Kareena has been a leading lady now for 25 years, Deepika for almost two decades and Alia for over a decade. Dinesh Raheja chronicles the changing ways Bollywood has treated actor-moms.
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Guru Dutt took an overdose of pills twice, once even swallowing opium, calling out for Geeta Dutt even when he was not fully conscious. One suicide attempt, according to sister Lalita Lajmi, was definitely deliberate with Guru Dutt leaving a letter for brother Atma Ram asking him to take care of the production company, his wife and the kids. But she always wondered if the third attempt was actually suicide since there were no calls and no letters.
Presenting the third installment in the special series.
Dev Anand kept the flame of hope alive. Tarun Vijay salutes the Hero for All Times and a great Indian who united people across faith and boundaries.
Presenting an excerpt from Dev Anand's autobiography, Romancing With Life.
Veteran filmmaker Chandra Barot, best known for directing the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Don', passed away on Sunday due to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Mumbai. He was 86.
Presenting an excerpt from Dev Anand's autobiography, Romancing With Life.
We remember the legend through his fabulous songs.
Legendary film personalities and many other personalities associated with the film industry were honoured on this event.
President Kalam will present the award to the 80-year-old actor on December 29.
And here's the last batch in the special nine-part series.
Presenting the second last batch in the nine-part series.
Thirty eight associations of the film industry are associated with the Academy and this year the award ceremony will be presented by G V Films Limited, a statement issued in Mumbai on Wednesday said.
The actor released his autobiography, Romance With Life in New York on Saturday.
And here's the last batch in the special nine-part series.
Dev Anand goes back in time, and talks about these beautiful actresses.
Arthur J Pais wonders why the evergreen legend did not make brilliant films even in his old age, like some of his peers in the West.
Shaikh Ayaz had the opportunity to watch the late actor/director closely. He fondly remembers.
Reader Prachi Joglekar has sent us a photograph.
Dev Anand's films offered, for most part, unalloyed entertainment and had little melodrama and silly fight scenes like most other films. And that was the prime reason to see them, hoping that they would help me prepare better for the exams, remembers Arthur J Pais.
The ashes of legendary actor Dev Anand, who died in London on December 3, were immersed in the Godavari river in Nashik on Wednesday evening by his son Suniel.
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Here's the sixth installment in a special nine-part series on the late star.
Here are some lesser-known facts about him.
Nephew Shekhar Kapur recounts a poignant anecdote about Dev Anand.
Bollywood legend Dev Anand was cremated on December 10 at Putney Vale Crematorium, London, amidst family, friends and fans.
Dev Anand fondly remembers the late actor on his birth centinary.
Here's the seventh batch of lesser known facts about Dev Anand.
Presenting the fourth batch in a nine-part series on the late actor.
Presenting the second batch of some lesser known aspects of the late star's life.
Former Indian Cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar remembers how Dev Anand's energy amazed him.
'I always considered him as a director, never an actor. Do you know he always considered other actors for his films first?' 'For Pyaasa, he wanted to cast Dilip saab; only when Dilip saab refused did Guru Duttji decide to do the role himself.'
Sonia Gandhi also joins in the party, in Delhi.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Dev Anand's son Suneil launches film Vagator Mixer on his 89 Birthday
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