divya got into an argument and Lulla pushed Divya out, that could be the case also. But I think we will only find the true answer when we go to the golden gates are self!

Last Shooting Video:

The completed Song with Sridevi (I'm guessing this is song, from the way Divya was acting, it seems like it was this song and if so they totally reworked it):

Video of the building Divya fell from(You guys might tissues for this one, plus this will make you depressed):

Updates Made!

2008-12-03T14:17:00.000-08:00

I just upload new stuff into the Movies category, every album has had new pics added to them. Hope everybody enjoys them! Here is the link o the albums:

http://picasaweb.google.com/caplocks07

Hema & Dharmendra's Interveiw from 1976

2008-11-26T12:19:00.000-08:00

I bought the October issue of Cineblitz a few days ago, and in it was an old interview of Dharmendra and Hema Malini. It's about what could of happened if Dharmendra was single and what kind of relationship the two shared!

In this interview you can completely tell they are head over heels in love with each other, its just so much fun to read this with 20/20 hindsight vision!

On the Sets of Jaanwar

2008-11-10T16:34:00.001-08:00

Here are a few behind the scenes pics from the 1965 film Janwaar which starred Rajshree and Shammi Kapoor

Courtesy: Papa Ajoba

Rajesh Khanna's Intimate Scene in New Movie

2008-10-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

Living legend Rajesh Khanna is all set to shock all with his new avatar, as the actor has indulged in bold, intimate bedroom scenes with young Pakistani actress Saara Khan in ‘Wafaa’. Directed by item queen Rakhi Sawant’s brother, Rakesh Sawant, the film will see Bollywood’s Kaka smooching the actress, who is reportedly half his age.

When asked if Khanna would be able to give a blush to the ‘serial kisser’ Emran Hashmi with his hot bedroom scenes in the flick, here’s what he said, "The intimate scenes are justified because we are shown as husband and wife. It is a mature love story with bizarre twists. It's a logical demand of the situations where sex plays a pivotal catalyst role and it's not for titillation. The Censor Board has cleared ‘Wafaa’ with an 'A' certificate. After having acted in over 170 movies, I don't need to do a film which has vulgarity as its theme."

In the much talked about film, Khanna will be seen playing a Thailand-based multi-millionaire who meets this scheming sex-starved airhostess desperate to marry him for his money.

Well, after Dharmendra’s intimate smooch with Mallika Sherawat in ‘Kis Kis Ki Kismat’, it’s ‘Kaka’ who’s all set to make a bold and sexy comeback with ‘Wafaa’.

This movie reminds me of his 80's movie 'Red Rose' with Poonam Dhillon. He had some close encounters with her and other actresses in this film. I really liked him in this movie he did a really good job of playing a deranged man.

First there was news about Khanna teasing young girls at a Mumbai hotspot. And now he’s trying hard to make a comeback by playing bold roles. Looks like the man’s missing his youthful days just too much. He simply can’t get over the fact that once upon a time women around the country used to swoon over him!

That’s not all. He’s also acting in the television drama ‘Raghukul Reet Sadaa Chali Aayee’ where Mona Ambegaonkar plays his wife. The TV director says that the script demanded that his wife should be someone much younger to him in the serial too!

Seems the man is trying to forget that he’s a father of grown up girls and a grandpa too now!

He also wants to work with superstar son-in-law Akshay Kumar and says that it would be a casting coup of the former superstar and the current superstar. He’s only waiting for a mind blowing script and Akki’s approval. This guy sure is hellbent on regaining some of his lost youth!

Interveiw Courtsy, Zee News and Bollywood News

I really hope by some divine miracle this movie does not get released I don't know what Rajesh Khanna is thinking but he should really stop with this movie! It's going to make people forget the Rajesh Khanna of yesterday,there ONLY GOING TO REMEMBER THIS CRAP! I would love to see Rajesh and Akshay work together that would amazing, so why doesn't he just wait for a good script instead doing stupid movies like this one. Plus I watched to moive Kis Kis Kismat and I did not see Dharmendra kissing Mallika Shrewat, I even searched it up on youtube and nothing came up! So did these two really kiss for reall or what.

Parveen Babi's TIME Cover Mystery

2008-10-22T13:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, i have searced all over the internet twice and i cannot find the Parveen Babi Time cover. First and foremost the accurate date of the cover is all confusin, on some websites it says 1975 and others 1976 or 1977 . So to get the accurate date i went to the Time website and searched her up there, on the website two things come 1 an article of when she died (Milestone) and 2 an article about the Indian film industry in which she is mentioned. In both the milestone and article it does not say anywhere that she was on the cover. The 2 article that she was in (the one about the indian cineama) came out in 1977 and some white lady on the cover. So then after getting fustrated with that i tried to find the newer Aishwariya Rai cover on the time site and I didnt find that eithere, not even on goolgle. So the only explnation that i could find was that both the covers (Parveen's & Aish's) were only reaeased in India and not anywhere else. So if anybody would have any of the covers i would (and I know many others) would really like to see them, so hope somebody posts them soon.

The 1977 Aritcle had this as the cover:

Asia's Bouncing World of Movies article:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911821-2,00.html

The Milestone Article:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1022653,00.html

Interview with Parveen Babi

2008-10-22T00:39:00.000-07:00

Found this interview on youtube and found it very interesting, does anybody know when this was shot? In this interview she look's ok, its just really sad that she left the way she did, all alone. It's just one of the many reminders that all these actors that we look upto are all human just like us.

5 Rifles

2008-10-08T18:00:00.000-07:00

Ok, I just got this book from the library called "A Pictorial History of Indian Cinema" and it was published in 1979, so it has a lot of rare pictures that I have never seen before ( I will upload some of the pic later) and well there is one chapter on censorship and in that chapter they have a uncensored pic from the movie 5 RIFLES (by I.S. Johar) in which is quite something. Cuz in Indian films they do show nudity but not like fully, its always covered up or something. But in this picture there's five girls and all of them don't have their tops on, their just standing their with guns. Needless to say this bit isn't in the movie (as I'm told). All the girls to me seem unknown so I thought it would some C grade film and so checked it on imdb.com and on there it has Shashi Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna in it. Well if this kinda of stuff was cut out in the 70's then what kinda of stuff are they cutting out today! Scroll Down and you can see the pic!

Songs from the 90's

2008-10-05T12:37:00.000-07:00

Ok so yesterday I had said I wanted to post songs here too for people to download, well today Im going to ! I have given the link below with 5 songs in it ( not my best 5 though) so if people like the songs and are actually downloading them then I will continue posting more but if no one seems interested then its all good and Ill stop!

http://www.esnips.com/web/90sHindiMusic/?flush=1

Pyar Ki Yeh Baaten & Meri Zindagi Ke Malik

2008-10-04T12:26:00.000-07:00

Would anybody have the song " Pyar Ki Yeh Baaten" (mp3) by Asha Bhonsle from the movie Baazi (1986) and " Meri Zindagi Ke Malik" from the unrealsed ( I think) movie Imaan Beimaan (1997) starring Chunkey Pandey? Just hear the song below it's really really good!

Plus does anybody know of a site were I could upload my songs so people could hear and download them, cuz that's the only thing missing from this blog! I have, well had a very massive collection of songs (computer got rebooted so I lost them) now I have a few and I would like to share them with other people! So if anybody knows of such a website please do let me know! Thanx in advance!

Here's the video for Pyar Ki Yeh Baaten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k9xDqn9JD0

Here's the video for Meri Zindagi Ke Malik ( for some reason I get goosebumps listening to this song!)

STARDUST JULY 1984

2008-10-02T00:03:00.001-07:00

I know this is a big time stretch but would and anybody have scan of the following interview its about a bollywood groupie who claims that she has liaison's with Raj Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Dilip Kumar and Feroze Khan. It would be such an awsome interveiw to read. So does anybody have the interveiw and would they be willing to share?

The thing is she isn't even that pretty
That's just downright creepy! See still not pretty even though it looks like a younger pic of her's
What was so special about Rajesh that she slept with him? (If what she is saying is true.)
The article is taken from this magazine

Revenge At A Wedding!

2008-10-01T16:20:00.000-07:00

This has nothing to do with Bollywood, I just thought this was really really funny!

Here is a true story about a recent wedding that took place at Clemson University.

This was a huge wedding with about 300 guests. After the wedding, at the reception, the groom got up on stage at the microphone to talk to the crowd.

He said that he wanted to thank everyone for coming, many from long distances, to support them at their wedding.

He especially wanted to thank the bride's and groom's families for coming and to thank his new father-in-law for providing such a fabulous reception.

To thank everyone for coming and bringing gifts and everything, he said he wanted to give everyone a special gift from just him. So, taped to the bottom of everyone's chair was a manila envelope, including the wedding party.

He said that this was his gift to everyone, and told everyone to open the envelopes.

Inside each manila envelope was an 8x10 picture of his best man having sex with the bride. He had gotten suspicious of the two of them and hired a private detective to trail them weeks prior to the wedding.

After he stood there and watched the people's reactions for a couple of minutes, he turned to the best man and said "Screw you," he turned to the bride and said "Screw you," and then he turned to the dumbfounded crowd and said, "I'm out of here." He had the marriage annulled first thing that Monday morning.

While most of us would have broken off the engagement immediately after finding out about the affair, this guy goes through with it anyway as if nothing was wrong. His revenge?

Making the bride's parents pay over $32,000 for 300 guests at the wedding and reception, letting everyone know exactly what did happen, and, best of all, trashing the bride's and best man's reputations in front of all of their friends, their entire families, i.e. their parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, nieces and nephews, etc.

This guy has balls the size of church bells. This is his world; we just live in it.

Whatever happened to....... Sulakshana Pandit

2008-09-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

This is one of the saddest interveiws ever! It's so bad that she has been so badly treated by life, such a famous actress of her time who lives like she has never earned or done anything in her life!

I hesitate to enter the open doorway before me. Surely no one could be living here. The walls are bare, the rooms bereft of furniture, clothes lie strewn all over the floor. A door on the right leads to the kitchen, in which I can see only a gas stove. A meal couldn't have been cooked here in months. As I move warily into the living room, my escort addresses a figure on the four-seater sofa that has obviously seen better days. "There's someone to meet you." The face that looks at me is familiar. But a far cry from the Sulakshana Pandit I knew, a woman who loved piling on the make- up, the clothes, the jewelery. The woman in front of me is dressed in a faded nightie teamed with a salwar, her neck weighed down by a massive brass figurine of Balaji hanging on a nada . The one thing that's intact about Sulakshana is her complexion. She may well have just stepped out of the beauty parlor after an expensive facial. Her glazed eyes try to focus on the unaccustomed sight of a visitor and when I introduce myself, she excuses herself to freshen up. I look around the living room. It is a large one by Mumbai standards--two flats have been combined to make up one comprising around 2000 square feet. Parts of the false ceiling have given way. There are no lights or fans. A wall unit stands, bare. A huge Ganpati calendar is stuck on the wall near a window that opens onto the sea. Returning, Sulakshana leads me to a smaller room. Here, too, pieces of cloth lie scattered on the floor. A wall cupboard has obviously been removed from the room, but a full length mirror still dominates a wall. She promptly heads for it to check her face. And then gestures me to sit down on the floor for a chat. (In her heyday spots boys probablt rushed to get her chairs and now she can't even provide her company any!)

"How I wish I'd won some prestigious awards so that film-makers and music directors would know that I'm still around," she sighs (She did get the Filmfare award in 1976 for best Femal Singer for "Tu Sagar Hai" from Sankalp). "Somehow, I stopped getting work quite some time ago. But people still tell me that I have a good voice and that I should return to playback singing. "Whenever I'm alone, I go to my shack on the beach and sing with my harmonium or tanpura. I know I can no longer return to lead roles in Hindi films but my voice is still good." In her days, Sulakshana acted in over 50 films with the top heroes and banners of the time. She sang most of her own songs and, apart from the solos, had the opportunity to sing with Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh and Manna Dey.

She longs to sing again. "I'd feel highly obliged if my brothers (composers Jatin-Lalit), Anu Malik or A R Rahman gave me a chance," she says softly. "My brothers feel I'm not big enough a name today. I agree that they needed to work with well- established singers like Kavita Krishnamoorthy and Alka Yagnik when they were just starting out and needed to find a foothold in showbiz. But once they'd done that, they could have given me some songs to sing. Lataji is still going strong at 70-plus. I'm only 40-plus. If they'd helped me out, I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in today. But I'm glad that the singers my brothers have worked with have brought them popularity." She then recalls the day Jatin had come over to show her his new car. "He asked me whether I'd like to keep it. Of course I couldn't. As it is, I hardly go out. He needs it more. I love Jatin, he's the son I never had," she smiles faintly. And says in an aside, "I wish they'd been given Devdas to score. They would have been ideal since we belong to Kolkata and they have the necessary classical background." A long pause. Then, tears welling up, she gasps, "I've been very upset ever since my mother passed away three years ago. A very spiritual lady, she was the one who provided me with strong moral support all through my life. There's been no one to look after me since. Zindagi veerana ho gayee hai. Wiping her eyes, she continues, "I know it's said that I'm pagal but that's not true. Music is constantly on my lips. And like so many other singers, I use my hands freely while singing. Is that pagalpan? Well, dil to pagal hai hi. Those who call me insane are just jealous of me. By the grace of God, I'm okay."

Sitting up suddenly, she says with a determined look, "It was from my mother that I learnt never to give up. Even after my father left us, she single-handedly brought up the seven of us-- three brothers and four sisters. I looked after my brothers and sisters, I did whatever my mother asked me to do for them, no questions asked. But I'm not God, I'm just a human being. I've learnt that helping your family is fine but that you have to think of yourself and your last days too." For now, she has her elder sister, Maya, and her 20-year-old nephew Varun living with her. She tells me pointedly, "But I haven't asked anyone for money. Roti-dal to kha hi leti hoon. I've done a lot for others. I'm confident that when I die, my brothers and sisters from the film industry will mourn me. The colleagues I worked with were always nice to me, they respected me. In fact, they're upset that I no longer have a car or even a telephone. But I'm above such material things." How does she manage to survive? By Sulakshana's account, Jatin and Lalit give her some money every month. Her sisters--Vijayeta and Sandhya--help, too. Vijayeta provides the rations and visits her while Sandhya pays her electricity bill, she says.

Tears flood her eyes yet again as she veers off into a memory and confides: "I loved Sanjeev Kumar so much. He was so nice. He'd given me a set made with yellow sapphires. But he spoiled my life. One day, after his bypass operation, we had gone to a Hanuman mandir in Delhi. I told him that I loved him and asked him to put sindoor in my parting. I told him to marry me so that I could look after him. But he refused, saying that he could never forget his first love, Hema Malini. He used to cry for her. His death shattered me." She reflects, "Life is so short. Why fight? Each one of us has to go some day. What do you get by hurting others? Why get into yeh tera hai, yeh mera hai? Iske saath kaam karo, uske saath nahin. Why such politics? That's a dirty game. Keep away from it." Music is her only solace, she says. Whenever reality gets too much to bear, she sings herself a song from Hum Dono; she calls it the song of her life:

Mein zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya Har fikra ko dhuen mein udata chala gaya Barbadiyon ka sog manana fizul tha Barbadiyon ka jashna manata chala gaya Jo mil gaya ussiko muqaddar samajh liya Jo kho gaya main usko bhula ta chala gaya Gham aur khushi mein farqa na mehsus ho jahan Mein dil ko us maqaam pe laata chala gaya... Her song plays in my mind as I prepare to make my exit. She waits with me for the lift. "It was nice speaking to you," she smiles. "Dil halka hua."

- Meera Joshi

More on Sulaskshana from Wikipedia:
She was forced to put it up for sale, and it remained on the market for several months, until finally her former leading man Jeetendra came to her rescue by convincing his brother-in-law to purchase the flat. From the proceeds of the sale, she was able to pay off her debts and purchase three apartments.Her sister Vijeta Pandit and brother-in-law, music composer Aadesh Shrivastava took her in and are helping her get back on her feet. Aadesh has indicated that he was composing a devotional album for Sulakshana.Recent update: Unfortunately, Sulakshana has since been able to retain only one of the new flats, as an older brother and other sisters stole most of the proceeds from the sale of her flat.

I truly wonder what crime she committed in what lifetime that she is paying for them in this lifetime!

Rekha and her Men

2008-09-24T17:18:00.000-07:00

SHE was just a fifteen - year - old with an enviable bust line (read forty-two), when she first landed in Bombay fresh out of the starched uniform of some convent school in Madras.

It was in the winter of '68 that Mohan Segal signed Rekha for her first Hindi movie opposite Navin Nischol: The name Sawan Bhadon. A party was thrown to introduce her to the press.
Most newcomers are shy and hesitant. Not Rekha. Her answers to all questions were bold and spoken out. And as the intake of pegs by our brethren of the Fourth Estate increased, so did their questions grow bolder. Yet Rekha was never at a loss for the quick retort.

By the time that party was over no doubts remained that she had won the journalists completely over. They had never encountered anyone, new or old, who was as frank and fearless as this brash, young girl-woman. Could this outspoken fifteen-year-old have been coached to say the boldest things? I doubt it. The girl had apparently seen life raw and lived it to the full even before catching that plane to Bombay. She knew how to speak for herself.

Sajid Khan

The Sawan Bhadon unit did not immediately leave for location shooting in Poona. In the meantime, Mohan Segal had put up Rekha and her mother at a posh hotel in Juhu. Rekha was given tuition to perfect her Hindi diction, and her dancing.
It was during this period that Sajid Khan had just returned from the States after making a big name for himself there.

Rekha spotted him one morning at Mehboob Studios.It was the blast-off for her first serious friendship,I remember Rekha's words clearly when she set eyes on him, because I was around then and saw what occurred."Oh my God!" this was said with awe and reverence. "That's Sajid Khan? He's my favourite! I'm in love with him! I have collected every photograph of his!"She scrambled out of the van in which she had driven into the studio compound and ran straight up to Sajid Khan. And that was that!

There followed a rapid succession of midnight rendezvous; midnight-to-hell drives; and nine o'clock pairs to parties. Sajid was the more experienced of the two-I mean, he'd been in permissive America and all that. Rekha accompanied him everywhere he went. How can you blame a poor girl who finds herself face to face with the idol of whom she's dreamed for nights without end? Their dosti went on strong until Rekha had to go to Poona for a month-long location-shooting of Sawan Bhadon. Sajid obviously couldn't tag along, nor was Rekha a big enough star to demand that the unit take her boy-friend along, as well.
So exit Sajid Khan and enter Navin Nischol.

Navin Nischol

Poona and Sawan Bhadon brought Rekha face to face with the handsome, sleek and suave Navin (he'd just that year finished at the Poona Film Institute). Rekha was bowled over.

Two things, however, apparently deterred Navin from Rekha. Firstly, his wife was present on location. And secondly, this brash girl was apparently more crude and earthy than the suave connoisseur's tastes would permit. And her behavior was too school-girlish. Rekha, always a frank and forthright, made it clear that she liked him a lot. But Navin coolly resisted all invitations in Poona, at least. Location shooting over, Navin and Rekha returned to Bombay where our heroine again took up the old continuity with first flame. Sajid, who had earlier once confessed that she was more than he could handle, now started to cling to her in the hope that she might be good for his career.

The second stage of Sawan Bhadon now commenced-the indoor shooting stage. So again, enter Navin and exit Sajid. Every arrow in Cupid's bow was shot at the new target, Navin, who had first resisted but now relented.

A man's a man, after all! They met mostly after shooting (most of the indoors of Sawan Bhadon were done at Roop Tera Studios) in Navin's car parked in nooks and crannies of the Western Express Highway. They also had to attend premieres and film-functions together. One pretty air-hostess who had flown them Air-India from Bombay to Delhi told me that they were very lovey-dovey throughout the flight (under cover of an open newspaper, of course!)

Did they tire of one another? Or did Rekha realize that Navin, being a married man wouldn't be able to go far with her? Whatever be the real reason for the break-up, the fact is that one night after quite a few pegs Navin con?fessed that "she drained me." The sentence speaks for itself.

Sawan Bhadon was a thumping success. It celebrated silver jubilees everywhere. It was the first non-star cast, low-budget movie to break the stranglehold of big star-cast productions. And it propelled two newcomers to stardom's dizzy heights. Both Navin and Rekha signed up movies by the dozen.

Biswajit

Rekha now signed up with her new friend, philosopher and guide (no, not Mohan Seghal) Kuljit Paul, who had taken charge of her affairs (read business) and consequently management of her finances too. Naturally, he starred Rekha in his own movie, a pot-boiler called Anjana Safar ( later retitled Do Shikari), and Biswajit as the leading-man. It was he who gave Rekha her first kiss-her first screen kiss, I mean-by creeping up behind her, swinging her into his arms and grinding his lips on hers.

Biswajit really must have dynamite in his lips (because his are certainly not the sexiest ones around) for poor Rekha apparently fainted off right away! And, to cap it all, LIFE Magazine did a feature showing a photograph of hers in that kiss-and-faint scene!
So enter Biswajit!

Rekha went about promoting her friendship with Biswajit very quickly. She was always at his house (Biswajit's wife was always in Calcutta) while the friendship lasted, which wasn't very long. It cooled off rapidly too-perhaps because by then Biswajit's professional career had begun its sharp nosedive-and both Rekha and Biswajit became really good friends in the most innocent sense of that term!

Jeetendra

When producer B. N. Ghosh (he was Jeetendra's secretary) teamed Rekha with Jeetendra in his movie Ek Bechara in 1970, Rekha was a very popular star, while Jeetu had had flops all around him like nine pins, after his huge initial success in Farz. A smooth and fast worker is our acrobatic hero, Jeetendra. So when he started making advances to her, poor girl, she was easily fooled into thinking it was love. Rekha gives of her heart and her emotions easily. But Jeetu was in it for the publicity value of the romance, to help bolster his sagging star career. Luckily Ek Bechara was moderately successful, so Jeetu and Rekha were again teamed together by producer Kundan Kumar in Anokhi Ada.

Half-way through this movie, a sudden crack appeared in their relationship. The rift widened rapidly and noticeably until the chasm between them became unbridgeable. It is said that it was entirely the man's fault. The unit boys and invisible workers, who watch everything most observantly on all studio sets, reported in to say that he used to treat her like a doormat.

One day, while shooting on a huge set with about a hundred junior artistes also present, Jeetendra was heard to remark (unintentionally loud) to his hangers-on what he thought of her. Rekha heard that. And it hurt, badly. Like a wounded deer she fled from the sets into her makeup room, flung herself on the couch and sobbed her heart out. She never spoke to Jeetendra again, and she will never speak to him for the rest of her life.

Anokhi Ada was completed with the utmost difficulty. Whatever romance and love scenes you saw in that movie after the interval were just put-ons for the benefit of the cameras. During the shooting, after every take, they would not look at one another. That chapter in her life was closed for ever. The end of the Jeetendra friendship found Rekha at the height of mental suffering, misery and emotional insecurity.

Shatrughan Sinha

The film industry is notorious for wolves on the prowl and Rekha was the easy victim. People who I know to be scum of the filthiest order exploited this gullible and ge?nerous-hearted girl and cheated her out of lakhs of rupees. It was inevitable that there be some reaction. There was. Rekha had a nervous breakdown, and when she surfaced Shatrughan Sinha was there to give her a consoling arm. It is to the credit of Shatru that though a blabber-mouth by nature, he kept very quiet about Rekha and himself, even though he needed the publicity very, very badly at that time. That news of it broke out subsequently was no fault of his.

In the movie industry people do get to know about each others affairs. Remember, movie land comprises of only about fifty news makers. In due course, the infatuation between Shatru and Rekha also fizzled out and today they're merely good friends-and also good co-workers. They're starring together in a couple of movies now on the floors.

I didn't know they were ever together until this article!

Vinod Mehra

Approximately at this time the first genuine lover she's ever had entered Rekha's life -Vinod Mehra, a gentleman to his fingertips. Who spotted who is immaterial now, but neither of them could live without the other. They were seen everywhere together- holding hands, smooching, necking, driving around in Vinod's Volkswagen, having dinner in the wee hours of the morning in a cozy corner of the Shamiana. They were so close to one another that Rekha was also the unofficial hostess at Vinod's sister's marriage-and that's saying a hell of a lot!

Whenever Rekha came in for criticism, Vinod Mehra was always there to defend her, both verbally and in print.

He was the first genuine guy who loved Rekha for Rekha's sake - not for Rekha, the famous. His was the only serious concern in the vast ocean of hypocritical and money-motivated love, which lapped all around this good-hearted but foolish girl. But there was one hitch. Vinod's mother did not want Rekha as her bahu. She kept discouraging Vinod, but he was adamant. At one stage Rekha wanted him to choose -beloved or mother. I believe Vinod skirted this ultimatum by persuading Rekha to bide her time while he tried to heal the rift between mother and sweetheart.

Yash Kohli

The wait was a long wait. It appeared to stretch right up to forever-and Rekha's one hell of an impatient gal! And then suddenly this dashing young fellow called Baba appeared on the scene. He sprouted out of the Nav Ketan office one fine morning, where he had been planted by Uncle Dev Anand to look after his business affairs. Yash Kohli (for that is Baba's real name) soon became a producer and naturally -starred Rekha in his movie Double Cross. Inevitably, the Rekha-Baba romance hit sensation-hungry headlines. Yash Kohli is kind, large-hearted, ever-smiling and perfect company, and this sort of nature has always strongly appealed to Rekha.

Whenever Vinod Mehra was away from Bombay either for location shootings or to attend film premieres in other cities, Rekha could be seen with Yash Kohli at this or that restaurant, hotel, or in his black Fiat. She was soon dividing her time evenly between Baba and Vinod. Rekha must have by then given up hopes that Vinod's mother would ever agree to have her as a bahu. Rekha's outbursts against Vinod's mother continued and, as usual, Vinod maintained a discreet silence about everything and continued to defend Rekha in public. Even after that now immortal "poisoned upma" episode it was Vinod Mehra who called the press conference. Wasn't all this manifestation of the total love that he bore for her?

Did Vinod and Rekha get married secretly? Apparently they did, in Calcutta. The latest gossip indicates that they are both seeking a divorce. And the split is now final because Vinod, when he took up with Rekha, never dated anybody else. He is now occasionally seen dating Zahida, or and this or that girl. Rekha did the most foolish thing of her twenty-one years when she ditched Vinod. He was the only man who had brought some sort of stability to her stress-filled and chaotic life.

Kiran Kumar

Rekha's latest is now Kiran Kumar. He, who had once declared that he would marry Yogeeta, now took Rekha's hand in his own and her head on his shoulders. Vinod Mehra and Kiran Kumar had once been on the best of terms, so much so that each used to confide to each other about their respective loves. I do not know who the villain of the piece is -if there is one-or did Rekha on the rebound throw herself into the nearest available arms? Only time will tell.

Rekha insists that her true love was always Yash Kohli and that she had been leading Vinod Mehra on as she is leading Kiran Kumar on now. "I don't even feel anything for the boy (Kiran)," Rekha says. She just did it to make Baba jealous.

"I've lived a facade," Rekha says, "and no one is more miserable than me today."

The big question is: can Rekha ever hold on to anybody for good? Why does she feel this compulsive need to flit from man to man in search of some ultimate gratification she never seems to find? Will she ever find the perfect a man? Or will her life be one long quest-always seeking, never finding?

Rekha is a nice girl. True, she never had much of adolescence, with the spotlights beckoning her at such a tender age. No doubt, she is flying high but with broken wings, regrets and memories that will make her toss and turn through countless sleepless nights.

Though the original story published then in CineBlitz ends here, but destiny was fast paving way for Rekha to find the man with whom her romance and association would be remembered for years to come. Rekha and Amitabh fell in love and still are one of the most written about couples the industry ever saw.

Lets not also forget that in 1990 she married Mukesh Aggarwal, who then later in 1991 committed suicide.

Reproduced from the original article published in Cine Blitz. Copyrights exclusively owned by VJM Media Pvt. Ltd.

My First Sex Experience: Rajesh Khanna

2008-09-24T16:56:00.000-07:00

Rajesh Khanna talks about his women & sex

It was so weird to read about Rajesh talikng about his sexual experiences, it was a little creepy! But its a great read!

Rajesh Khanna craze, swept the country like wildfire shares his first Sex experience

The years 1969, 1970 and 1971 in which the Rajesh Khanna craze, swept the country like wildfire, will always be remembered because nothing quite like this mass hysteria ever happened in movie history before. "Aradhana", "Ittefaq", "Do Raaste", "Sachaa Jhutha", "Sa-far", "Aan Milo Sajna," "Anand", "Kati Patang", "Andaz" and "Haathi Mere Saathi" - with bewildering rapidity these films not only became tremendous successes, but they set off and perpetuated a craze that engulfed young and old alike, and hypnotised the entire nation into the sort of concentrated mass adulation which has been afforded, for brief periods, to only one or two other actors before .him.

Much has happened in the last few event-crammed years. The craze of the Super Star was momentarily dimmed (much to the glee of the innumerable people jealous of him) by some flops in 1972 and 1973. Yet in this period he had such hits as "Amar Prem", "Aan Milo Sajna" and "Dushman".

"Daag" set the graph zooming upwards again. One woman who had stuck on like a leech got shaken out of his life, and another stepped in as though guided by Destiny to become his wife and the mother of his children - yes, the second one is on its way!
Her arms were always a refuge for me from the fearful, unknown world.

I would rest my head on her bosom and shut my eyes. And magically, all my problems, my fears, would vanish into thin air. Yes. She is my mother. The first love of my life . I remember my father as a hard-working man, who spoke A little and was always away from home. One day I asked my mother about it. She told me the early history of my father.

"When he was only ten years old," my mother said, "Your father lost his father, and he was sent to stay at his elder sister's house. When I was married to your father I too stayed with them in a joint family at Amritsar.

"Then one day there arose some misunderstanding between your father and your aunt. So he took us away from there and brought us to Bombay. Though I was born in a wealthy family, your father was too proud to take any help from anybody.

"When we came to Bombay all we could afford was a one-tenement room in a chawl at Thakurdwar. There was no money. There was only your father's determination. And his hard work. He would have his one cup of tea in the morning and go to work. He had started his own business and had to slog day and night for it.

"He never came for his afternoon meal, so on those days I too would skip eating in the afternoons. We have gone
through very hard times, son. But in that chawl room which your father and I made a home, in that room, son, I learned the meaning of life. ..."

I was born, an only child to my parents, eighteen years after their marriage, on December 29, 1942. When I was two years old, I was taken to a little village called Dhamalpur, not far from Karachi, where is situated the hereditary family gods of the Khanna family. And there they named me Jatindra, though nobody has ever called me anything but Kaka ever since.

The girl had large, light-brown eyes and they seemed always to be smiling at me. She would watch me cycling in the compound of the chawl where we lived. Once I fell, and she laughed loud and heartily. Then, seeing that blood sprang from a cut in my knee, she came running out with a bottle of iodine and a wad of cotton to render first-aid.

The Super Star mobbed by teenagers for his autograph in the grounds of Raj Kamal Studios.

"I am in a school at Pedder Road, where girls and boys study together, and there is this girl a couple of classes senior to me. She takes me under her wing and goes out of her way to help me with my studies, and is kind to me.

"I cannot be more than fourteen years old then.

"This girl I'll call her Janice used to go after school to take private tuition's at a teacher's home somewhere at Hark-ness Road. One day she took me along with her. When we reached the place it was just opposite that lovely, deserted beach full of rocks she said : "You go out and wait there on the rocks. I'll just come." It was getting dark, and I was nervous. "Don't be long," I said. She smiled. "Don't be afraid. After a few minutes I'll plead a stomachache and ask the teacher to let me go home.''

It was quite dark when she came on the rocks where we were sitting.

"Get up," she said. "Let's move further out."

My heart began to thump as she took me in her arms and kissed me. In a few moments I perceived that whereas I was awkward as an oaf she was adept and expert. I knew then why Janice had brought me here. Perhaps I had known it subconsciously, all along.
My manhood saluted her kisses and caresses. In the dark I could not quite understand the nature of her tumbling's until in a few seconds. I knew. She had freed both myself and her from the artificial constrictions of fabric and button, and now the touch of her hand was an excruciating agony-pleasure.

My heart had gone wild, like an elephant on the rampage. And even as she guided me to?wards her in the damp, sticky-sweet warm darkness of Her desire, I panicked as I realized I'd not be able to contain myself any longer.

And then, the deluge . . She clucked and sympathized like a comforting mother-hen. I felt terribly humiliated and was grateful for the darkness that hid the expression on my face from her.

"No matter," she murmured, ministering gently to me, "It's all right. Don't worry."

"I'm sorry," I mumbled, voice gone thick and indistinct. "I'm so sorry, I. .."

"Shh! Don't say one word more !" her hand stopped my lips from speaking. "There's always tomorrow."

And there was! In fact, there were many tomorrows after that. . .

She was living in a ground-floor tenement and they had that small balcony sort of which opened in the chawl compound. She would sit there combing her long tresses, after her bath, and when she smiled at me I became all hot and confused.

I wanted very much to speak to her. but just didn't have the courage. Then that day I fell and hurt myself. After she dabbed iodine on my knee she helped me up and took me inside.

She brought the cycle and stood it up in the outside balcony. Then she tore some strips of cloth off an old saree and bandaged my knee. As she did so, her face came very close to mine. Before I knew what was what she kissed me lingeringly on the mouth. Black-out!

I shut my eyes and savored the deliciousness of that kiss, it seemed barely a few seconds, and then it was over.

I remember going home' and avoiding my mother for several hours. I simply dumped the cycle in the house and went up to my hideout on the terrace, totally involved in recreating this indelible experience over and over again in my mind.
Surekha, that was her name.

One afternoon she contrived to make up a group of friends to go for a matinee show at a nearby theater. There were about seven or eight of us, boys and girls from the chawl. It wasn't until days later that | learned that each one had bought his or her own ticket, but that she had paid for mine.

It was some wretched mythological and I didn't remember a thing about the movie because in the darkness we were seated side by side, and she had quietly taken my hand in hers.

As she stroked my hand I came to a glorious awakening, an arousal of such a vividly different nature that even to this day I can never forget her for the effect she had on me.

By then of course I was madly in love with Surekha. My entire being was totally involved in her

The experience in the theater was profoundly unforgettable. At one point in the film there was storm and lightning, lots of noise and lots of loud background music and everybody was staring fixedly at the screen, bound up in what was happening up there. And she took up my hand deftly to her bosom, flipped the saree over it, (so that nobody should see) and placed it on one little breast...

Creepppyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You just never think about actors (esp. the yesteryear ones) in that way, so It's hard to believe when they talk about it. Dev Anand gives very detailed accounts of two of his sexual experiences in his biography! I really wish actors and actresses were as brazen as the stars of yesteryear with their interviews!

Matrimonial For Sanjeev Kumar

2008-09-24T16:46:00.000-07:00

Sanjeev Kumar, filmland's most amiable and eligible bachelor is a loner today!

Sanjeev Kumar, filmland's most amiable and eligible bachelor is a loner today!
Can you picture before you Sanjeev Kumar, dressed in spotless white dhoti-kurta and a cap on his head, looking every inch the Zariwala he is, going around the sacred fire, hand in hand with a blushing bride? Sanjeev has so much goodwill in the film world and outside that we are sure there will be unmistakable joy and cheer on the day he walks to the altar.

The altar has been sadly and systematically eluding him, almost with a vengeance, in spite of his best efforts.
He wants to get married. His mother is keen that he brings her a bahu.
That rang a bell and Cine Blitz offered to play Cupid.

Who'll be the lucky one? Girls, can you picture yourself as the Zariwala bride? Do you think you can be the ideal one in his life? If yes, send us your picture, in profile and full figure. Write to us about your family background, educational qualifications, accomplishments or aspirations, age, hobbies and so on.

Sanjeev Kumar has a fascination for girls who are utterly charming, who are neither lean nor amply loaded! He has a weakness for achievers, whether academic or otherwise and prefers to get married to a girl outside his profession. Though caste is no bar, the family prefers a Hindu girl.

Sanjeev Kumar?s mother is keen to see him married in her lifetime. He is successful and rich, but a loner and that bothers me no end, says she worriedly.
Marriage to a star is no bed of roses, unless the girl is sensible enough to make the home a happy one. Being a star naturally he has a tremendous teenage girl following and he can be, and he is, utterly charming to them. He is a bit of a flirt and it gives him a terrific kick to be that way, admits the mother laughingly.

Cine Blitz will personally hand over the proposals to Sanjeev Kumar's mother and her favourite girl?s photo will then be published in Cine Blitz. Negotiations will be conducted between the respective families.

I wonder if this article was written before he had a crush on Hema Malini or after? The sad thing is that he never got married, even though Sulakshana Pandit was head over heels in love with him ( I will post that article too).

Reproduced from the original article published in Cine Blitz. Copyrights exclusively owned by VJM Media Pvt. Ltd.

The Bold & The Beautiful: Asha Sachdev

2008-09-24T16:15:00.000-07:00

Asha Sachdev was a big, plump chick when she entered the Poona Film Institute, says a batch-mate of hers, but she was more sophisticated than the rest. Asha was frank, independent and mixed around with boys, hugged them, kissed them and used to run around with them. The result was that Asha started being called a flirt but as she told a friend, "I care a damn for what they talk behind my back." Her popularity with the boys naturally made all the other Institute girls jealous and a few of the boys too.
Rumours were spread about her so fast that she couldn't do anything to control them. "Why are people so vicious and narrow-minded?" she used to tell a good friend of hers. Any producer or director or actor who came down to Poona from Bombay to inspect the Institute merchandise naturally liked

Asha and took her out (like they took anybody else) for dinner or lunch to discuss matters-and the conclusions started all over again. The "notorious" reputation that she acquired at the Institute preceded her entry into films. People thought she was an "easy kill" ( Looking at the pic I wonder why she was thought of as an easy kill?) and they were disappointed because she just wouldn't play. Result? The roles were long in coming for her even in C grade films.

Suddenly in her second year, Asha went on a crash diet and thinned down in all the right places and became even more beautiful. A cute face, big boobs, curves in the right places and showing talent for acting that wasn't there in the first year. Then luck came Asha's way. There was suddenly a dearth of good looking actresses in the industry and she got her first movie offers - A grade roles in B grade films and B grade roles in A grade films.
Asha followed her "I-don't-care-what-people-think" philosophy. "I have never made use of my body to get a role," she once said.Better roles started coming in for Asha, but they were all second grade and that was the time when Asha's romances started doing the rounds more than her work.

VijayArora was stuck on her and followed her around everywhere, before realizing the better and leaving the field to others. Asha was always stuck on Vinod Mehra but at that time he was stuck on Rekha. "He is the only gentleman I know," she used to rave about him.

Then all hell broke loose at Feroz Khan's party. Dharmendra dragged a willing Asha into a bedroom (some say toilet) and the press was right there ready to play it up to the hilt. (What did they exactly do int the bedroom/bathroom? I don't think Dharam would do that with the press around especially when he was courting HemaMalini!) But this didn't stop her from getting the plum role in Mohan Segal's Woh Main Nahin. The film brought out all the sexiness of Asha Sachdev, the actress. She showed she could act. But yet everybody wanted her in her negligee. "I guess I'm stuck." she told friends.

Today, she wears nothing but a sari, hiding "the most famous bustline after Katy Mirza". It was just the image she had, or projected, that earned her a notoriety she didn't deserve. The cleavage-showing, bikini-wearing Asha will be there no more and in her place we will have the new bindya-sari clad Sachdev in her place. And if that doesn't succeed, she can always change her name and start afresh like Nilu Bobby changed her name to Shoma Anand and became an instant hit.

Reproduced from the original article published in Cine Blitz. Copyrights exclusively owned by VJM Media Pvt. Ltd.

Updates Made

2008-09-23T21:50:00.000-07:00

Thanx to Sitaji, bollywoodfoodclub, memsaab, bollywoodblogger, nirmal loves nihangs, thebollywoodfan and Anonymous I have decided not to kill this blog! Instead of posting pics directly onto this blog I have uploaded them into Google web albums instead. All of the links are posted on the Left side of blog so you can view all of the pics there! I'm still shifting stuff around so i will change the links again! Please feel free to leave comments here or at web albums pics, I will reply as soon as possible! Enjoy the pics!

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Regarding anyone who has interest in my blog

2008-06-14T19:46:00.000-07:00

if it hasn't already become apparent, i have pretty much abandoned this blog. reason being that i thought that no one cared about this blog so i stopped doing stuff with it. plus i have so many pics that it became very long and tedious to upload pics. so i uploaded my pics into web albums! which if you want you can view at http://picasaweb.google.com/home i have now also ran out of space here and i still have a lot of pics to upload! so i will i guess make another account! well thanx for all the comments and feedback! do checkout the web albums!

She's as precious as porcelain

2007-01-29T14:57:00.000-08:00

Fragile and yet strong. Beautiful in a durable kind of way. Raakhee has just returned from a hectic 15-day shoot of Rituparno Ghosh's Shubho Mahurat in Kolkata. The parting with the unit was emotional--it can never be any other way with Raakhee. Back in Mumbai, there's no time for regret and longing. Raakhee has to immediately join the unit of Suneel Darshan's Talaash for a stint. Then just before leaving for South Africa for a schedule of Naresh Malhotra's Dil Ka Rishta, while arranging for her papers for the trip abroad, she takes a reluctant break for some serious gupshup.

What prompted you to do a Bengali film again? Why only a Bengali film? I want to do films in every language. Besides Bengali, I've done films in Assamese and Oriya. Now I want to do a Marathi film. Though I'd love to, I don't have the guts to do a South Indian film. I can't mug up my lines and spew them at random like other actresses from Mumbai. If I ever do a South Indian film, I'll have to give it lots of time and attention. I can afford to do so now.

As for Bengali films, I used to do one almost every year. After I became an established actress in Mumbai, I did Chameli Memsaab in Bengali. That too was a very big hit. I've done around ten Bengali films so far. The last one was in 1993. Why did you stop? The offers kept coming but there was nothing exciting. This time around when Rituparno Ghosh offered me something different, a role with lots of laughter and sunshine, I immediately accepted. I've wanted to do something like it for a long time. Shubho Mahurat gave me a chance to prove that I can do light-hearted roles. I'm always made to do serious roles. I don't like it. But what to do? That's the image I have. What makes this Bengali film so special? The script is excellent. It isn't a Ritu-chaap script. It's very different from his other films. I think it's a healthy trend for any director to make films on diverse subjects. I was also very impressed to find him organised. They're never like that in Bengali films. We had all the details worked out, including the colours of Sharmila's and my saris. These days I miss shooting with such well-organised units. Ritu finished my work in 15 days.

I think that's remarkable. Rituparno wanted to make amends with you for having ditched you during Bariwali. But why? Why should he feel guilty about doing his job? When Ritu called from Kolkata one morning, I readily agreed to let him come over to narrate the script. Why should I feel bad about Bariwali? Koi kissiki jagir to hai nahin. I told Ritu to forget about Bariwali. The film is over and done with. The role was played by another actress who won a National award for it. But the role in Bariwali was quite obviously written for you. Yes, that's true. But once I'm not doing it, why should I carry any malice in my heart? That's not me. The producer changed. If Anupam Kher was the producer, no one could expect me to play the lead. It's as simple that. Kiron Kher is quite a capable actress. True, if I was in Ritu's place I wouldn't have made the film for another producer. But he needed to prove himself at that point of time. And he did. Beyond that I can't comment on Bariwali because I haven't seen it.

What kind of a role do you have in Shubho Mahurat? Though it's light-hearted, I certainly don't play a comedienne. My facial expressions and body language are normal. The dialogue that Ritu has given will make people laugh. So far I've made people cry. The light roles I've done were in insignificant films like Shaadi Ke Baad, Pagli and Aankhon Aankhon Mein. In Shubho Mahurat Sharmila has more footage. Weren't you daunted by that? When have I ever been bothered with footage? Right from the beginning of my career when I did Reshma Aur Shera to Baazigar and Soldier, the length of the role never mattered. Even in Daag I had much less footage than Sharmila. She had all the songs and dances.

Again in Shubho Mahurat Sharmila Tagore is the formal heroine. (Laughs) I know what's coming. The press had blown up our hostility to ussey maine pin maar diya. All these ego clashes etc, happen only in civilized societies. Sharmila and I belong to the jungles therefore no such thing happened. When we met in Kolkata, there were no fireworks. She wasn't shooting the day I arrived on the sets. When I located her, I went to her room. We embraced. All our years melted away. It was almost as though we were meeting after three months instead of 30 years.So the two of you met as friends? Not friends. Good co-stars. We shared a good working relationship throughout the shooting. We didn't run individually to the monitors after every shot. Instead, we sat together chatting between shots. The co-ordination was perfect. Besides, Ritu had every shot and sequence down on paper. Was there a sense of one-upmanship between Sharmila and you during Daag? We only had a couple of scenes together. But yes, I had heard rumours that she'd asked for some scenes to be re-shot. Of course eventually, we didn't re-shoot anything. Though she had more footage, mine was the author-backed role. The film was based on Gulshan Nanda's novel Maili Chandni and I played Chandni. So there was friction between the two of you? Looking back at the so-called rivalry, when I came into films I was made to believe I'd replace Sharmila Tagore. It wasn't my idea. That's how the publicity was pitched. In my 32-year-long career I've never felt insecure about anyone. I've worked Hema Malini, Rekha and Zeenat Aman. I've never been anxious about what they were doing. Since I was no volcano of talent, I always concentrated on my work and worked towards improving myself.

Suddenly you're doing a lot of films. Yes, three films is too much for me. Suneel Darshan was the first to come for his Talaash. I've a very interesting role in his film. After signing me, Suneel got busy with other portions of the film. Then suddenly when I was shooting for Aishwarya Rai's home production Dil Ka Rishta, both Ritu and Suneel wanted dates. Since I couldn't keep going to Kolkata, I had to complete Ritu's film at one stretch. March was sheer hell. I was shooting double shifts throughout. After Shraddhanjali, you've teamed up with Suresh Oberoi once again in Talaash. Yes, he's still the same. I call him `Kit-kitty'. You know, a strange thing happens when I meet up with people after a long gap. Time just doesn't seem to make a difference to my relationship with them. How's it working with Aishwarya Rai in Dil Ka Rishta?For the first time I get to play mother to a daughter. Yes, you heard me right (laughs). I've only played mothers to sons so far. The role is very nice. Have I been chosen because I resemble Aishhwarya? I don't know, maybe. But we're both relaxed. In Dil Ka Rishta I also get to work with my oldest and one my most favourite cameramen Ashok Mehta. What do you feel about the audience reaction to your daughter Meghna's Filhaal? I won't discourage her from making her kind of films. She must stick to her convictions. I was shocked by the nasty reviews she got for Filhaal. She didn't deserve that. All I'd like is that she make films which can be seen by the entire family. Do you feel she should've pushed herself a little more to make the treatment of the sensitive subject more hard-hitting?Come on, give the girl some credit! She's just 26. Filhaal was a very complex subject. But that's her sensibility. Why should she do anything she doesn't believe in? Even Gulzar saab started with Mere Apne and went on to make Parichay and Khushboo. But with Mere Apne Gulzar saab was instantly hailed as an important film-maker. Yes. But he had the advantage of doing a remake, of Tapan Sinha's Bengali film Apan Jaan. Bosky's (Meghna) film is completely original, from story to treatment. She didn't take anyone's help, not even her father's let alone mine. Filhaal should have been released in limited theatres. When I was in Kolkata, people couldn't stop talking about it. Anyway, Filhaal wasn't a losing proposition for anyone. Bosky's already working on her next subject.Would you accept a film with Meghna? If she gives me a good role, I'll accept it. Bosky is self-made, just like me. When I came into the movies I had no godfather. My first film Jeevan Mrityu had been turned down by all the major heroines. Jo padaa hua khana tha woh diya mujhe. I was destined to be where she is. Bosky too will find her level in life. Incidentally, Kamal Haasan who's your unabashed fan named Manisha Koirala Sharmilee in Abhay after your film. We share a mutual admiration society. But I admire his earlier roles. I have reservations about his recent films. I'd like to see him without his mask. I loved him in Ek Duuje Ke Liye. He was so flexible and convincing even though he wasn't familiar with the language. I haven't seen him with his own face in any film after Sadma and Saagar. I don't like the paddings and make-up he uses to play all his characters. Acting is about exposing your personality, not disguising it. - Lata Sinha